Asset Manager

Responsibilities

• Oversee, monitor, and evaluate the operational performance of NYPA’s overall operations.
• Direct the preparation of operating budgets and proposals for capital expenditure and investments in infrastructure, technology, equipment, systems, or other assets and resources.
• Analyze and approve operational investments that best meet the organization's business needs.
• Practice a fiscally prudent, whole-life value Asset Management approach to optimize the performance, cost (capital and operating), and risk of the assets throughout their lifecycle while ensuring safety, reliability, resilience, environmental, and regulatory compliance.
• Practice leadership, motivation, and collaboration to ensure successful asset management and NERC Reliability Standards Compliance.
• Establish and update the asset management plan(s).
• Maintain the asset risk register for the region.
• Lead and manage a comprehensive assets registry.
• Improve the decision-making process for asset management based on quantifiable risk.
• Manage the implementation and ongoing improvement of all data on physical assets, including asset onboarding, criticality, condition assessment, inspection history, repairs and failures.
• Ensure the consistency and accuracy of data collected through the Enterprise Asset Management System (Maximo).
• Enforce governance policies and procedures that align to Asset Management policy and strategy.
• Coordinate ongoing activities requiring site reach to interface with: Operations, maintenance, engineering, warehousing, EH&S to ensure effective and economical use of materials and human capital.
• Maintain current knowledge in Asset Management principles, practices, procedures and technology.
• Develop and execute Reliability & Availability strategies which deliver maximum reliable uptime of assets.
• Develop and maintain long-range (10 year) work plan and budget to ensure optimal performance of assets over entire life-cycle.
• Coordinate development and prioritization of projects in support of the long range work plan.
• Monitor operational performance data to determine optimal maintenance and replacement strategies for assets.
• Support the safe and environmentally responsible operation of the region’s assets.

Requirements

• Excellent Project Management skills with the ability to develop and lead project teams.
• Ability to analyze technical information.
• Ability to analyze financial information, including budgets (capital and O&M), investment analysis (cost/benefit, ROI, etc.) and life-cycle costs.
• Ability to develop long-range (10-year plan) capital and O&M plans and project prioritizations.
• Strong verbal and written skills with the ability to deal persuasively with individuals at multiple levels, to think strategically and present an integrated, properly formatted end-to-end story with concise data analysis.
• Solid understanding of NERC/NPCC compliance requirements.
• Solid understanding of the financial and operational impact of maintenance decisions.
• Organized and detail-oriented.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in areas of change management.
• Ability to utilize Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) definition and tracking for Asset Management process improvement determination.
• Working knowledge of industry standards related to Asset Management are required.

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in Engineering or Business.
• Master’s degree in Business or Engineering preferred.
• 8 years of successful experience in a utility or related field preferred. (Operations and maintenance experience preferred).
• Experience with Enterprise Asset Management Systems preferred (MAXIMO preferred), SAP experience (or ability to learn).

Benefits

• The New York Power Authority is committed to providing fair, competitive, and market-informed compensation.
• The estimated salary range for this position is: $116,000- $159,500.

Pay

• The salary offered will be determined based on the successful candidates’ relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Schedule

• Significant travel expected (25% - 45% depending upon responsibilities), primarily within NY State to NYPA owned facilities by car, company plane and commercial transportation.