Westside Hydro Maintenance Manager

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Power Plant Maintenance Manager - WestSide Hydro

Westside Hydro is headquartered on the Clackamas River in Estacada. It oversees the operation and maintenance of 6 hydroelectric facilities (River Mill, North Fork, Faraday, Oak Grove, Timothy Lake, and Sullivan) and is part of PGE's renewable energy portfolio. In addition to generating 180 MW of renewable energy, it also features state-of-the-art fish-handling facilities and pristine parks. The Clackamas River and the work are extremely dynamic creating an ever-changing opportunity.

In this role, you'll maintain and oversee replacement, installation and maintenance of hydroelectric generation plant equipment and structures with a focus on reliability; you'll identify, analyze, and implement predictive and corrective maintenance; oversee plant computer and control systems; and collect and analyze maintenance data.

In this role, you'll maintain and oversee replacement, installation and maintenance of generation plant equipment and structures; you'll identify, analyze, and implement predictive and corrective maintenance; oversee plant computer and control systems; collects and analyzes maintenance data.

Career Level: M2 Manager. Manages professional associates and supervisors, is accountable for the performance and results of a team. Adapts departmental plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges. Decisions are guided by policies, resources and business plan; receives moderate guidance from manager. Provides subject matter guidance to associates, colleagues and/or customers.

Education/Experience/Certifications:

Education: Requires a bachelor's degree in technical discipline or equivalent experience.

Experience: Prefer eight or more years of industrial maintenance experience with preferred experience with project management and planning and scheduling using work management software. Prefer previous experience managing represented (union) employees.

Key Responsibilities:

Plant Maintenance Management:

Manages a team of energy generation staff responsible for maintaining power plant electrical, control and mechanical equipment in safe, efficient and economical working condition; provides technical management for the team, ensures that objectives are met and all relevant standards/procedures and regulations (environmental and safety) are followed; ensures that maintenance problems are identified and resolved; ensures that fleet and/or plant maintenance procedures and working practices are current and fit for the purpose; responsible for the safe execution of work.

Maintenance Program Management:

Directs the development, implementation and execution of maintenance programs including preventive, diagnostic, corrective and analytical maintenance practices and procedures for the plant; ensures a high degree of plant availability and reliability; manages all maintenance planning and scheduling activities including achieving corporate goals for scheduled outages; maintains maintenance performance metrics and provides trend information to the plant manager; works with other functional areas and plant management to balance goals and costs to achieve best results; develops, administers and enforces procedures and policies for plant maintenance; represents the plant on capital projects affecting the project site.

Contract Management:

Administers the plant maintenance and related contracts; provides oversight of contractor activities; manages equipment warrantees and the resolution of warranty issues.

Procurement:

May oversee procurement and warehousing of spare parts for the plant; ensures that all materials procurement practices comply with PGE SOX guidelines.

Emergency Planning/Response:

Assists plant manager with implementation of an emergency action plan; develops and maintains procedures for effective plant operation, testing, startup and shutdown, and for operating equipment in emergency situations; leads and/or participates in periodic staff training in carrying out the plans for the plant as it relates to floods, earthquakes, fire, equipment or structural failures and other emergencies.

Safety Leadership:

Oversees safety programs and policies; ensures compliance with plant and corporate safety practices.

Financial Management:

Monitors and manages expenditures, ensuring that all financial targets are met, and examines any areas where budgets/expenditures vary from plan; assists with the definition and operation of effective financial controls and decision making. Has primary responsibility for outage and annual O&M budgets.

Resourcing:

Oversees resourcing decisions and planning for team; partners with HR in the definition of jobs, recruitment, evaluation and selection processes.

Professional Development:

Reviews organizational development needs and training strategies to determine required learning and development outcomes for the team; provides guidance in the creation of development plans; monitors ongoing progress and provides coaching and mentoring and provides feedback; completes annual performance management reviews.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

Functional Competencies:

• Advanced knowledge of the fundamental electrical and mechanical aspects of power plant systems
• Advanced knowledge of plant mechanical, electrical and control systems, and equipment
• Advanced knowledge of policies, procedures, principles, and practices required for operating and maintaining an electric generating plant.
• Working knowledge of FERC, NERC, EPA, OSHA, DEQ and DOE requirements and regulations
• Advanced knowledge of the electric utility industry and technology
• Intermediate knowledge of labor relations, including retained management rights and applicable union contracts and local work rules
• Advanced skill in using maintenance management software.
• Advanced skill in root cause troubleshooting and analyzing test or performance data to assess equipment operation.
• Intermediate skills in computer systems, including Microsoft Office
• Intermediate knowledge of budgetary and planning practices
• Working knowledge of fundamental engineering/economic principles and concepts
• Working knowledge of contract administration and managing relationships with construction contractors
• Working knowledge of company financial reports

General Competencies:

• Advanced analytical thinking skills
• Advanced decision-making skills
• Advanced business acumen
• Advanced organization and prioritization skills
• Advanced problem-solving skills
• Advanced written and oral communication skills
• Advanced project management skills
• Advanced risk management skills
• Intermediate organization management skills
• Intermediate resource management skills

Leader Practices:

• Drives Results
• Plans and Aligns
• Decision Quality
• Drives Engagement
• Courage

Physical and Cognitive Demands: Cognitive Level Substantial: Consistent use of logic or scientific thinking to define problems, collect information, establish facts and draw valid conclusions (for example, engineer, HR director, plant manager, etc.). Cognitive Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines, and time-sensitive tasks.

• Ability to follow accuracy standards.
• Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks.
• Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress.
• Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change.
• Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback.
• Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement.
• Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks.
• Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization.
• Demonstrates sound memory.
• Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks.

Schedule/Attendance:

• Ability to work long hours.
• Ability to work a variable schedule.
• Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather.
• Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance.
• Ability to work on-call schedule.

Physical Capabilities

• This position requires a valid driver's license and a history of safe driving practices.
• Daily driving/travel/commute within service territory
• Occasional driving outside of the service territory and occasional overnight inside and outside the service territory
• Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)
• Lifting/pushing/pulling/carrying: Up to 10lbs.
• Unstable surfaces requiring balance:
  • Elevated areas (i.e., catwalks, roofs and high buildings)
  • Confined spaces
  • Walking long distances and over uneven surfaces
  • Stairs (over 10steps)
  • Ladders (over 10rungs)
• Environment- Indoor/Outdoor: Office, Plant

Compensation Range:

Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity. While we anticipate the selected candidate for this position will fall towards the middle or entry point of the compensation range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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