Power Plant Maintenance Manager

Job Summary

The position is responsible for the safe and efficient operation and management of staff at the generating plant. It involves direct supervision and leadership of the maintenance group under the general direction of the Assistant Plant Manager. Key responsibilities include planning, scheduling, and supervising predictive, preventative, corrective, and overhaul maintenance of all plant equipment.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensures the safe operation of the plant in full compliance with all DTE and regulatory requirements.
• Directs plant maintenance personnel and contractors as required, ensuring plant reliability and efficiency.
• Manages the CMMS work order program to allocate manpower, equipment, and materials effectively.
• Schedules and manages preventive and predictive maintenance according to equipment and systems requirements.
• Improves maintenance processes and ensures maintenance personnel are properly trained and adhere to established procedures.
• Optimizes maintenance cost effectiveness, work quality, outage time, and availability.
• Investigates operating abnormalities and incidents to improve equipment availability and performance.
• Prepares and investigates plant maintenance reports and provides maintenance engineering evaluations and troubleshooting.
• Maintains consistent and effective communication with key stakeholders.
• Schedules and supervises overhauls of plant equipment and systems by outside contractors or plant staff.
• Maintains inventory of spare parts consistent with preventive maintenance and repair requirements.
• Establishes department and group goals based on various stakeholders' requirements.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent with at least 6 years supervisory experience in a solid fuel fired power plant.
• Associate degree or industry-recognized certificate in a related discipline with at least 4 years supervisory experience in a solid fuel fired power plant.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline with at least 3 years supervisory experience in a solid fuel fired power plant.

Preferred Qualifications

• Wood fired CFB boiler and Steam Turbine Generator operating experience.

Other Qualifications

• A thorough, demonstrated understanding of power plant operations, with strong understanding of the maintenance function.
• Understanding of steam turbine technology, mechanics, hydraulics, electricity and electronics.
• Fundamental understanding of Electrical systems and Instrumentation.
• Experience managing Electricians, IC&E Technicians, Mechanics, and other skilled trades.
• Understanding of accounting systems as it relates to work orders.
• Experience with accounting practices as it relates to analyzing cost impacts to budget.
• Ability to analyze potentially complex, costly maintenance problems and direct their resolution through formal problem-solving methods.
• Ability to analyze and improve maintenance business processes, utilizing information about market dynamics and competitors' processes and achievements.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Understanding of Risk-Based Asset Management (RBAM) strategies.
• Solid knowledge of plant engineering and plant maintenance functions and how they relate to operations and income.
• Ability to work shifts and extra/irregular hours and to work under unusual and special conditions that can arise in a biomass fired generation plant.
• Proficient in the use of MS applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint in a Windows environment.
• Extensive experience with computer-based maintenance management programs and Internet.

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Frequently sit, stand, or walk for a minimum of 8-hour shifts, including walking long distances and on uneven ground.
• Frequently climb stairs and ladders, balance, and occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and maneuver in awkward positions.
• Frequently lift objects of up to 25 pounds in weight and carry objects of up to 25 pounds in weight.
• Occasionally push or pull objects of up to 25 pounds in weight.
• Talk & hear; use hands & fingers; handle & feel; and able to reach with hands and arms extensively.
• Vision requirements for this position include close vision, color vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and/or machinery and equipment with high temperatures.
• Exposed to protected and unprotected heights, which requires the use of a personal fall protection system (harness/lifeline).
• Occasionally exposed to vibration and fumes or airborne particles which will require the use of personal protective equipment including respirators; fire retardant clothing; self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), etc.

Additional Information

• Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned.

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