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The Operations Manager leads the Operations staff and manages all aspects of operations of a power plant to ensure safe, environmentally compliant, and efficient operations of the plant.
Essential Duties / Responsibilities :
- Responsible for all plant equipment
- Leads Plant Operations in alignment with Safety, Environmental and Conduct of Operations policies
- Actively supports and emphasizes importance of safety and environmental programs and ensures regulatory compliance
- Promotes productivity and teamwork in Operations with open communication, timely decision making, and use of personal leadership skills to set high standards of performance while providing the direction necessary to achieve that performance
- Champion Human Performance and the use of Error-Reduction tools
- Provides leadership in the lock out / tag out program in order to promote safe operations and maintenance
- Monitors plant and unit performance, conducts root cause analysis, and leads investigations to develop and implement corrective actions.
- Optimize Unit performance using PI and available data.
- Responsible for plant cycle chemistry
- Sets maintenance priorities and schedules maintenance for the plant in conjunction with the Maintenance Manager
- Coordinates unit load scheduling, testing, status, outage plans and acts as primary interface with Commercial Operations for reporting unit status and capabilities
- Ensures proper training is being provided to Plant Operators
- Ensures development, implementation and monitoring of work schedules and plans in their work area of responsibility
- Ensures regulatory compliance and collects and submits evidence in support of NERC reliability standards
- Maintains communications with other areas of the Company including Safety, Environmental, Human Resources, Fuels, and Corporate Management Teams to coordinate activities and facilitate process improvement initiatives
- Performs field inspections of job sites and work or operational evolutions in progress
- Recognizes problems and is proactive in helping to resolve them
- Administers and participates in the resolution of labor issues
- Assists in coordinates emergency response efforts (i.e. winter and summer readiness, freeze protection, integrated contingency plan, spill response plan, etc.)
- Provides regular feedback to employees on their performance to allow them to capitalize on their strength and focus on opportunities for improvement
- Develops, implements, and revises operational policies and procedures to improve plant performance and ensure consistent operations between crews.
- Able to fulfill the responsibilities of the Plant Manager position in their absence
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Please Note : Salary offered will be commensurate with the successful candidate's education and / or experience and consistent with the job location's market pay rate.
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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