Solar Plant Manager

The Solar Plant Manager at Origis Energy Services in Greenville, MS, is responsible for leading day-to-day operations, ensuring safety, performance, and compliance at solar plants. The role involves building a strong safety culture, coaching teams, and aligning site operations with company goals. The position requires a commitment to safety, accountability, and transparency, while managing both owner-developed and third-party solar sites.
Origis Energy is accelerating the transition to a carbon-free future by Reimagining ZeroSM. As one of America’s leading renewable energy and decarbonization solution platforms, the company continues to expand and reimagine its contribution to the world’s net-zero goals. Origis Energy puts customers first to deploy a wide range of sustainable solutions for grid power generation, performance optimization, and long-term operation of solar and energy storage plants across the U.S. Founded in 2008, Origis Energy is headquartered in Miami, FL.



Please note that all Solar Technician jobs are safety sensitive positions

Position Description

Origis Services, LLC is a rapidly expanding Operations and Maintenance provider in the United States. Our solar asset portfolio continues to increase at a near exponential rate, with a mixture of Owner developed and constructed sites and third-party sites contracted, or already under management. Our goal is to provide a more inclusive service capability, driving out the large expenses that are normally passed through to the owner.

The Solar Plant Manager provides day-to-day leadership and strategic oversight at the plant level, ensuring high standards in safety, performance, and operational culture. They lead by example, drive continuous improvement, and are accountable for creating a site culture that aligns with Origis Services’ values: Safety, Accountability, and Transparency.

The Plant Manager is responsible for aligning site operations with company goals, ensuring safe and compliant practices, building team capabilities, and delivering consistent performance across all site metrics.

Key Behaviors

As the on-site leadership presence, the Solar Plant Manager consistently demonstrates high standards in safety, integrity, communication, and team development. They are the cultural and operational role model for Origis Services’ principles of Safety, Accountability, and Transparency.

Key Deliverables

Operational Leadership: Own site-wide execution of safety, operational, and performance programs. Drive high performance and accountability through clear expectations and strong daily leadership.Safety Culture Champion: Build and maintain a proactive safety culture by leading safety programs, audits, and training. Ensure all site activities comply with OSHA, NFPA 70E, and other regulatory standards.People & Performance Leadership: Lead, coach, and support site teams to perform at their best. Drive engagement, growth, and team alignment with company values and performance expectations.Process Ownership: Ensure implementation of Origis Services’ operational processes, procedures, and tools. Drive consistency, accuracy, and improvement across work management, reporting, and communications.Team Development: Develop and retain top talent at the site level through coaching, structured training, and performance management. Support succession planning and cross-site collaboration.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Lead the Safety and Accident Prevention Programs. Conduct regular safety inspections, audits, and briefings. Ensure all site personnel and third parties follow all safety protocols and emergency procedures.Serve as the site’s senior-most technical, operational, and safety leader.Coach, mentor, and support development of site-based technicians and contractors.Oversee the execution of preventative and corrective maintenance plans in accordance with standards and OEM recommendations.Drive daily performance and accountability to site KPIs and operational goals.Ensure accurate documentation of maintenance, outages, parts usage, safety inspections, and other key site activities.Manage contractor relationships and vendor performance. Ensure work is executed safely and according to plan.Oversee inventory control, spare parts planning, and replenishment strategies.Ensure high-quality care and control of site tools, vehicles, and materials.Maintain site vegetation and coordinate auxiliary services as needed.Represent the site internal and external communications. Coordinate with Regional Managers and corporate support functions.Be available to support emergencies, outages, and critical events outside of normal hours. Participate in on-call rotation.Maintain all plant-owned tools, equipment, and fleet vehicles to company standards.Oversee tool calibration, equipment inspections, vehicle maintenance, and inventory tracking.Exercise discretion and judgment when making decisions regarding local purchases, vendor use, and cost control.Monitor and report cost drivers at the plant level and communicate budget risks promptly.

Minimum Certifications

OSHA 30-Hour Training for General IndustryNFPA 70E – Workplace Electrical SafetyFirst Aid, CPR, AED

Location Columbus, MS

Travel Up to 20% travel as needed

Job Level Manager - will have direct reports

Origis Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOC). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. We are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences as that is what makes our employees unique. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. More information is available here.

Request for Support or Accommodations: As part of our effort to provide equal opportunity to qualified disabled veterans and individuals with disabilities, we are happy to offer support and special accommodations in order for you to successfully reach us with your interest. Please reach out to us at candidateaccommodations@origisenergy.com if you would like to request help with your application.