Plant Manager

Responsibilities

• Supports and emphasizes importance of safety and environmental programs and ensures regulatory compliance
• Promotes productivity and teamwork with open communication, timely decision making, and use of leadership skills to set high standards of performance, while providing the direction necessary to achieve performance
• Promotes and supports the development of technical leadership and business skills of employees to carry out responsibilities in a competitive environment
• Sets up and supports matrix communications to NRG management and site owners
• Provides regular feedback to employees on their performance to allow them to capitalize on their strengths and focus on opportunities for improvement
• Creates and supports an organizational culture that encourages and rewards employee involvement, innovative thinking, adaptation to change, responsible risk taking, customer focus, and continuous improvement
• Formulates appropriate strategies which support the overall NRG strategy and manages development, implementation and execution of assigned area goals, objectives, and initiatives
• Manages all business aspects of assigned area to maximize competitive position of the plant including operational performance, staff development and cost management
• Reviews organizational performance with constituents and addresses opportunities for improvement on a regular basis
• Manages, as necessary, the evaluation and selection of external service providers. Manages work performed by external service providers in support of organizational objectives and responsibilities
• Sets assignments for employees and holds them accountable for their performance
• Develops and maintains professional relationships with organizations external to the plant
• Ensures that appropriate technical expertise related to assigned area of responsibility is available and provided to constituents in a timely manner
• Manages development and execution of appropriate standards, guidelines, programs, and procedures within assigned area of responsibility
• Uses and maintains technical and professional knowledge, shares that knowledge with others, and recognizes/applies new technology in a cost effective manner
• Obtains and applies knowledge of competitive business practices in daily work activities and decision making
• Sets and meets the needs of the customer/client and focuses on meeting and exceeding their expectations
• Ants to anticipate, accept and successfully implement necessary changes in the organization and adapts to meet the new requirements
• Ensures a safe and environmentally compliant workplace
• Willing to accept accountability for own decisions, performance, and behavior, as well as the performance of assigned staff

Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelors degree in an Engineering or related technical discipline, and 10 years of equivalent experience in a related technical field; or a minimum of 14 years experience in a related technical field or similar position
• Demonstrated record of successfully leading/supervising employees in a related field