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Akkodis · 3 weeks ago

Project Manager / District Operations Specialist - EV Charging infrastructure (Full Benefits Package)

United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$105K/yr - $105K/yr

4+ years exp

Akkodis is seeking several EV District Operations Specialists (Project Managers) for full-time remote/hybrid positions with their dedicated team. The role involves managing a geographical territory, optimizing charger availability, and ensuring operational efficiency while addressing maintenance issues and coordinating with various teams.

Information Technology & Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

The District Operations Specialist (DOS) will have a geographical territory they directly manage, as follows:

Maximizing revenue by advocating for optimal charger availability, throughput, and site aesthetics

Minimizing cost by looking for ways to consolidate work orders, choose efficient vendors, and hold service providers accountable to exceptional standards

P&L accountability by influencing the organization to make decisions which affect profitability of sites to which they’re assigned

Using all available sources of tools and data, intervene quickly and efficiently to address maintenance issues at assigned locations and at locations outside of assigned area as needed by the business

Management of the entire operational (post construction) lifecycle for assigned ELAM and ELCA locations:

Manage the commissioning projects within the assigned territory to ensure they’re completed properly, in minimal time with the highest availability post-opening. (KPI=Charger-Days)

Ensure new locations are inspected prior to expiration of contract warranty, resolve open items with the construction team

Keep sites available, appealing, safe, maintained (including preventative maintenance) and within compliance of evolving technical requirements through campaign execution. (KPI=Availability)

Using standardized scopes of work, along with custom-curated scopes: Dispatch the appropriate workers to the site, manage their performance, review their findings and follow-up on issues as necessary

Spot trends and make proactive decisions to resolve the root causes of issues and not just symptoms, for example, identifying poor power quality when frequent power supplies fail

Make efficient operational decisions affecting the prioritization, routing, and handling of maintenance to improve Availability and minimize cost. (KPI=Cost per Charger)

Resolve outages by coordinating with the Utility, Supply Chain, Engineering, Energy Services, Field Service and other teams as necessary

Be the accountable person for any open topics affecting sites within assigned territory, such as resolving violations, zoning issues, coordination with inspectors, hardware upgrade projects, site relocation or decommissioning and similar concerns

Travel to sites as needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the operation and implement organizational changes as necessary to improve KPIs

Ensuring that the RM and DM team operate their locations with optimal efficiency – 25%

Operate own sites with optimal efficiency – 50%

Organizational process improvement – 10%

Travel throughout ELAM and ELCA as needed to assess operations – 15%

Qualification

Program managementElectrical troubleshootingProject managementConstruction drawingsVendor managementAnalytical thinkingResource managementBudgetingComputer skillsInfluencing skillsCommunication skillsLeadership skillsProblem solvingNegotiation skills

Required

Associates or bachelor's degree is required. Electrical trade or engineering majors are helpful

Greater than 4 years of professional experience with a background in Project or Program management

Ability to read construction drawings

Prior service operational management experience

Working knowledge of electrical device function to be able to diagnose and troubleshoot issues with assets

Team management in a fast-paced high-tech environment

Electrical Troubleshooting

Communication skills – interpersonal, oral and written

Leadership and management skills

Vendor management against deliverables

Analytical and conceptual thinking – using logic and reason, creative and strategic

Integration – joining people, processes or systems

Influencing and negotiation skills

Problem solving

Resource management

Budgeting

Strong computer and software skills

Strong oral, written, and formal communication and presentation skills and the ability to communicate complex ideas in simple ways to all levels of the organization, including the executive level

Must be a strong owner and influencer, along with being creative and confident, enthusiastic problem solver with superior analytical and problem-solving skills

Demonstrated ability to dive in and quickly understand the root cause and identify scalable solutions and countermeasures

Preferred

EV Industry support experience, especially prior field exposure in any capacity

Experience reviewing hardware log files to diagnose issues

PMP® or CAPM®

Benefits

Subsidized medical/dental

Vision

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Additional voluntary benefits

EAP program

Commuter benefits

401K plan

Paid Sick Leave

Holiday pay

Company

Akkodis

Glassdoor3.3

Akkodis provides digital engineering solutions for sustainable and innovative industries.

Zug, Zug, CHE

10001+ employees

https://www.akkodis.com

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