Power Plant Assistant Plant Manager
DTE Energy
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Woodland • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $125,000 - $187,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Provides leadership to the operations and maintenance groups for the daily operation of the facility under the general direction of the Plant Manager.
- Functions as part of the site leadership team utilizing technical expertise, discretion, and judgment within established policies, procedures, and practices.
- Knowledgeable of all environmental and compliance permits and how they are implemented in an operating plant.
- Have a demonstrated knowledge of the maintenance management function of a biomass power plant managing the planned outage activities; focused on optimization for scope, schedule, and budget.
- Constantly reviews and improves operational processes and ensures that operating personnel are properly trained and adhere to established procedures and standards.
- Investigates operating abnormalities and incidents to improve equipment availability and performance and to minimize maintenance requirements.
- Collaborates with Plant Manager to prepare and evaluate the operating department’s budgets and makes recommendations relative to optimization of operations and maintenance costs.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent and knowledge and capabilities typically acquired through at least 5 years supervisory or managerial experience in a solid fuel fired power plant, or Associate degree or industry-recognized certificate (i.e., the completion of a core group of course designated by the institution) in a related discipline is preferred and knowledge and capabilities typically acquired through at least 3 years supervisory or managerial experience in a solid fuel fired power plant, or 2 years of military experience at an officer level, or Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline with a minimum of 2 year supervisory or managerial experience in a solid fuel fired power plant.
- Thorough, demonstrated understanding of plant operations and maintenance, with strong knowledge of generating equipment, biomass fired boilers, and water treatment processes.
- Ability to analyze and improve operations business processes, utilizing information about market dynamics and competitors' processes and achievements.
- Proven planning and scheduling experience working with warehouse, O&M, and other technical personnel involved with preventative/predictive maintenance and corrective maintenance.
- Solid knowledge of plant engineering and plant maintenance functions and how they relate to operations and income.
- Experience with accounting practices as it relates to analyzing cost impacts to budget.
- Demonstrated skill in planning, coordinating, and directing varied programs and tasks directly effecting the overall plant operation.
- Ability to work shifts and extra/irregular hours and to work under unusual and special conditions that can arise in a biomass generation station.
- Ability to pass respirator fit tests to use respiratory protective equipment or self-contained breathing apparatus at all times.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
biomass power plant managementmaintenance managementoperational process improvementbudget preparation and evaluationpreventative maintenancepredictive maintenancecorrective maintenanceplant engineeringplant maintenance functionswater treatment processes
Soft skills
leadershipanalytical skillsplanningschedulingcoordinationcommunicationdiscretionjudgmentcollaborationtraining
Certifications
High School DiplomaAssociate degreeBachelor’s degreeindustry-recognized certificate