Plant Manager

About the role

The Harding Street Station plant was a coal fired generating station converted to gas with additional simple cycle gas fired turbines operated by the site staff. This job is responsible for working with the commercial team to provide safe, reliable, and cost-efficient power to the MISO RTO of the bulk electric system in the US SBU. The customer base is the regulated Indianapolis, Indiana footprint. The position ensures PTC contributions to AES are maximized through effective control of cost and the disciplined approach to the capital investment strategy focused on managing cash and return on investment.

Responsibilities

• Direct and develop a workforce comprised of ~100 direct people and ~30 to 250 sub-contractors.
• Define the strategy and tactical plan to meet Corporate/SBU visions.
• Lead the development of strong safety and environmental cultures.
• Develop annual capital, KPI, and O&M budgets.
• Manage $20M O&M; $20M Capital; $10M Planned Outage; and $28M head count budgets.
• Meet or exceed performance KPIs.
• Manage the plant headcount through effective recruiting and staffing processes.
• Define roles and responsibilities for functional groups working within the plant.
• Mentor and develop future talent to meet succession plan targets.
• Develop and implement training as required by regulatory and company procedures and to improve skills and knowledge of the workforce.
• Review and examine reports, analyses, logs and records related to safety, environmental permitting, operations, cost, and work progress.
• Implement world class work flow processes and systems.
• Provide information for reporting purposes.
• Coordinate compliance audits with internal and external auditing functions.
• Complete action items developed from different initiatives.
• Support portfolio platform initiatives.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in engineering; MBA or a related discipline are preferred.
• 10 years’ leadership experience in progressively responsible assignments, demonstrating success in various leadership positions within power plant operation, maintenance and engineering areas.
• Ability to develop strategic and tactical plans aligned with Corporate and US SBU visions.
• Ability to develop organizations and people that can perform in a cross-functional team.
• Working knowledge of environmental, safety, and health processes, procedures, and permits.
• Working knowledge of financial planning and accounting processes and systems with experience developing 5-year O&M budgets and 10-year Capital budgets.
• Organizational know-how of performing in a matrix aligned organization.
• Experience working in a Union labor environment with a working knowledge of labor contracts.
• Familiar with the FERC/NERC compliance standards.
• Knowledge of power marketing and GADs reporting.
• Strong trouble shooting and decision-making skills.
• Working knowledge of Office 365 applications and SAP.
• Exceptional oral and written communications skills.
• Strong social and speaking skills.

Qualifications

• Ability to develop strategic and tactical plans aligned with Corporate and US SBU visions.
• Ability to develop organizations and people that can perform in a cross-functional team.
• Working knowledge of environmental, safety, and health processes, procedures, and permits.
• Working knowledge of financial planning and accounting processes and systems with experience developing 5-year O&M budgets and 10-year Capital budgets.
• Organizational know-how of performing in a matrix aligned organization.
• Experience working in a Union labor environment with a working knowledge of labor contracts.
• Familiar with the FERC/NERC compliance standards.
• Knowledge of power marketing and GADs reporting.
• Strong trouble shooting and decision-making skills.
• Working knowledge of Office 365 applications and SAP.
• Exceptional oral and written communications skills.
• Strong social and speaking skills.