Asset Manager - Power Group

About the role

OxyChem, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is seeking an experienced Asset Manager to join our OxyChem power team. The Asset Manager performs a wide variety of managerial, commercial, technical, and financial tasks related to increasing the profitability, reliability, efficiency, and competitiveness of three power generation facilities.

Responsibilities

• Work with the plant managers to optimize plant safety, environmental, maintenance, and operations performance and profitability.
• Oversee the cogeneration businesses with a focus on maximizing reliability and revenue while mitigating cost and risk.
• Make critical business and risk decisions, drive cogeneration team management goals and priorities, and lead the long-term vision for the cogeneration business.
• Lead cogeneration capital investment vision and strategy.
• Negotiate Cogeneration contracts with the OEM, outside contractors, customers, suppliers, and lenders.
• Lead and oversee cogeneration outage downtime, cost, resources, parts and scope planning and execution, provide on-site and shop leadership, and provide advocacy on behalf of the site with OEM executive leadership to escalate issues.
• Participate in technical discussions with Cogen leadership, the OEM and other vendors regarding unit performance, operational risks, upgrades, major scope, and part repair/replacement.
• Assists in the development of operating and project budgets and monthly reporting on plant variances.
• Involved with the development, financial modeling, and implementation of initiatives for profit enhancements and capital projects.
• Maintain a strong industry influence and network, and keep tabs on new technologies
• Work closely with internal and external regulatory, marketing, legal, engineering, tax, treasury, fuel supply, and insurance personnel on generation matters
• Ensure that the Cogen business is in full compliance with NERC standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline and 5+ years of experience in industry, at least 3 years of which is experience in operations, maintenance, or engineering of generating or production facilities.
• Some management experience is a must.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple activities simultaneously.
• Excellent analytical skills (business, technical, and financial).
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to edit and compose reports and correspondence and to present asset results articulately.
• Must have the ability to work independently.
• Some travel required for meetings with plant personnel, customers, vendors, and others, estimated at less than one week per month

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in power generation maintenance and/or operations.
• MBA