Technical Manager

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Job Summary:

This position is accountable for leading the technical activities and coordinating the necessary technical resources at the Cedar Bayou Plant to ensure safe, efficient, reliable, and economic plant operation. Duties include development, implementation and administration of technical processes, work and project planning, procedural standards, and employee development to support the technical needs of the station.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership and emphasizes importance of safety and environmental programs by monitoring completion of safety concerns, SSIP and incident investigation action items, attending required safety and environmental meetings, and supporting EKPI goals
• Serves as member of plant leadership team and is capable of acting as temporary plant manager or operations manager as needed
• Develop, implement, manage, and communicate the station's technical plan and revise as appropriate
• Manage the station Management of Change process to ensure compliance and operational reliability
• Manage station compliance with corporate procedures, ensuring their full implementation and compliance
• Provide direction to the station's Process Specialists to promote technical support for projects and areas of responsibility at the station
• Manage the completion and budgetary tracking of capital and O&M projects requiring engineering as well as ensuring new technical projects are sound and justifiable and meet station and owner needs
• Leads support for the development and execution of outage work scopes, work order plan packages, plans, schedules, budgets, resource allocation, work interference planning, shared services coordination, and related pre- and post-outage activities
• Promote a strong safety culture, productivity, and teamwork through effective communication, timely decision making, leadership, and enforcement of safety policies and procedures
• Assign work, hold employees accountable for performance, and provide regular feedback to support employee development and improvement
• Work collaboratively with other departments within the station to ensure appropriate technical expertise is available and provided to employees and contractors in a timely manner
• Formulate and execute area strategies, goals, objectives, standards, guidelines, programs, and procedures while ensuring adherence to technical requirements
• Monitor equipment condition and conduct system condition assessments to ensure overall plant reliability and prioritization of equipment maintenance and upgrades
• Support budget development, management, forecasting, and execution while serving as a technical interface for station stakeholders
• Oversee key projects, processes, performance reports, data, and analysis. Develop and implement methods and procedures for monitoring projects, including records of expenditures, research findings, progress reports, and staff conferences to inform management of project status
• Manage business operations, assigned work, and organizational resources to maximize plant performance, staff development, cost management, and achievement of organizational objectives
• Manage, as necessary, the evaluation and selection of external service providers
• Use and maintain technical and professional knowledge, share that knowledge with others, and recognize and apply new technology in a cost-effective manner

Working Conditions:

This is primarily an office environment job however the position will require on occasion going into the station or outside areas. Those environments will include being around rotating equipment, exposed to high/low ambient temperatures, high humidity areas, in areas with high voltage electrical equipment, high noise areas and elevations up to 400 feet.

Minimum Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent and 8 years of experience in a power plant, chemical plant or industrial plant dealing with mechanical equipment including boilers and combustion process, turbines, heat exchangers, condensers, coal handling equipment, compressors, fans, pumps, and ash handling systems and electrical equipment including generators, transformers, power distribution equipment, motors, and electrical protection systems.

OR

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 7 years of experience in a power plant, chemical plant or industrial plant dealing with mechanical equipment including boilers and combustion process, turbines, heat exchangers, condensers, coal handling equipment, compressors, fans, pumps, and ash handling systems and electrical equipment including generators, transformers, power distribution equipment, motors, and electrical protection systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering.
• Power plant experience

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• The candidate must instill NRG values and demonstrate competencies relative to this position which include accountability, adaptability/flexibility, building credibility, a strong business expertise, customer focus, the ability to empower, develop and gain commitment from others, problem solving, and teamwork. 
• Strong human relations, supervisory and communication skills are essential to succeeding in this position.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires standing, sitting, walking, kneeling, twisting, climbing stairs and ladders, and entering plant equipment to access, inspect, or collect data on plant equipment.
• This position requires the ability to safely use, handle and inspect equipment containing (and perform maintenance in close proximity to sources of), hazardous energy, hazardous chemicals and hazardous wastes as those terms are defined under various safety and environmental regulations.
• The position requires the use of appropriate personal protective equipment for the hazards identified above. In the employee’s normal immediate work area, this position requires the employee to be routinely familiar with, and to appropriately respond to, the hazards identified above, including, but not limited to repairs on equipment containing chemicals, containment of chemical leaks, response to electrical interruptions, etc. This response would encompass appropriate personal protection techniques, the following of safety procedures such as (but not limited to) lock out/tag out procedures, and the following of environmental procedures.
• Must be able to frequently climb ladders; enter confined spaces; climb to and work from elevated platforms, ladders and walkways at elevations of 300 feet and more; crawl to the through confined areas; correctly wear and work using air purifying respirator; lift a minimum of 20 pounds in awkward positions and 50 pounds from the floor to the waist. 
• Willingness to work and respond to calls outside normal business hours as necessary, especially during a critical issue resolution and to achieve project milestones.

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

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