$130K to $140K salary range based on experience and up to 20% discretionary bonus

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IHI Power Services Corp. (IPSC) has a career opportunity for O&M Manager -Operations at the Rio Bravo Rocklin power plant located in Lincoln, CA. Rio Bravo Rocklin is a biomass facility utilizing a Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) boiler to generate 24.4MWs of base load renewable power.

The O&M Manager – Operations is a key member of plant management team. Responsibilities include leading the O&M Technicians assigned to plant operations. The manager is also responsible for plant production employing sound Safety, Environmental and operating principles within the guidelines of the applicable Power Purchase and Operating Agreement. Participates in the employee selection process and is responsible for implementation of the O&M Technician training and qualification program. Develops and updates plant operating procedures. Administers plant operating budget and identifies areas of production optimization and makes recommendations for production improvement.

IPSC headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA, provides operations, maintenance, management and power support services to the US Power Generation Industry across the United States. Our team is comprised of experts from diverse backgrounds of technical fields, including power operations, engineering, asset management, as well as finance, human resources, administration, safety and environmental. With this diverse background coupled with extensive years of employee experience, IPSC provides exceptional operations, maintenance, management and development expertise to a variety of power assets.

Responsibilities:

• Leads the Operations team.
• Teams with O&M Manager-Maintenance to coordinate and execute all outages to ensure minimum down time and cost control.
• Provide leadership to all plant personnel, including regular feedback and coaching of O&M personnel as well as developing Annual Performance Reviews. Utilize the IPSC discipline procedure as appropriate in the performance of managing the O&M Personnel.
• Enhance the morale and motivation of O&M personnel. Handle employee concerns in a timely and diplomatic manner.
• Using established employee selection techniques, hires, trains and supervises all Operations O&M Technicians.
• Provides training and development opportunities for assigned personnel.
• Conduct periodic reviews of plant operations and maintenance policies and procedures to ensure they reflect current plant goals, operating requirements, and the industry's best in class
• Schedules generation, forced outages, and scheduled outages with customer. Maintains a positive working relationship with customer.
• Develops and administers non-fuel cost of sales budget. Provides assistance in development of capital budgets; originates authorizations for capital expenditures.
• Coordinate’s activities and interfaces with operations contractor and vendor representatives and personnel.
• Fosters an environment that encourages superior Safety awareness and Environmental Stewardship through the implementation and support of the Safety Management System and Environmental Management Systems.
• Develops, refines, and administers plant operating procedures.
• Collects, analyzes and correlates performance data to maintain and improve plant performance. Responsible for plant heat rate.
• Identify plant problems and improvement projects and acts as a Project Manager for the execution of approved projects.
• Manages production at facility within safe and legally permissible limits.
• Meets or exceeds daily gross margin budget.
• Establishes and maintains housekeeping standards.
• Perform economic analysis and submit budget requests as directed.
• Evaluate vendor proposals as required.
• May be assigned to Safety, Environmental or other plant committee.
• Performs several administrative tasks such as creating monthly reports, NERC compliance reporting, outage reports, etc.
• Must have hands on experience in managing contractors and plant staff during scheduled and forced outages.
• Actively promotes teamwork between the maintenance department and the operations department.
• Complete special projects as required by the Plant Manager and other leadership.
• Dependable, reliable and predictable attendance is required for this position.
• Step up leadership as required.

Education and Experience – An equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered.

• Work experience will be considered in lieu of education.
• Must pass Pre-Employment drug testing and background screens.
• Experience in a supervisory position in power generation in comparable technologies or similar continuous process environment desired.
• Experience with regulatory compliance in a continuous process environment.
• Additionally, skills in 1) Operation and maintenance of rotating equipment, 2) utilization of computerized maintenance management systems, and 3) personnel management. History of development of Innovative and creative problem-solving approaches to Improving various aspects of facility performance Including technical, personnel, and business.
• Strong leadership, motivational, and communication (oral and written) skills, Including the ability to communicate effectively to groups
• Must possess basic math skills, good verbal communications skills, and be proficient with the use of power and precision tools.
• Must be cooperative with those he/she contacts in this work and have the ability to work without direct supervision.
• Must know the hazards involved and the safety precautions to be practiced in the operation and maintenance of power plant equipment and machinery.
• Must be able to respond to audio alarms and variations of sound.
• Basic data entry/computer skills
• Work as a team. Must be able to pool our knowledge and energy to work in tandem to completely understand and productively respond to all of the business challenges.
• Must demonstrate proficiency in the use of computer hardware and applicable software.
• Must be able to perform physical requirements of the position including climbing ladders, stairs, and must be able to perform comprehensive site inspections.

Physical Abilities that are commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this job. The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Protective equipment such as hard hats, safety glasses, air masks, ear protection, chemical suits, hot gloves, high voltage protective equipment and other equipment must be worn in the performance of some duties.
• Work with hazardous materials may be required.
• Requires working extended working hours, varied shifts or 12 hour shifts with weekend and holiday work as required by schedules, workload and plant conditions. On call status (day and night) may be required.
• Includes working indoors and outdoors.

Equal Opportunity Employer

IHI Power Services, Corp is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment. Certain job functions described herein may be subject to possible modification in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.

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