Private Sector ESCO Operations Manager
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Bachelor's
Madrid, Spain
In PersonBased at the Madrid campus.
Engineering ManagementEngineering Leadership
About the job
Requirements
- A degree in Industrial Engineering, Energy, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a similar field is required.
- A minimum of 10–15 years of experience in energy, industrial, or energy-services project execution, operations, engineering, or management is required.
- Experience serving private-sector clients, especially industrial, tertiary, or large corporate clients, is required.
- Solid 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 is required.
- Experience managing complex projects involving multiple suppliers, engineering, procurement and construction contractors, installers, technology providers, and maintenance providers is required.
- Ability to work in multidisciplinary environments with private-sector clients across different sectors and under long-term contractual models is required.
Responsibilities
- Lead, structure, and grow the operations team of project managers, commissioning technicians, and operations and maintenance leads as the ESCO project portfolio expands.
- Define the team's organizational structure and actively participate in selecting and onboarding new employees.
- Support the team's professional development through mentoring, technical training, and career plans.
- Set clear objectives, evaluate team performance, and foster accountability and continuous improvement.
- Serve as a technical and leadership reference, delegate effectively, and build internal execution capabilities.
- Lead the startup, planning, execution, operation, and maintenance of energy projects from contract signature through stable operation.
- Coordinate detailed engineering, technical procurement, construction, assembly, testing, permitting and legalization, commissioning, and handover to operations.
- Oversee schedules, capital expenditure, technical quality, permits, contractual conditions, and safety requirements.
- Ensure execution aligns with the ESCO model, including long-term contracts, future operations, guaranteed performance, and ongoing client relationships.
- Coordinate engineering firms, technology suppliers, engineering, procurement and construction contractors, installers, maintenance providers, and specialist partners.
- Validate that proposed solutions are operable, maintainable, and appropriate to the client's processes before making significant contractual commitments.
- Review projects with future operations early to identify technical, performance, availability, client-facility integration, and maintainability risks.
- Help define operational and risk-based go/no-go criteria to avoid projects the company cannot reliably execute or operate.
- Define mitigation measures, responsibilities, guarantees, service-level agreements, and operational limits before final offers and contracts are concluded.
- Act as the technical and operational lead for the client during project execution, commissioning, operation, and maintenance.
- Ensure the implemented solution meets committed service levels, performance, savings, availability, or production targets.
- Coordinate with Commercial, Technical Office, Proposals, Legal, Finance, Procurement, and Health and Safety teams to ensure a unified project approach.
- Translate client operational needs into technical requirements, operating procedures, and measurable commitments.
- Help define technical standards, execution methodologies, and operational checklists for ESCO projects.
- Document lessons from each project and turn them into repeatable criteria for future proposals, contracts, and operations.
- Support standardization of solutions and operating models across technology types, including heating, cooling, photovoltaics, battery energy storage systems, energy efficiency, energy management, and renewable gases.
- Help build a more selective, disciplined ESCO operating model aligned with actual execution and operational capacity.
Desired Qualifications
- Postgraduate training in project management, energy, sustainability, or operations management is valued.
About the company
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
- H1 2026 revenue rose 9.9% to €10.142 billion, showing momentum.
- ACCIONA closed a £125 million green loan and US$340 million private placement in 2026.
- Kwinana waste-to-energy and Vertical Earth should lift Infrastructure and Concessions earnings through 2027.
What critics are saying
- Australia's ACCC probe on East Rockingham threatens a blocked waste-to-energy acquisition in 2026.
- Silence burned €62 million plus €40 million in 2026 after 2024 production halts.
- ACCIONA carries €8.243 billion net financial debt, pressuring returns if project execution slips.
What makes ACCIONA unique
- ACCIONA combines infrastructure contracting with renewables, unlike pure-play peers like Ferrovial.
- The 2026 Sustainable Impact Financing Framework unifies green, blue, and sustainability-linked funding.
- Vertical Earth expands ACCIONA's self-execution in Georgia and Florida, strengthening U.S. delivery.
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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