What are the responsibilities and job description for the Site Manager position at Wärtsilä?
Site Manager
Wärtsilä Energy Storage & Optimization (ES&O) is the leading global energy storage optimizer. Our mission is to deliver integrated energy solutions that build a resilient, intelligent, and flexible energy infrastructure - unlocking the way to an optimized renewable future. By integrating renewables, energy management technology, and storage with traditional energy resources, we reinvent clean energy production from the largest and most complex grids to the most remote and essential microgrids. We play a key role in Wärtsilä’s vision towards a 100% renewable energy future through flexibility, reliability, and integration and a more sustainable world for us all.
As a Site Manager your main responsibility is to manage and drive forward works at site in collaboration with other stakeholders. In this position you will be working with the newest renewable technologies. This position offers you an opportunity to use and enlarge your expertise in an international and dynamic environment with a successful global team, where many different nationalities, languages and cultures are involved.
The location for this role will be Houston, Texas and will be remote.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prepare site mobilization and execution plan.
- Manage site administration, organization and resource plan.
- Advise in installation activities planning and coordination.
- Ensure site induction is carried out for all personnel working at site.
- Organize meetings at site.
- Establish and maintain good site reporting practices.
- Ensure accurate and timely collection of work progress reports.
- Highlight the economical construction and cost saving working procedures.
- Manage site budget and costs.
- Participate in subcontracting and local purchases.
- Safeguard the compliance with Quality and HSSE policies and minimize risks at site execution.
- Ensure the quality control at site.
- Manage site demobilization activities.
- Ensure that contractual requirements are fulfilled, and the project is handed over to the customer.
To be successful in this role, we expect you to have:
- BSc or MSc level degree or equivalent work experience from electrical field
- Solid experience of Site Manager and/or Project Manager duties for 5-10 years
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate highly complex engineering, construction and operational issues
- Understanding of Inverter, Converter, Transformer, Battery, Circuit breaker, Fuse, AC/DC power supply electrical equipment.
- Understanding of utility generation project engineering, construction, and commissioning practices.
- Ability to travel 80% of the time
Physical Requirements
- Climbing stairs, ladders, ramps and accessing scaffolding
- Ability to lift at least 50 pounds and carry 25 pounds
- Bending body downward and forward, kneeling, climbing and walking
Last application date: 06/03/2025
Why you and us:
You will be a part of a global organization with local presence and work in an exciting and dynamic working environment with highly motivated and skilled co-workers. We offer interesting and challenging work tasks, as well as personal and professional development in a great team. If you feel excited by being a part of this working environment and think your personal skills and qualities match the job requirements, we look forward to receiving your job application. At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities.
We are not accepting unsolicited submissions from 3rd party recruitment agencies.
Successful applicant must be authorized to work in the USA without sponsorship. We look forward to hearing from you. Qualified candidates must apply online: https://www.wartsila.com/careers
Individuals hired for positions that require on-site customer interactions and/or in-person travel may be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or other country-specific vaccinations, unless otherwise prohibited by law. Wärtsilä North America values our employees. We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Wärtsilä North America is an EOE/AA employer.
Effective January 2025, Wartsila companies in the USA will implement a new hybrid work model. Most employees who live within 40 miles of an office will work 2 days per week in office. This model will provide our employees the flexibility of working from home, while also providing the benefits of in-person collaboration twice a week. We will be happy to provide more information during your interview process.
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