O&M Manager (Power Plant)

Operations and Maintenance Manager

Position Summary:
The person holding this position is responsible for the planning and supervision of the
day-to-day plant operations and maintenance activities of 3 facilities, under the direction of the General Manager. Two of the facilities are in Lakewood NJ and the other in Rising Sun Maryland. He or she will be based out of Lakewood NJ with occasional travel to Maryland. 

 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Oversees and provides guidance on all facility operations, including startup and shutdown of main plant components, auxiliaries, and system components.
2. Assist with the development of and ensure that all site safety requirements and procedures are properly implemented, consistently observed and corrective actions are initiated when applicable.
3. Assist with establishing and continually improving comprehensive and efficient programs in operations, maintenance, chemistry, environmental control, and safety.
4. Oversee the collection and analysis of plant operational and performance data. Maintain logs and records through a standardized process.
5. Responsible for maintaining plant process chemistry within designated guidelines by performing routine chemical testing, evaluation and implementing corrective actions.
6. Performs electrical and mechanical inspections, troubleshooting, maintenance tasks and outage planning.
7. Oversees the operation of plant instrumentation and control devices for the purpose of recognizing any abnormal plant conditions and taking appropriate corrective actions.
8. Responsible for developing standard procedures for operations and maintenance.
9. Performs other duties necessary to fulfill plant requirements.
10. Assigns, monitors, and assures high work quality of operations technicians.
11. Assist with the preparation, justification and control of annual operations and maintenance budgets.
12. Assist the General Manager with recruiting, awarding positions along with employee development, qualification, goals program.
13. Interacts with various equipment and service vendors.

14. Maximizes plant efficiency and shareholder value without compromising personnel and equipment safety, environmental compliance, or the long-term commercial viability of the facility.
15. Oversees employees on a rotating shift schedule, scheduled and unscheduled overtime and performs.
16. Establishes and maintains high personnel and professional standards of safety and environmental conscientiousness and compliance.

 

Education/Experience Required
• Bachelor’s Degree with a focus on Engineering.
• 5-10 years related experience/training in power plant operations.
• New Jersey Black Seal required.
• Operations, Mechanical, Instrumentation, and Electrical knowledge.
• First Aid & CPR Certified.
• Computer Proficiency in data gathering, CMMS, and the Microsoft Suite of programs.
Demonstration of leadership capabilities with a priority on safety.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to create and foster relationships and improvement of personal development.
• Organizational and analytical skills.

Retail Options, Executive Search
Lakewood
United States of America

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