Sr. Generation Program Manager – TGS Long Term Service Agreements

Duke Energy Corporation; Pinehurst (NC); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke Energy Corporation is seeking an expert-level Program Manager to develop and implement comprehensive programmatic strategies for the Regulated and Renewable Energy fleet of turbines and generators. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage complex vendor relationships, and drive improvements across multiple sites to achieve strategic objectives.

The role requires strong financial acumen, exceptional communication, and the ability to present complex reports to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; 10+ years related experience or HS Diploma with 18+ years related experience.
• Strong collaboration and written/verbal communication skills; ability to influence across management levels.
• PE License or engineering/business degree is preferred; solid business acumen and regulatory interpretation.

Responsibilities

• Continually evaluate fleet events, regulatory drivers and supplier changes to identify opportunities to improve performance and cost.
• Lead development and scoping of new improvement initiatives across the fleet and secure funding.
• Manage OEM/vendor relationships, identify multi-year cost-saving opportunities and resolve contract issues.
• Lead program assessments, support audits and outage preparations, and develop gap analyses and action plans.
• Influence leaders to implement consistent standards and incorporate industry best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Financial analysis

Vendor management

Stakeholder communication

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

HS Diploma / GED

Job description

More than a career - a chance to make a difference in people's lives. Build an exciting, rewarding career with us – help us make a difference for millions of people every day. Consider joining the Duke Energy team, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits. 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 the expert level of the Generation Program Manager hierarchy and is 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. At this level, the employee will solve the most complex problems and will have wide latitude for unreviewed work and proposals submitted to Senior Leadership teams. Assignments at this level require the highest level of critical thinking to resolve high-impact, complex and/or cross-functional problems. Incumbents are expected to have advanced skills, work independently and are to be considered industry experts in the discipline or in a particular field. They consult on strategic and highly complex work. 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 standard 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 priorities

Basic/Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 10 years related experience
• In Lieu of Bachelor’s Degree - HS Diploma / GED and 18 years related experience.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Engineering/Science/Business, or PE License
• Strong collaboration/interpersonal skills and written/verbal communication skills
• Business acumen and ability to interpret regulatory language

Working Conditions

• Hybrid Mobility Classification – Work will be performed from both remote and onsite locations after the onboarding period. However, hybrid employees must live within a reasonable commute to their designated Duke Energy facility, not greater than 50 miles one way. Employees are expected to report to their assigned Duke Energy facility as required and directed by their manager, on average 3 full workdays per regular workweek.
• Primary location will be TGS Lark Facility in Mt. Holly/Charlotte area
• Travel 15-20%

Travel Requirements

• 15-25%
• Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)
• Yes
• Represented/Union Position
• No
• Visa Sponsored Position
• No. This is not a Visa Sponsored Position. This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.