Operations and Maintenance Manager

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Job Summary:

This position is accountable for all aspects of operations and maintenance at Deer Park with the emphasis on work safety, environmental compliance, quality, productivity, and employee leadership.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Ensure safe operation and environmental compliance of power plant equipment
• Ensure reliability-based maintenance planning process is effective
• Serves as safety management sponsor
• Ensure operational aspects of work management process are effective
• Approve monthly operations and maintenance schedules
• Works with the Plant Specialist to ensure environmental compliance
• Prepare and manage Operational and Maintenance budgets
• Compiles and submits budget variance reports and invoicing to owners on behalf of NRG
• Provides visible and active support for the plant reliability program

• Support continual improvement and operational excellence through the following programs:
  • Safety Programs
  • Environmental Compliance
  • Conduct of Operations
  • Alarm Management
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Reliability Centered Maintenance
  • Cycle Chemistry Monitoring and Improvement
  • Lock-out tag-out
  • Change Analysis
  • Inventory Optimization
  • Operator Driven Reliability

• Supports/Oversees Outages to ensure they are safe, productive, and cost effective
• Ensuring the PDM program meets operation and maintenance needs of the plant
• Operator Training and Skills Enhancement Programs
• Provides visible and active support for the plant reliability program

• Maintaining current written procedures to improve plant performance and to ensure consistent operation between crews
• Developing appropriate shifts, schedules, staffing, and response programs to control costs and enhance response time and performance
• Creates and maintains plant reports (Performance reports, GADS, ORAP, etc.)
• Weekly Operations & Maintenance Reports to Plant Manager

• Supports all Seasonal Readiness Activities and is the Hurricane Duty Coordinator
• Monitor progress of plant goals

Working Conditions:

• Normal office environment and/or power plant environment
• Work overtime and non-standard working hours as required
• Occasionally requires wearing personal protective safety equipment (respirators, safety glasses, hard hat, appropriate footwear, gloves, ear plugs, etc.)
• May be required to work around rotating and energized equipment, hazardous materials and chemicals
• Emergency situations will require the use of a respirator and climbing of stairs to reach safety shelters.
• Requires operation of a motor vehicle; valid state Driver’s License.
• The successful candidate must have a TWIC Card or secure one prior to the date of hire.
• Requires excelled operation of a personal computer
• Limited business-related travel to NRG and vendor facilities.

Minimum Requirements:

• High School diploma and a minimum of 8 years of experience with operations/maintenance at a power plant OR Baccalaureate degree in Engineering, Business, or related discipline from an accredited college or university, and 5 years of maintenance or operations experience in a power plant.
• This position requires extended work hours to support the plant as required.  The incumbent is required to be available on a 24/7 emergency basis.
• Basic knowledge of Excel and SAP

Preferred Qualifications:

• Co-generation plant experience is preferred
• GE 7EA combustion turbines with heat recovery steam generator (HRSG)
• Water treatment experience (demineralization, waste water, etc.)
• Experience with breakers, exciters, generators, transformers, motors, switchgear, and miscellaneous electrical equipment
• Experience in both Operations and Maintenance.

• Experience leading/supervising employees in a related field is desirable
• The candidate should have a wide range of skills and experience, sufficient to teach workers at all levels of the organization

Additional Knowledge and Abilities:

• Strong leadership ability, writing, planning, communication skills, a strong working knowledge of Company policies and procedures, along with an understanding of union labor agreements, are required. 
• Proven skills relating to computer applications such as Excel, Pi, SAP, project scheduling, budgeting, safety and industrial hygiene, and an understanding of power plant operations are essential. 
• Uses and maintains technical and professional knowledge, shares that knowledge with others, and recognizes/applies new technology in a cost-effective manner
• Seeks and understands the customer/client’s needs and focuses on meeting and exceeding their expectations
• The successful candidate will have experience in operations and maintenance, with demonstrated experience in operational excellence.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires standing, sitting, walking, kneeling, twisting, climbing stairs and ladders, and entering plant equipment to access, inspect, or collect data on plant equipment
• Occasionally requires lifting as appropriate to perform duties and responsibilities

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace.  To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability  Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.  

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