Full-Time

Operations Manager

ESCO Private Sector

Deadline 11/13/26
ACCIONA

ACCIONA

10,001+ employees

Global renewable energy and infrastructure company

No salary listed

Madrid, Spain

Remote

Bachelor's

Category
Operations & Logistics
Required Skills
Risk Management

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Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Energy, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or a similar field.
  • At least 10–15 years of experience in the execution, operation, engineering, or management of energy, industrial, or energy-services projects.
  • Experience delivering projects for private-sector clients, especially industrial, tertiary, or large corporate customers.
  • Strong knowledge of energy-efficiency technologies, renewable thermal generation, electrification, industrial heating and cooling, photovoltaics, self-consumption, battery energy storage systems, monitoring, and operations and maintenance.
  • Experience managing complex projects involving multiple suppliers, engineering, procurement, and construction contractors, installers, technology providers, and maintenance providers.
  • Ability to work in multidisciplinary environments with private clients from different sectors and under long-term contractual models.
Responsibilities
  • Lead and grow the operations team comprising project managers, commissioning technicians, and operations and maintenance managers.
  • Define the team's organizational structure and actively participate in selecting and onboarding new employees.
  • Drive the team's professional development through mentoring, technical training, and career plans.
  • Set clear objectives, evaluate performance, and foster accountability and continuous improvement within the team.
  • Lead the start-up, planning, execution, operation, and maintenance of energy projects from contract signature through stable operation.
  • Coordinate detailed engineering, technical procurement, construction, installation, testing, permitting, commissioning, and handover to operations.
  • Supervise compliance with schedules, capital expenditure, technical quality, permits, contractual conditions, and safety requirements.
  • Coordinate engineering firms, technology suppliers, engineering, procurement, and construction contractors, installers, maintenance providers, and specialized partners.
  • Validate that proposed solutions are operable, maintainable, and appropriate for the client's processes before significant contractual commitments are made.
  • Review projects with future operations early to identify technical, performance, availability, client-facility integration, and maintainability risks.
  • Support go/no-go decisions from the operational and risk perspectives.
  • Define mitigation measures, responsibilities, guarantees, service-level agreements, and operating limits before binding offers and contracts are finalized.
  • Act as the technical and operational lead for the client during execution, commissioning, operation, and maintenance.
  • Ensure that implemented solutions meet committed service, performance, savings, availability, or production levels.
  • Coordinate with commercial, technical office, bids, legal, finance, procurement, and health and safety teams.
  • Translate client operational needs into technical requirements, operating procedures, and measurable commitments.
  • Help define technical standards, execution methodologies, and operational checklists for energy-services projects.
  • Document project lessons learned and convert them into repeatable criteria for future bids, contracts, and operations.
  • Support standardization of solutions and operating models by technology type, including heating, cooling, photovoltaics, battery energy storage systems, energy efficiency, energy management, and renewable gases.
  • Help build a selective, disciplined energy-services operating model aligned with actual execution and operational capacity.
Desired Qualifications
  • Postgraduate education in project management, energy, sustainability, or operations management.

Acciona builds and operates infrastructure and develops renewable energy assets worldwide. It covers the full project life cycle, from engineering, procurement, and construction to owning, operating, and maintaining power plants and related infrastructure. It differentiates itself through vertical integration and a long history of shifting from general construction to a pure-play renewable and sustainable infrastructure group with a large, globally diversified portfolio. Its goal is to be a leading global developer and operator of sustainable infrastructure, expanding clean-energy capacity and reducing carbon emissions.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Madrid, Spain

Founded

1861

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Acciona secured a €120 million EIB loan on September 29, 2025 for R&D.
  • July 2026 Vertical Earth adds $217 million revenue and 600 workers in Georgia and Florida.
  • June 2026's £125 million green loan shows lenders still fund Acciona's sustainability-linked growth.

What critics are saying

  • East Rockingham receivers sued Acciona on November 6, 2025; commissioning slips into mid-2026.
  • Silence burned €40 million more in November 2025 after 2024 layoffs and production halts.
  • Australia's ACCC probes Acciona's waste-to-energy acquisition; blocked consolidation can strand capital and contracts.

What makes ACCIONA unique

  • Acciona combines 55-year U.S. concessions with self-performing construction after Vertical Earth, July 2026.
  • It pairs infrastructure, renewables, water, and mobility under one balance sheet, unlike pure-play builders.
  • Chairman José Manuel Entrecanales still controls strategy, preserving founder-led execution across decades.

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Benefits

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Paid Holidays

Flexible Work Hours

Hybrid Work Options

Paid Vacation

Primary Care

Family Planning Benefits

Fertility Treatment Support

Parental Leave

Wellness Program

Phone/Internet Stipend

Home Office Stipend

Career development opportunities

Tuition Reimbursement

Professional Development Budget

Conference Attendance Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

28%

1 year growth

28%

2 year growth

28%
Latham & Watkins LLP
Jul 17th, 2026
Latham & Watkins Advises Acciona on Green Private Placement

Cross-border team represents the company on a green private placement with institutional investors.

Bolsamania
Jul 8th, 2026
Acciona acquires 80% of Vertical Earth to accelerate US infrastructure growth

Acciona has agreed to acquire 80% of Vertical Earth, a Georgia-based infrastructure contractor, consolidating Atlanta as the strategic centre for its Infrastructure division's growth in the United States. The deal is expected to close before year-end, subject to regulatory approvals. Brett Johnson, Vertical Earth's founder and CEO, will retain 20% and continue leading the company. Founded in 1997, Vertical Earth generated revenues of $217 million (€191 million) in 2025 and employs over 600 professionals in Georgia and Florida. The acquisition strengthens Acciona's self-execution capacity in a strategic market. The US represents 20% of the global infrastructure industry, with potential contracts worth $303 billion this year. Acciona's Infrastructure division is expanding across the US with major projects including the SR400 motorway in Atlanta and bridge replacement over the Calcasieu River in Louisiana.

Expansión
Nov 21st, 2025
Acciona injects €40M into Silence

Acciona has injected €40 million into its electric motorcycle subsidiary, Silence, to support growth and strengthen its financial structure. This follows a previous €62 million investment earlier in the year. Silence faced production halts due to low demand and high inventory levels, leading to a temporary employment regulation in 2024. The company's revenue was €18 million in 2024, down from €45.6 million in 2023. The capital now totals €102 million.

Construction Briefing
Oct 8th, 2025
Acciona secures €120m EIB loan to advance R&D

Loan to support digitalisation strategy and sustainability efforts

Global Competition Review
Jul 17th, 2025
Acciona's Waste-to-Energy Merger Scrutiny

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is investigating Acciona's proposed acquisition of a competing waste-to-energy facility. This probe is prompting broader discussions on how Australia's merger regulations address issues such as creditor influence, infrastructure contracts, and the demand driven by sustainability.