Generation Program Manager II - TGS Long Term Service Agreements

Duke Energy; Mount Holly (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke Energy is seeking a Program Manager within Turbine and Generator Services to lead long-term service agreements and develop programmatic strategies for the Regulated and Renewable Energy fleet of turbines and generators.

The role requires strategic leadership, coordination across departments, and ability to present complex reports to senior management in a rapidly changing energy landscape.

Responsibilities

• Continually evaluate fleet events, industry developments, supplier changes, environmental legislation, regulatory drivers, and strategic direction to identify opportunities to improve performance and cost effectiveness of program strategies.
• Leads the development and scoping of new improvement initiatives across the fleet to maintain compliance with standards and governance; provides technical leadership for the execution of program initiatives; communicates results to senior management and stakeholders; builds consensus and secures funding as appropriate.
• Manage OEM/vendor relationships to ensure safety, quality work, value, financial needs, warranty, and other requirements; identify opportunities for multi-year cost savings and bundling; assist with resolving contract performance issues at the project level.
• Develop and lead routine program assessments to identify gaps; provide support for stations during audits, assessments, outages; create tools to perform gap analysis and prioritize actions.
• Influence business unit leaders to adopt consistent standards; lead industry peer groups; integrate industry best practices; establish KPIs and adjust initiatives to fleet trends.

Job description

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Turbine and Generator Services (TGS) exists to provide programmatic engineering and technical support to the Regulated and Renewable Energy (RRE) fleet of turbines and generators. We embrace and diligently pursue the vision of zero major events for these centerline assets resulting in substantial and sustained improvements in station availability/reliability and exceptional long-term shareholder value. TGS is committed to relentlessly and purposefully leveraging people, organizations, information, technology, and analytical techniques to identify, evaluate and address any issue that could contribute to a major event.

This position will be responsible for managing Long Term Service Agreements with major Turbine/Generator OEMs.

This position is also responsible for the development and implementation of comprehensive programmatic strategies for the RRE fleet of turbines and generators. These strategies address corporate strategic objectives, financial goals, regulatory requirements, technology limitations, and OEM/vendor relationships. The Program Manager will ensure adequate and consistent plans, processes, documentation, and standards are developed, trained, implemented, and exercised to ensure all RRE sites maintain compliance with the program outline.

The incumbent must have leadership ability, organizational knowledge, experience, and strategic vision to implement relevant programs to address issues in the fleet. The incumbent must possess the technical acumen to design/analyze/assess program details, have proficiency in financial or economic analysis to optimize results and recommend adjustment to program initiatives, all to achieve defined improvement results.

The position requires excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to lead the preparation of complex reports and presentations. This level will frequently interface with all levels of management including GMs, VPs, Senior VPs, and the senior management groups.

The position requires a high level of coordination skills as well as the ability to manage complex technical projects involving other departments, outside consultants and industry groups. The Program Manager is expected to frequently interface with industry groups and peers to benchmark best practices and to lead the industry in a rapidly changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Continually evaluate changing and emergent fleet events, industry developments, supplier changes, environmental legislation, regulatory drivers, and corporate strategic direction to identify opportunities to improve the performance and cost effectiveness of program strategies. Prepare reports, white papers, and/or presentations which address technically complex and financially significant issues
• Leads the development and scoping of new improvement initiatives across the fleet to maintain compliance with standards and company governance and policies. Provides technical leadership for the execution of program initiatives. Effectively communicates the results of initiatives to senior management and other stakeholders. Build consensus through these efforts and secure project approval and funding when appropriate
• Manage existing and develop new business relationships with OEMs and other vendors to ensure our business and other needs are being met (such as safety, quality work, good value, financial needs, warranty, etc.). Identify opportunities for multi-year vendor relationships to leverage cost savings and bundling opportunities. Assist with the resolution of contract performance commercial issues when stalled at the project level.
• Develop and lead routine program assessment activities to provide early identification of gaps and program issues. Provide support for RRE stations during audits, assessments, and outage preparation and execution activities. Create tools and templates to perform gap analysis on important programmatic areas and prioritize recommendations that will lead to improvement action plans.
• Influence business unit leaders on implementation of consistent standards across the business unit. Lead industry peer groups to ensure company engagement with emerging issues. Actively integrates industry best practices into Duke Energy fleet initiatives and programs. Establish metrics and KPIs in support of fleet initiatives and business targets. Revise initiatives to respond to changing industry/fleet trends and prior