Senior Manager, Operations Technology

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<span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="white-space:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"><b>Overview</b></span></span></span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="white-space:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="color:#000000;">esVolta, LP is a leading developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale energy storage projects across North America. We are at the forefront of the fast-growing battery energy storage market, and our projects are helping to transition the nation’s electric grid to a cleaner and more reliable future. Our storage projects provide major utilities with a multitude of important services including reliable fast-ramping capacity, energy and ancillary grid services including renewable energy integration support. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br><br><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="white-space:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="color:#000000;">esVolta is independently owned, and we are among the largest players in the US energy storage sector with about 2.0 GWh of projects in operation or construction, and a 25+ GWh development pipeline.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br><br><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="white-space:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="color:#000000;">We are headquartered in Newport Beach, California, with employees in multiple regions across the U.S. Our diverse management team has many decades of experience in the renewable energy, utility, and independent power sectors. esVolta is an innovative industry leader in development, design, construction, financing, and management of utility scale energy storage projects.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br><br><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="white-space:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="color:#000000;">At esVolta, every employee makes an impact on the company’s growth and profitability, every day. We have a fast-paced, high-performance and team-oriented culture. We value quality of life and flexibility for our employees and strive to help our team members achieve their career goals.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br><br><br><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="white-space:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>About The Role</strong><br>We are seeking individuals to join as <strong>Senior Manager, Operations Technology</strong> to serve as the fleet Operational Technology design authority and owner’s technical lead for OT systems across the portfolio. This role standardizes OT architecture, control and telemetry implementations, operational runbooks, and evidence production across sites and vendors throughout the full asset lifecycle (development, pre-construction, construction, commissioning/commercial operation date, and operations). The role partners closely with Operations, Operations Engineering, IT/Security, Compliance, Asset Management, and external vendors to ensure OT systems are reliable, secure, scalable, and operationally ready.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="white-space:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="color:#000000;">Compliance retains ownership of regulatory interpretation, compliance program governance, and regulator and audit responses. This role owns OT control execution, OT system governance, and the technical artifacts and evidence needed to support compliance and audit readiness. This role holds owner-side approval authority for OT access and material OT changes (including access changes, control/telemetry configuration changes, and network/security changes impacting OT), including vendor planned work. The role may pause or escalate work that does not meet fleet standards, documentation, safety requirements, or audit-evidence expectations.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br><br><br><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background:rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="white-space:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"><b><span style="color:#000000;">Core Responsibilities</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span><ul style="margin-bottom:11px;"><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="line-height:17.120001px;">Own OT lifecycle for the BESS fleet and ROC, including the Energy Management System (EMS), site controllers, SCADA, telemetry, communications, and monitoring/logging.</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="line-height:17.120001px;">Act as fleet OT design authority: define and maintain standards/baselines (architecture, segmentation, naming, telemetry, monitoring) and enforce adoption.</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="line-height:17.120001px;">Embed OT requirements into development and EPC scopes through design reviews and required as-built deliverables.</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="line-height:17.120001px;">Define commissioning and turnover criteria, including Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) and Site Acceptance Test (SAT) scope, point-to-point checks, telemetry validation, and control-mode readiness; partner with Operations Engineering to close gaps.</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="line-height:17.120001px;">Own ISO-facing dispatch readiness: control-mode governance, telemetry quality, communications performance, and ROC/market coordination.</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="line-height:17.120001px;">Ensure 24x7 operational readiness via runbooks, alarm rationalization, escalation paths, and data-quality controls that support dispatch performance.</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="line-height:17.120001px;">Administer OT vendor performance (managed OT security services, EMS vendors, and OEM partners): set requirements, approve work, verify deliverables, enforce SLAs, and lead escalations; deliver audit-ready OT evidence and exception tracking to Compliance and run a recurring vendor performance review cadence aligned to contract deliverables and operational risk.</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="line-height:17.120001px;">Run OT cybersecurity and access governance with IT/Security and managed providers, including remote access workflows, MFA, logging, and periodic access reviews.</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="line-height:17.120001px;">Govern OT change/release management across vendors (OEM, EMS, network/security), including patching, configuration control, rollback planning, and evidence retention/traceability.</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="line-height:17.120001px;">Lead OT incident response and resilience for control, communications, and cyber events, including root cause analysis, corrective actions, backup/restore, disaster recovery and business continuity planning; coordinate with Operations and HSE on safe work controls and outage planning.</span></span></span></span></li></ul><br><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>Skills & Qualifications</b></span></font><ul><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;">5-7+ years of Operational Technology experience is required, including 3+ years in renewables, energy storage, or critical infrastructure operations.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Controls/Automation Engineering, or related field is required (ABET-accredited preferred). Relevant certifications preferred (e.g., GICSP/GRID, CISSP, or ISA/IEC 62443-aligned OT cybersecurity credentials/training).</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;">Proven ROC/24x7 support and ISO telemetry/control readiness (CAISO and ERCOT; other ISO/RTO experience a plus).</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;">Strong OT networking and protocol knowledge (DNP3, Modbus, ICCP where applicable).</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;">Owner-side leadership across the full project lifecycle (development through operations), including commissioning/turnover and acceptance testing (FAT/SAT).</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;">Demonstrated OT cybersecurity governance experience (NIST, IEC 62443), including vendor/remote-access controls; familiarity with NERC/CIP concepts.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;">Hands-on IAM and vendor remote access governance (approvals, logging, recertifications) and OT change/configuration management (patching/releases, baselines, rollback).</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;">Vendor and contract-performance management experience (SLAs, KPIs, escalation, corrective actions to closure).</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;">Strong troubleshooting and structured problem solving, including leading technical RCAs and preventing recurrence.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;">Strong communication and cross-functional leadership across internal teams and vendors; able to brief leadership.</span></span></span></li></ul><br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="white-space:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"><b><span style="color:#000000;">Compensation, Location & Benefits</span></b></span></span></span></span></span><br><span style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="white-space:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="color:#000000;">The salary offered will depend on the specific skills and experience of the selected candidate. This position is also eligible to participate in our annual bonus program.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <table class="MsoTableGrid" style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;white-space:normal;text-decoration:none;border-collapse:collapse;border:medium;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:301px;padding:0in 7px;height:36px;border-top:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;" valign="top"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;">$150,000</span></span></span></td><td style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:301px;padding:0in 7px;height:36px;border-top:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-left:none;" valign="top"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;">25%</span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul><li style="text-align:justify;margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;"><span style="color:#000000;">401(k) program with 6% match</span></span></span></span></li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;"><span style="color:#000000;">20 vacation days, 5 sick days and 9 observed holidays</span></span></span></span></li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;"><span style="color:#000000;">Medical, dental and vision care benefits</span></span></span></span></li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;"><span style="color:#000000;">Monthly cell phone stipend</span></span></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This position is classified as <b>remote within the continental United States (international work is not permitted)</b>; however, periodic travel to company offices, project sites or other meeting locations may be required on an as-needed basis.</span></span><p style="\"text-align:center\""><em><strong>esVolta is an Equal Opportunity Employer.<br> We celebrate all forms of diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. However you identify or whatever your path here, we encourage you to apply. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the hiring process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.</strong></em></p>

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