Fleet Plant Support Electrical/I&C and Digital Manager- Birmingham

Southern Company; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Company in Birmingham, AL seeks a Fleet Plant Support Electrical/I&C and Digital Manager to lead a team of engineers responsible for governance, asset management, technical support, and fleet improvements across sites.

The role interfaces with site and fleet management, drives industry best practices, performs life cycle plans for major components, and participates in INPO/industry activities. Requires 10+ years power plant experience, nuclear preferred, and prior supervisory experience.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor's degree in Engineering or PE license.
• Minimum of 10 years of power plant experience; nuclear experience strongly preferred.
• Previous supervision experience preferred; 3+ years preferred.

Responsibilities

• Developing and leading individuals across the fleet to improve performance and achieve career goals.
• Aggressive pursuit of excellence in plant/equipment reliability across the fleet.
• Achieving industry excellence in indicators measuring equipment reliability and plant performance.
• Developing and maintaining life cycle management plans for major components.
• Providing a fleet perspective in supporting resolution of deficiencies and issues.
• Driving plant specific and fleet-wide improvements to Plant Reliability.
• Engaging in Industry efforts that support equipment reliability.
• Interfacing with INPO and other organizations on inspections and review issues.

Skills

Leadership

Power plant operations

Project management

Communication

Supervision

Nuclear familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Fleet Plant Support Electrical/I&C and DigitalManager

The Fleet Plant Support Electrical/I&C and DigitalManager will lead a group of engineers responsible for establishing/maintaining governance, asset management, technical support for the sites, leading fleet improvements, and oversight in their respective areas of responsibilities. Group activities involve providing governance and technical oversight for major component/plant reliability groups, identifying, and implementing industry best practices, developing/maintaining fleet procedures, setting component/process strategic vision, owning component asset management, and participation in industry working groups. Activities also include plant specific and fleet-wide initiatives to improve Plant Reliability. The Fleet Plant Support Electrical/I&C and DigitalManager is expected to facilitate and interface with site and fleet engineering management on equipment related decisions and process improvement related recommendations.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Job duties and responsibilities of the Fleet Plant Support Electrical/I&C and DigitalManager include:

• Developing and Leading individuals across the fleet to improve performance and achieve their career goals.
• Aggressive and continual pursuit of excellence in plant/equipment reliability across the fleet.
• Achieving industry excellence in industry indicators measuring equipment reliability and plant performance.
• Developing and maintaining life cycle management plans for major components.
• Providing a fleet perspective in supporting resolution of deficiencies and issues.
• Driving plant specific and fleet-wide improvements to Plant Reliability.
• Actively engaging in Industry efforts that support equipment reliability.
• Engaging with the industry to identify and incorporate best practices.
• Interfacing with the INPO and other organizations on inspections and review issues resolution.
• Support the Emergency Response Organization. Must live within 1 hour of the office and Emergency Operating Facility.
• Act as Birmingham Engineering Duty Manager on a scheduled basis.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university or a PE license.

Experience

• A minimum of ten (10) years of power plant experience is required for this position with nuclear power plant experience strongly preferred.
• Previous supervision experience is desired with greater than three (3) years strongly preferred.
• Site System, Process, or Component Engineering experience is strongly preferred.
• Electrical, I&C and/or Digital experience is strongly preferred.
• Understanding of the INPO AP-913 Equipment Reliability process is strongly preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to supervise / manage others
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate to all levels of the organization
• Problem solving skills
• Organizational skills
• Analytical skills
• Oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work in radiologically controlled areas
• Ability and availability to travel and work callout Behavioral Attributes
• Identifies gaps to standards and monitors closure of the gaps through site action plans or fleet initiatives as appropriate
• Influences improvement in performance through ownership, cross functional teamwork and personal influence
• Drives fleet continuous improvement through industry involvement, benchmarking, self-assessments, and training
• Develops their people throughout the functional area
• Identifies performance gaps, intervenes and changes behaviors
• Drives innovative process improvement
• Strategic thinker and effective communicator to all stakeholders