Director Generation Engineering & Outage Mgmt.

NiSource Corporate Services Co; West Wheatfield Township (PA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

NiSource Corporate Services Co. seeks a Director of Generation Engineering & Outage Management to lead the safe, reliable planning and execution of capital projects, engineering programs, and outages supporting electric generation operations.

This role drives operational excellence, asset reliability, project execution, outage readiness, and workforce development while ensuring generation assets are available to meet business and customer demands.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business, or related technical field.
• 10+ years in project management, execution, and outage planning in power generation.
• 5+ years in leadership with managers and cross-functional teams.
• Experience leading large-scale capital projects and planned outages in utility or energy environments.
• Experience with regulated utilities, safety, environmental, and operational compliance.
• Ability to travel to generation facilities as needed.
• Valid driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Champion safety, accountability, and operational excellence across engineering, projects, and outage management.
• Lead planning and execution of capital projects, major maintenance, and outages across the fleet.
• Establish engineering and project execution standards to drive performance.
• Ensure projects/outages are delivered safely, on schedule, and within budget.
• Direct project controls, forecasting, risk management, and performance reporting.
• Provide leadership for outage readiness, resource and contractor management.
• Collaborate with Plant Operations and Central Engineering to improve reliability and lifecycle management.
• Support commissioning, startup, turnover, and integration of assets.
• Develop annual operating plans, budgets, and performance objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement through metrics, lessons learned, and best practices.
• Build partnerships with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Safety, Environmental, Regulatory, and external stakeholders.
• Develop leaders and talent for organizational capability and workforce readiness.
• Support fleet modernization and future generation investments.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Organizational development

Project management

Travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management/Business

Master's degree in Engineering or MBA

PMP Certification

Job description

Job Summary

The Director, Generation Engineering & Outage Management is responsible for the safe, reliable, and efficient planning and execution of capital projects, engineering programs, and planned outages supporting electric generation operations. This role drives operational excellence, asset reliability, project execution, outage readiness, and workforce development while ensuring generation assets are available to meet business and customer demands.

The Director develops and executes strategic initiatives that improve generation performance, optimize capital and outage investments, enhance organizational capability, and support long-term fleet reliability objectives. This position collaborates closely with Generation Operations, Central Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Environmental, and Safety teams to ensure successful project delivery, outage execution, and operational readiness across the generation fleet. The role directly supports GENCO by ensuring generation assets are maintained, upgraded, and returned to service safely, reliably, and cost-effective, while positioning the organization for future generation growth and asset integration.

Essential Functions

• Champion a culture of safety, accountability, and operational excellence across generation engineering, projects, and outage management activities.
• Lead planning and execution of capital projects, major maintenance activities, and planned outages across the generation fleet.
• Establish and maintain engineering, project management, outage management, and execution standards to drive consistent performance.
• Ensure projects and outages are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in compliance with applicable requirements.
• Direct project controls, forecasting, risk management, change management, and performance reporting programs.
• Provide leadership for outage readiness, resource planning, contractor management, materials management, and contingency planning.
• Partner with Plant Operations and Central Engineering to improve asset reliability, equipment performance, and lifecycle management strategies.
• Support commissioning, startup, turnover, and integration of new and upgraded generation assets.
• Develop and execute annual operating plans, capital investment strategies, budgets, and performance objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned, performance metrics, benchmarking, and best-practice implementation.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Safety, Environmental, Regulatory, and external stakeholders.
• Develop leaders and technical talent to ensure organizational capability, succession planning, and long-term workforce readiness.
• Support fleet modernization initiatives and future generation investments, including thermal, renewable, and emerging generation technologies.

Required Qualifications for Position

• Bachelor's Degree Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience in project management, project execution, and outage planning and management within the power generation industry, including demonstrated experience leading and executing both Operations & Maintenance (O&M) and capital project at power generating facilities. Experience must include managing complex project scopes, budgets, schedules, resources, contractors, and execution risks while ensuring safe, reliable, cost effective, and timely delivery of projects and planned outages.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience with responsibility for leading managers, technical professionals, project teams, and/or cross-functional organizations.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale capital projects, major maintenance programs, and planned outage activities within a utility, power generation, industrial, or energy environment.
• Proven ability to manage budgets, capital investment plans, resource allocation, and performance metrics.
• Experience working within regulated utility environments with a strong understanding of safety, environmental, and operational compliance requirements.
• Ability to travel to generation facilities as needed.
• Strong knowledge of generation asset operations, engineering principles, project execution, asset reliability, and maintenance best practices. High
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and organizational development capabilities. High
• Ability to influence and collaborate across Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Environmental, and Safety functions. High
• Demonstrated experience working effectively with a represented workforce, including knowledge of collective bargaining agreements, established work practices, and labor management relations.
• Valid driver's license

Preferred Additional Qualifications for Position

• Master's Degree Engineering, Business Administration (MBA), or related field
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Professional Engin