Power Plant Maintenance Manager

CAMS - Texas; Morris (IL); On-site; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

401(k)

Flexible spending accounts

Tuition reimbursement

Employee referrals

Job summary

CAMS is seeking a Maintenance Manager for the Three Rivers Energy Center near Morris, IL. The incumbent will have 5 direct reports and oversee all aspects of plant maintenance, safety, and outages.

Under the Plant Manager, you will develop procedures, manage maintenance budgets, coordinate with vendors, and supervise work in a 1250 MW combined cycle facility with GE gas turbines. The role requires leadership, CMMS experience, and a commitment to safe, reliable operations with some travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent training/experience.
• 8-10 years’ experience in power plant operations and maintenance, preferably combined cycle.
• Proven managerial/supervisory experience.
• Demonstrated communication, analytic ability, detail orientation, and deadline-driven.
• Knowledge of and experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
• Extensive knowledge of gas and steam technologies preferred.
• Experience with gas turbine, steam turbine, generators, HRSG, controls and monitoring.
• Proficiency with MS Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Project.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and works with others in a team environment.
• Oversee day-to-day maintenance to support company goals.
• Manage maintenance planning for outages and week-to-week planning.
• Maintain safe work environment and enforce safe procedures.
• Develop and manage maintenance budgets and write material requisitions.
• Develop and execute projects assigned by Plant Manager.
• Ensure compliance with environmental, health & safety and NERC programs.

Skills

Managerial experience

Analytical ability

Communication skills

CMMS knowledge

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

CMMS

MS Project

Job description

CAMS is seeking a Maintenance Manager for the Three Rivers Energy Center near Morris, IL. The incumbent will have 5 direct employees. Under the general direction of the Plant Manager, the incumbent is responsible for all aspects of plant maintenance, constantly assessing systems in place to ensure they are maintained safely and efficiently. This candidate will be comfortable managing a team, conducting analysis to highlight areas for improvement, and should also possess strong organizational skills to keep track of multiple projects at once. The successful candidate will be responsible for preventative and corrective maintenance processes, development of procedures, and overseeing contracted work on site.

The CPV Three Rivers Energy Center is a new, highly efficient electric generating station with(2) 1x1 natural gas fired combined cycle power blocks facility utilizing GE 7HA.02 Gas Turbines and A650 Steam Turbines, each in single shaft configuration with air cooled condensers and other associated auxiliary equipment. The 1250 MW facility is interconnected to ComEd and sells power into the PJM market.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Promotes and works with others in a team environment
• Oversee the day-to-day maintenance of the facility to support achieving company and group goals.
• Manage the maintenance planning process in relation to week-to-week planning and plant outages including developing workflow charts, critical paths, analyzing material needs and overseeing the writing of requisitions for materials and equipment
• Be passionate about a safe work environment and culture: Develop, maintain, and enforce safe working conditions by providing proper and adequate tools, equipment, protective clothing, and devices. Establish and enforce safe work behaviors. Participate in the setting of safety goals for an accident-free work environment. Communicate to employees the importance of a safe work environment daily. Investigate report and track incidents/accidents including root cause analysis and corrective action taken. Be responsible of findings and communicate them to employees.
• Responsible for resolution of Human Resource issues
• Select, train, develop and manage a work force that is motivated, flexible in skills, cross-trained and technically astute ensuring an effective and motivated team.
• Continually develop spare parts inventory with proper consideration for critical spares, capital spares, consumables, and on-time delivery of parts and materials required for outages and other maintenance activities.
• Maintain good relationships with key suppliers to ensure deadlines and fiscal targets are met.
• Oversee the facility’s maintenance program to ensure that it contains an effective mix of preventive, predictive and condition-based maintenance.
• Ensure that detailed work scopes are developed that support complete understanding of the work and application of safe work procedures.
• Maintain records including work order completion, internal reports, third-party reports, and OEM reports so that a complete and accurate record of work is maintained.
• Enter and administer maintenance agreements and contracts in accordance with company and Owner policies and all relevant terms and conditions.
• Implement and drive continuous improvement activities through change management process and best practices.
• Make expeditious appropriate decisions to non-routine plant operating conditions.
• Develop and present annual maintenance budgets
• Approve maintenance expenditures and verify invoicing is accurate
• Prepares accurate plant documentation, to assure proper historical records and reporting of plant maintenance is completed
• Develop and executes projects assigned by Plant Manager.
• Promote a culture of compliance and ensure active compliance with environmental, health & safety, and NERC programs.
• Respond to forced outages on a 24/7 basis, develop and execute recovery plans as necessary.
• Develop a system to track improvement of planned outages.
• Other duties as designated by the company.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field, or the equivalent in training or experience
• 8-10 years’ experience in power plant (Combined Cycle preferred) operations and maintenance or similar industry required.
• Proven managerial/supervisory experience.
• Demonstrated experience indicating effective communication skills, analytic ability, detail orientation, and ability to make decisions and meet deadlines.
• Knowledge of and extensive experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
• Extensive knowledge of gas and steam technologies preferred.
• Experience with operations and maintenance of gas turbine, steam turbine, generators, heat recovery steam generators, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electronic devices, controls, and monitoring.
• Knowledge of human resources desired
• Proficiency with personal computers, including Microsoft Office suite with emphasis on Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Project
• Requires standing, sitting, walking, kneeling, twisting, climbing stairs and ladders, entering plant equipment to access, inspect, or collect data on plant equipment and lifting to 50 pounds.
• Requires wearing personal protective safety equipment (respirators, safety glasses, hard hat, appropriate footwear, ear plugs, etc.)
• May be required to work around rotating and energized equipment, hazardous materials, and chemicals

$170,000 - $190,000 a year

Applicants must possess a valid driver's license and maintain a clean driving record, as this position requires occasional travel for company business. Candidates should be comfortable operating a vehicle as part of their job responsibilities and must meet any applicable company and insurance requirements.

CAMS offers a variety of excellent benefits. Full-time employees are offered the following: medical, dental, vision, LTD, STD, and Life insurance plans. You can even select additional “al la carte” benefits to meet all your needs. You can also enroll in our 401k, flex spending accounts for medical and childcare needs, and participate in our employee referral and tuition reimbursement programs.

Qualified Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States. Qualified Applicants will not require employer sponsored work authorization now or in the future for employment in the United States.

We believe in transparency and providing candidates with important information to make informed decisions. The salary range for this position is commensurate with experience, qualifications, and location. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors, including but not limited to skills, experience, and relevant qualifications.

This range represents the base salary and does not include other forms of compensation, such as bonuses, benefits, or equity, which may be offered in addition to the base pay. The company reserves the right to modify compensation ranges at any time in accordance with business needs and market conditions.