Manager, Generation Engineering

About the role

This position is managed by (TXNM Energy/PNM/TNMP) and is covered by NERC CIP cyber security standards. Before being hired, promoted, or transferred into the position, the candidate must successfully pass a Personnel Risk Assessment, which includes identity verification and a criminal background check. Additionally, the candidate must attend cyber security training and pass an annual cyber security training.

Responsibilities

• Supplies the materials, tools, capital, and other resources necessary to accomplish the departments goals, objectives, and improvement initiatives
• Determines, develops, and maintains work relationships among the stations various departments, disciplines, and work-groups
• Generates forecasts, environmental, and auxiliary equipment performance curves, upgrade economics, and capital replacement requirements and capabilities
• Establishes one-year and five-year equipment capital improvement, outage project, and engineering project targets
• Develops, applies, and meets budgets that support the departments goals and objectives
• Develops, enacts, and enforces policies, procedures, programs, and guidelines
• Affirms department availability, reliability, and productivity performance standards
• Develops, enacts, and enforces methods of measuring, monitoring, and reporting work in progress and completed tasks
• Evaluates work in progress and results achieved against the standards, corrects deficient performance, and improves methods and results

Qualifications

• Minimum Education and/or Experience: Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university in engineering with seven to nine years related experience, including two years of management experience, or equivalent combination of education and/or experience related to the discipline. Master's degree is preferred.
• Supervisory Responsibilities: Hires, trains, evaluates, rewards, and terminates employees. Designs, organizes, prioritizes, schedules, and leads work assignments. Fosters good working relationships with various groups.

Competencies

• Broad knowledge of the design, maintenance, and operation of all power generation technologies including fossil-fired power plants and associated environmental systems
• Understanding of and ability to utilize project management tools and techniques to plan, schedule, execute, and document outage projects and engineering projects in an effective, efficient, and safe manner
• Ability to exercise considerable technical judgment and influence in the analysis of engineering problems and solutions; and in the implementation of those solutions while maintaining plant operating equipment availability, reliability, and productivity targets
• Understanding of and ability to utilize sound management techniques and leadership principles
• Ability to make sound judgments and crucial decisions in short amounts of time
• Ability to maintain positive and productive working relationships with various individuals and groups

Communication Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, and governmental regulations
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from management

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry

Computer Skills

• Working knowledge of database, spreadsheet, and word processing software

Analysis and Problem-Solving

• Ability to solve complex problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form