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Project Manager, Operational Excellence - Dallas, TX

General Information

Country
USA
State/Region
Texas
City
Dallas
Team
Renewable Energies
Seniority
Specialist (2-4 years of experience)
Job Type
Permanent
Hire Type
Full-Time
Work Regimen
Hybrid
Posting Date
11-Jul-2026
Expiration Date
31-Oct-2026
Company
Enel SpA

Description and Requirements

Description and requirements
If you want to shape the future of energy, we are looking for a Project Manager, Operational Excellence to join our Solar and BESS perations and Maintenance team!

Who you will work with
The Project Manager, Operational Excellence, is responsible for the execution of initiatives across the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Solar & BESS organization. This role is responsible for driving cross-functional projects, ensuring effective governance, tracking progress against objectives, managing stakeholders, and delivering measurable operational improvements.

This role will work closely with the rest of the Operational Efficiency team, Technical Services, OMI, and other business functions to ensure initiatives are executed on time, within scope, and aligned with business priorities.


What you will do
  • Coordinate and manage a portfolio of Operational Excellence initiatives across the O&M Solar/BESS team.
  • Ensure alignment of project objectives with organizational priorities.
  • Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, resource requirements, and risk registers.
  • Establish project governance structures and facilitate regular project review meetings.
  • Track progress of multiple concurrent projects and ensure adherence to timelines and deliverables.
  • Monitor action items and ensure accountability across project teams.
  • Support change management activities to ensure successful adoption of new processes and tools.
  • Escalate risks, issues, dependencies, and roadblocks to leadership as required.
  • Review and provide input on Scopes of Work (SOWs), including scope, services, deliverables, technical requirements, acceptance criteria, and project timelines to ensure alignment with business objectives and operational needs.
  • Act as the primary liaison between O&M, Procurement, Legal, and Contract Management teams throughout the sourcing, contracting, and vendor onboarding processes for initiatives requiring external support.
  • Collaborate in vendor selection activities, including requirements clarification, proposal evaluations, and stakeholder alignment, as required.
  • Proactively monitor sourcing and contracting activities, identifying, tracking, and escalating roadblocks, risks, or delays that may impact project schedules or business objectives.
  • Support contract amendments, change requests, and scope modifications while maintaining appropriate documentation and governance controls.
  • Manage external contractors and service providers throughout project execution, ensuring adherence to contractual obligations, deliverables, timelines, quality standards, and safety requirements.
  • Monitor contractor performance, facilitate issue resolution, and ensure timely completion of agreed deliverables.
  • Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners.
  • Engage with the Global team for the implementation of identified best practices across the fleet.
  • Provide regular status updates to management and executive stakeholders.
  • Prepare executive presentations and business updates as required.
  • Measure and report realized benefits, including operational efficiency gains, cost reductions, reliability improvements, and process standardization.

What you will bring
The minimum requirements for this role are:
  • 2+ years of project management experience in industrial operations, energy, utilities, manufacturing, or renewable energy sectors.
  • Experience managing cross-functional projects involving technical and operational stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
  • Experience with project governance, KPI development, and executive reporting. 
  • Strong knowledge of project management methodologies and tools.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Power BI, Excel, SharePoint, Smartsheet, and/or other project portfolio management tools.
  • Familiarity with renewable energy operations (Solar & BESS) is highly desirable.
  • Understanding of reliability, maintenance, and operational performance metrics.
  • Strong organizational and planning skills.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
  • Ability to influence without direct authority.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities.
  • Results-oriented with a focus on execution and accountability.
  • Structured, proactive, and improvement‑oriented mindset.
  • Comfortable operating in a dynamic, compliance‑driven environment.
  • Ability to comment on legal documents and agreements.
  • 25% travel required (domestic & international).
Why join us?

• Enel North America offers its regular full-time employees affordable, quality healthcare for you and your family, life insurance and disability benefits to provide security, and retirement benefits to help you plan for your financial future. In addition, we offer an array of other benefits such as flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement and professional development allowance. 
• Benefits are effective as of day one! 
• Some additional perks to working with Enel North America include: 
• 401k with match fully vested as of day one. Enel-NA matches 100% of the first 4% that you contribute up to set IRS limits. 
• Generous PTO that supports work/life balance including: 4 weeks annually of vacation as well as personal days, volunteer days, your birthday off, paid holidays, and sick time. Proration may apply during first year of employment. 
• Paid leave programs 
• The opportunity to grow and develop your career with the support and mentorship of senior leaders. 
• The opportunity to work for one of the world’s most recognizable and respected brands in the energy industry that believes by working together we can create a new energy era in which the world can become more sustainable. 
An employee’s eligibility for these benefits shall be subject to the governing documents for such plans and programs and/or company policy. The benefits described above may be modified or eliminated with or without notice in accordance with the governing documents and applicable law.


Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and the Selection Process
Enel North America is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information. We will not discriminate, in any employment decision, against any individual or group on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veterans/national guard/military reserve status. This shall be done in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws in every location in which Enel North America has facilities. Enel North America maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law. Accessibility – If you require accessibility assistance applying for open positions please contact EnelApplication@enel.com.
The selection process includes an initial introductory interview with the Recruiting team, followed by an interview with the relevant business line. If your profile matches the requirements of the role, we will contact you to share all the details of the next steps.

Enel North America is committed to providing a fair and transparent hiring process for all job seekers. We will never ask you to pay money or provide sensitive information, such as your social security number or bank account number, as part of the application process. We only hire through our official channels, which include our website and LinkedIn page. If you receive a job offer that did not come through one of those channels, it is likely a scam, and we suggest reporting it to the authorities.

We are looking for individuals who embody our values: trust, respect, innovation, proactivity, and flexibility.

Do you want to be a part of change? Apply now and join the Enel team to help drive the energy transition with us!


Notice to Recruiters & Staffing Agencies
Enel North America has an internal talent acquisition department and designated career site for individuals looking to join our team. Enel North America will not accept unsolicited resumes from any external recruiters, staffing firms, search agencies or any fee-based referrals. Any unsolicited resumes sent to directly to Enel North America, in any capacity will be considered property of Enel North America. This policy is applicable to all Enel North America locations and will be the responsibility of third parties and vendors to understand this policy. Enel North America will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.


Who we are:
Enel North America:
Enel North America is a proven renewables leader delivering clean, flexible and sustainable energy solutions.
As part of the Enel Group, we develop, build, own and operate renewable power plants and demand response solutions, with over 11 gigawatts (GW) of installed wind and solar capacity, over 1 GW of energy storage and nearly 5 GW of demand response in the US and Canada.
For nearly 25 years, we've reliably powered modern life and driven climate action with our people, partners and communities by putting sustainability at the center of everything we do. Enel is a top-five industry leader for clean power capacity in the US, demand response in North America and utility-scale battery storage in Texas.
We are a smart and passionate team working together to build the Enel North America that we want for the long-term – one that is founded on strong financial, social and environmental values. Being on our team means being part of lasting progress to create a thriving and more sustainable world for our climate and communities. It means valuing safety, trust, innovation, proactivity, flexibility and respect in all we do. Our vision is ambitious, and we'll get there together.


Enel Spa
Enel is a multinational power company and a leading integrated player in the global power and renewables markets, present in 27 countries worldwide.
At global level, it is the largest renewable player, the foremost electricity distribution network player by number of grid customers served and the biggest retail operator by customer base
Enel generates electricity with approximately 93 GW of total capacity. Enel Green Power, the Group’s renewables arm, has a total capacity of approximately 68 GW and a generation mix that includes wind, solar, geothermal, and hydroelectric power, as well as energy storage facilities, installed in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.
Enel Grids, the Group’s global business line dedicated to the management of the electricity distribution service worldwide, delivers electricity through a network of 1.9 million kilometers with more than 69 million end users connected to its distribution grids. Enel Commercial is the Group’s arm dedicated to customers around the world with the aim of effectively providing products and services based on their energy needs and encouraging them towards a more conscious and sustainable use of energy. It provides electricity, gas and integrated services to more than 29 million customers globally including households, enterprises, industries and public administrations. In addition, it offers flexibility services aggregating 10.2 GW and has over 34,000 owned public charging points for electric mobility.

Curious about us? Discover more at www.enel.com

This announcement is addressed to all individuals in line with Enel’s commitment to equity and inclusion, with particular attention to promoting gender equality.