Javier Saldise — Operations Director & COO · Industrial & Renewable Energy
Available — Director / COO
Javier Saldise · Operations Director · Industrial + Renewable Energy
The goal of the company is to make money.
— Eliyahu M. Goldratt · The Goal
I've spent 25 years making sure it does — across industry and energy.
T-01
0+
Years leading ops
T-02
0 GW
Portfolio managed
T-03
0%+
Asset availability
T-04
€0M
Revenue · from €450K
Scroll
Leadership with systemic vision
01 / ProfileI am an Operations Director with 25+ years scaling industrial and renewable energy businesses across Europe and the US — combining full P&L accountability with hands-on operational leadership.
I grew TABSAL from €450K to €4M and 12 to 47 people, directed O&M for a 1.4 GW solar & wind portfolio across 7 countries, and led engineering for 500+ MW of UK wind at >98% availability.
Now seeking a Director or COO role in industrial operations or renewable energy — in Spain, the UK or wider Europe.
"The operator who has sat on both sides of the meter — paying the industrial energy bill, then building the assets that lower it."
— My differentiator
Tell me how you measure me, and I will tell you how I will behave.
— Eliyahu M. Goldratt · Theory of Constraints
Continuous improvement was never a programme I rolled out — it's how I read every operation. Find the constraint, measure what truly matters, remove it, repeat. Twenty-five years of Lean, TPM and TOC have made that instinct, not method.
Track record
02 / Experience2025 — NowSpain & Slovenia
HV BESS Manager
TAB d.d. — Battery & BESS Manufacturer
Own the European high-voltage BESS project portfolio end-to-end — delivery, safety, quality and financial targets. Lead cross-functional engineering, construction and commissioning teams, managing regulatory, grid and contractor interfaces under structured risk and change control.
7+
European markets
HV
Grid-scale storage
2024 — 2025International
International O&M Manager
OPD Energy — Renewable Energy Developer
Directed operations & maintenance across a 1.4 GW solar and wind portfolio spanning 7 countries. Implemented predictive maintenance, managed providers against KPIs and budgets, and delivered board-level reporting that sharpened decision-making.
95%+
Availability sustained
€890K
Annual value secured*
−10%
US service costs
2016 — 2024Spain · Global
Operations Director — Full P&L
TABSAL SCL — Engineered Timber Manufacturer
Full P&L across operations, commercial and technical. Led international expansion into the US, UK, Germany and France; redesigned cost and pricing structures; deployed Lean, TPM and TOC; secured CE certification to unlock new markets.
€450K→€4M
Revenue grown
12→47
Team scaled
2014 — 2016United Kingdom
Engineering Director (O&M)
EDF Energy Renewables
Led O&M engineering for a 500+ MW UK wind portfolio. Managed 9 direct and 63 indirect staff. Increased MTBF and reduced MTTR through targeted engineering interventions, sustaining turbine availability above 98%.
98%+
Turbine availability
500+MW
Wind portfolio
2011 — 2014Global
Engineering Improvement Director
Vestas Wind Systems
Led global O&M improvement programmes across a 485-person organisation. Drove condition-based maintenance adoption from 1.5% to 24% in 18 months and delivered 20% OPEX reduction through standardisation and smarter engineering.
−20%
OPEX reduced
€550K
Saved / intervention
The numbers that matter
03 / ResultsR-01
€0×
Revenue multiple delivered at TABSAL (€450K → €4M)
R-02
0 GW
Renewable portfolio directed across 7 countries
R-03
0%
Condition-based maintenance adoption, from 1.5% in 18 months
R-04
0%
OPEX reduction through standardisation & engineering
Core capabilities
04 / Expertise// 01
P&L & Commercial Leadership
- Full P&L
- Cost & Pricing Strategy
- Board Reporting
- Margin Growth
- Stakeholder Mgmt
// 02
International & Multi-Site Operations
- 7-Country Portfolios
- International Expansion
- Governance
- Provider Management
// 03
Renewable Energy & Storage
- Solar & Wind O&M
- HV BESS
- Grid Interface
// 04
Asset & Reliability
- ISO 55000
- Predictive Maintenance
- MTBF / MTTR
- IAM Member
// 05
Continuous Improvement
- Lean
- TPM
- TOC
- Standardisation
Education
MSc Reliability Engineering & Asset ManagementUniversity of Manchester · UK
MSc Project & Production ManagementUPC · Spain
BSc (Hons) Industrial Operations ManagementCardiff Metropolitan University · UK
HND Maintenance EngineeringCardiff Metropolitan University · UK
Languages
Spanish — NativeEnglish — Full ProfessionalPortuguese — Upper-Intermediate
Systems & Tools
SAPMS Dynamics / NavisionPower BIMicrosoft 365Autodesk
Standards & Bodies
Institute of Asset Management (IAM)Member
AENOR & BSIMember — Spanish & British standards bodies
ISO 55000 — Asset ManagementStandards work · applied across portfolios
The operating principle
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
— Will Durant, paraphrasing Aristotle
05 / Let's build
Let's put me to work.
If you're hiring at Director or COO level in industrial operations or renewable energy, I'll bring P&L discipline, multi-site execution and bankable results from day one.
Open to opportunities · Spain · UK · Europe