Mgr Plant Maintenance
CPS Energy
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Deadline to Apply: January 6, 2025
Power Generation: Rio Nogales Plant Location: Seguin, TX
Pay Grade
17
Position Summary
Cultivates a safe work environment for employees. Oversees the maintenance and repair of plant equipment and facilities including maintenance planning and scheduling processes. Manages a location or segment of a larger department. Implements business objectives, strategies and plans while managing daily work functions and supporting company programs and policies. Selects, coaches, develops and supervises employees. Directly responsible for plant and equipment availability for operation. Responsible for maintenance reliability and personnel productivity. Partners with plant Engineering and Operations Staff to implement strategic initiatives and processes.
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Manages multi-craft workforce to ensure plant reliability. Workforce includes O&M Technicians, Foreman, Supervisors, Journeymen, Apprentices, and Trainees for Welders, Machinists, I&C Technicians, Electricians, GMS and Utility Crews.
- Manages all maintenance activities, including PM compliance program for regulatory and reliability compliance. Identifies and implements initiatives to address and correct equipment deficiencies through proactive processes.
- Manages the overall Maintenance Planning and Scheduling processes.
- Serves as a project manager for complex projects needed at the site. This includes project design, budget, schedule, implementation, material/parts ordering direction and quality control of the project. Serves as Overhaul/Planned Serves as Overhaul/Planned Outage/Forced Outage Manager for the site. This includes reviewing backlogs, building schedules, developing work scopes, and managing daily overhaul/planned outage/forced outage activities.
- Develops and manages contracts for various plant support. Prepares Scope of Work documents necessary to obtain firm pricing for contractor work.
- Manages NERC CIP and Reliability Standards maintenance obligations and manages NERC certification process for maintenance personnel.
- Manages maintenance of equipment required for environmental monitoring and compliance.
- Works closely with Environmental team to coordinate maintenance activities to protect the environment and maintain permit compliance.
- Develops plant budget and assists plant engineers with budget planning. Utilizes the Maintenance Management System to identify reoccurring plant equipment problems including cost. Approves purchasing for plant site.
- Reviews/Updates PMs with Plant Directors and Foremen to optimize maintenance manhours and PM frequency.
- Reviews Plant Performance KPIs and assists with gathering data as needed. Identifies and implements performance improvement measures as needed.
- Oversees Safety program at plant location for staff personnel and contractors.
- Active plant safety leader – facilitates daily safety meetings, leads stretching program, and promotes safe work practices.
- Develops continual open communication between plant foremen/supervisors, Craft Managers and Maintenance Managers to include monthly meetings with each craft.
- Addresses issues and makes quality decisions on daily overtime issues, reviews and approves daily time sheets.
- Works with the Operations Manager and Engineering Manager to assure plant facilities and equipment are always maintained in a safe and efficient operating condition.
- Performs incident command duties to conform with SPCC policies.
- Serves as a member of the Plant Leadership Team and assumes Plant Director Responsibilities as assigned, during the absence of the Plant Director.
- Reviews equipment availabilities and develops budget items to address deficiencies.
- Demonstrates flexibility and availability in responding to after-hour emergencies.
- Completes and delivers employee reviews.
- Leads maintenance team in developing employee engagement initiatives.
- Assist with development of Plant Engineering Group.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
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