Manager, Plant Maintenance

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Manager, Plant Maintenance

Job Code: 6609
Grade: 9
Career Level: M2 – Manager

Job Function Summary:

Maintains and oversees the replacement, installation, and maintenance of generation plant equipment and structures. Identifies, analyzes, and implements predictive maintenance strategies; maintains plant computer and control systems; and collects and analyzes maintenance data to support safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations.

Job Summary:

The Manager, Plant Maintenance leads the maintenance organization responsible for ensuring the safe, reliable, efficient, and economical operation of power plant equipment and systems. This role provides technical and operational leadership for maintenance programs, preventive and predictive maintenance practices, outage planning, and maintenance execution while ensuring compliance with applicable safety, environmental, regulatory, and company requirements.

The Manager oversees maintenance personnel, contractors, budgets, procurement activities, and resource planning to maximize plant availability and reliability. This position partners with plant leadership and cross-functional teams to resolve maintenance issues, manage risk, support capital projects, and drive continuous improvement in plant performance. The role also develops employees, strengthens safety culture, and ensures maintenance activities align with organizational objectives and operational priorities.

Career Level Description:

M2 – Manager: Manages professional associates and/or supervisors and is accountable for the performance and results of a team. Adapts departmental plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges. Decisions are guided by policies, available resources, and the business plan, with moderate guidance from the manager. Provides subject matter guidance to associates, colleagues, and/or customers.

Key Responsibilities:

Plant Maintenance Management-

• Manages a team of energy generation staff responsible for maintaining power plant electrical, control, and/or mechanical equipment in safe, efficient, and economical working condition.
• Provides technical and operational management to ensure maintenance objectives are achieved and applicable standards, procedures, environmental requirements, and safety regulations are followed.
• Ensures maintenance problems are identified, evaluated, and resolved effectively.
• Maintains current and effective fleet and/or plant maintenance procedures and work practices.
• Maintains accountability for the safe execution of maintenance work.

Maintenance Program Management-

• Directs the development, implementation, and execution of plant maintenance programs, including preventive, diagnostic, and analytical maintenance practices and procedures.
• Ensures a high degree of plant availability, reliability, and equipment performance.
• Manages maintenance planning and scheduling activities, including achievement of corporate goals for scheduled outages.
• Maintains maintenance performance metrics and provides trend information to the Plant Manager.
• Collaborates with plant management and other functional areas to balance operational objectives, maintenance priorities, and costs.
• Develops, administers, and enforces plant maintenance procedures and policies.
• Represents the plant on capital projects affecting the project site.

Contract Management-

• Administers plant maintenance and related contracts.
• Provides oversight of contractor activities to ensure work is performed safely, effectively, and in accordance with applicable requirements.
• Manages equipment warranties and coordinates the resolution of warranty-related issues.

Procurement and Materials Management-

• May oversee procurement and warehousing of plant spare parts and maintenance materials.
• Ensures materials procurement practices comply with PGE Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) guidelines.

Emergency Planning and Response-

• Assists the Plant Manager with implementation of the plant emergency action plan.
• Develops and maintains procedures for effective plant operation, testing, startup, shutdown, and operation of equipment during emergency situations.
• Leads and/or participates in periodic staff training to prepare for floods, earthquakes, fires, equipment or structural failures, and other emergencies.

Safety Leadership-

• Oversees plant safety programs, policies, and practices.
• Ensures compliance with plant and corporate safety requirements.
• Promotes safe work practices and accountability throughout maintenance operations.

Financial Management-

• Monitors and manages expenditures to ensure financial targets are achieved.
• Investigates budget and expenditure variances and implements appropriate corrective actions.
• Assists in establishing and maintaining effective financial controls and supporting sound financial decision-making.

Resource Planning-

• Oversees team resource planning and staffing decisions.
• Partners with Human Resources to define positions and support recruitment, evaluation, and candidate selection processes.

Professional Development and Performance Management-

• Evaluates organizational development needs and training strategies to determine required learning and development outcomes.
• Guides employees in developing individual development plans.
• Monitors employee progress and provides coaching, mentoring, and constructive feedback.
• Completes annual performance management reviews.

Education, Experience, and Certifications:

Education-

• Requires a bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience.

Experience-

• Prefer eight or more years of industrial production experience, including five years as a supervisor in maintenance or planning and scheduling.
• Prefer previous experience managing bargaining-unit employees.

Competencies: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Functional Competencies-

Advanced Knowledge

• Fundamental electrical and mechanical aspects of power plant systems.
• Plant mechanical, electrical, and control systems and equipment.
• Policies, procedures, principles, and practices required to operate and maintain an electric generating plant.
• Electric utility industry and technology.

Intermediate Knowledge

• Labor relations, including retained management rights, applicable union contracts, and local work rules.
• Budgetary and planning practices.

Working Knowledge

• FERC, NERC, EPA, OSHA, DEQ, and DOE requirements and regulations.
• Fundamental engineering and economic principles and concepts.
• Contract administration and management of relationships with construction contractors.
• Company financial reports.

Advanced Skills

• Maintenance management software.
• Root cause troubleshooting and analysis of test or performance data to assess equipment operation.

Intermediate Skills

• Computer systems, including Microsoft Office.

General Competencies:

Advanced

• Analytical thinking.
• Decision-making.
• Business acumen.
• Organization and prioritization.
• Problem-solving.
• Written and oral communication.
• Project management.
• Risk management.

Intermediate

• Organization management.
• Resource management.

Leadership Practices:

• Drives Results
• Plans and Aligns
• Decision Quality
• Drives Engagement
• Courage

Physical and Cognitive Demands:

Cognitive Level: Substantial-

Requires consistent use of logic or scientific thinking to define problems, collect information, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Cognitive Abilities-

• Adheres to established response times, deadlines, and time-sensitive tasks.
• Follows accuracy standards and completes decision-making responsibilities.
• Interacts effectively and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Communicates and solves problems effectively under stress.
• Responds and adapts to frequent change.
• Demonstrates self-awareness and accepts constructive feedback.
• Recognizes feedback and acknowledges ownership of areas for improvement.
• Applies lessons learned to prevent recurring mistakes in similar work situations.
• Collaborates successfully with peers, managers, and others throughout the organization.
• Demonstrates sound memory and the ability to process and consistently apply new information to work tasks.

Schedule and Attendance Requirements:

• Ability to work long hours as needed.
• Ability to work a variable schedule.
• Ability to report to work and perform duties during periods of severe inclement weather.
• Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance.
• Ability to work an on-call schedule.

Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity.

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