Power Plant Operations Manager jobs in Oklahoma

Job Responsibilities

• Ensures safe work practices and procedures are observed
• Ensures that required mechanical and electrical maintenance activities during forced or scheduled outages are completed according to established schedules.
• Monitors and oversees preventive/predictive maintenance activities at the plant.
• Develops and implements long-range maintenance planning to assure the reliable and efficient operation of station equipment.
• Directs subordinate personnel in outage planning and scheduling of maintenance to assure thorough investigation of each request, determining material needs and other prerequisites such as equipment/tools needed, workforce needs, and procedures required
• Ensures coordination of group activities with plant Environmental Specialist as needed to maintain compliance regarding work-related environmental issues.
• Implement standard work management processes and procedures that are consistent with the EthosEnergy Group model.
• Manages the procurement, receiving, issuance, and maintenance of an adequate inventory of materials required to perform plant activities.
• Monitors the work of material personnel to assure that warehousing services are available and operated consistently with plant needs.
• Administrator, site Planner/Scheduler, and plant counterparts regarding inventory and purchasing activities.
• Monitors inventory levels to assure adequate supplies of spare parts, equipment and materials are available while minimizing company investment. Ensures that all inventory is linked to a piece of equipment in Infor.
• Maintains a productive and motivated staff through sound human resource management and the enforcement of personnel policy
• Ensures work group activities are performed on time and within budget through effective planning, organizing, scheduling, and monitoring of work activities and utilization of resources.
• Sets high and challenging productivity and quality standards for self and work group; encourages new ideas and work methods to lower costs and increase productivity, quality and safety.
• Assigns responsibility for tasks and decisions and manages expectations of others.
• Promptly and fairly resolves any personnel or work-related problems. Utilizes the Performance Management program to provide performance feedback to employees
• Provides direct reports with well defined job expectations, ongoing performance feedback and accurate appraisal of performance.
• Plans and controls group expenditures to control costs and provide for the availability of resources
• Prepares maintenance budget for the group. Projects and controls work group expenditures to maintain compliance with budgeted funds.
• Monitors actual budget variances and justifies deviations.
• Supports company/plant goals and programs
• Represents the company/plant in a professional and positive manner in all internal and external contacts. Maintains effective community and public relations image of Owner and Company.
• Translates company/plant goals into Group tactical plans and goals

Required Skills / Knowledge

• Demonstrates knowledge of all facets of power plant maintenance operations.
• Demonstrates the ability to make competent decisions in emergency situations.
• Capable of writing maintenance procedures, work requests, and purchase requisitions.
• Demonstrates the ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, electrical one-lines, logic drawings, technical manuals and P&ID's.
• Demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills.
• Will write routine reports, solve practical problems, clearly communicate tasks and needs, and train other personnel.
• Assures safe, timely and efficient resolution of problems to return systems and equipment to ready-to-run condition and meet system operability needs
• Implements appropriate change recommendations of company leadership team.
• Understands changes and communicates effectively with team members.
• Role model for quality work, safety and work ethics.

Experience

• Four to six years related experience and/or training; or a combination of experience and/or education preferred.

Education Requirements

• Associates Degree (AA) or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school
• High School diploma or equivalent required.

Physical Requirements

• The employee must be able to lift up to 50 pounds

What We Offer

• Supportive company culture that values its employees
• Excellent training opportunities
• Paid Parental Leave
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision & 401 K Plan (If
• Paid Time Off & Holidays
• Extra money in your paycheck - Employee Referral Bonus!
• Personal Development & Career Succession Planning
• Company sponsored Perks & Discount programs