American Electric Power

Renewables Site Manager

American Electric Power

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Kingman • Kansas • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $112,869 - $146,730 per year

Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

Switching

About the role

  • Plan, organize, coordinate, direct and control plant activities including the operation and maintenance, of the plant's facilities in a safe, efficient and economical manner
  • Support and oversee the facility's safety and health programs
  • Develop, maintain and enforce safe working conditions by providing proper and adequate tools, equipment, protective clothing and devices
  • Establish, utilize and enforce safe work behaviors
  • Communicate to employees and/or contractors the importance of a safe work environment on a daily basis
  • Support the investigation, reporting and tracking of incidents/accidents including root cause analysis and corrective action taken
  • Report findings to management and then communicate findings to employees and/or contractors
  • Direct the operation of plant activities to ensure compliance with all local, state and federal laws and regulations
  • Development of short- and long-range plans for maintenance, capital improvements, and equipment availability
  • Establish and maintain close liaison with county, local and other officials and industrial leaders, and inform appropriate persons of actions, proposals and plans that have a bearing on plant operations and activities
  • Development of budgets, preparation of variance reports, and control of expenditures to meet approved budgets

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree or 5 years of power plant operations and maintenance experience (if no degree) AND experience in a supervisory or managerial role
  • A minimum of 8 years of industry experience including work in power plant environment (operations, maintenance, safety, performance)
  • Must be available for after-hours/week-end call out for troubleshooting and repair
  • Ability to work in and around both DC (plant batteries and cubicles) and AC transformer enclosures
  • Must be able to read schematics drawings and relay protection diagrams
  • Must be able to read, interpret and work from electrical blueprints and schematics to troubleshoot equipment
  • Must have working knowledge of low/high voltage electricity and ability to perform or oversee switching in a 138 - 345kV substation environment
  • Must be proficient in MS Office, Word, Excel, similar software, and email .
Benefits
  • Relocation Offered

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
power plant operationspower plant maintenanceroot cause analysisbudget developmentvariance reportinglow voltage electricityhigh voltage electricitytroubleshootingreading schematicsreading electrical blueprints
Soft skills
communicationsupervisory skillsorganizational skillssafety managementincident reportingteam coordinationproblem-solvingplanningleadershipcollaboration