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Maintenance Manager
Location: Stockton, California
General Summary
Responsible for the management, direct supervision and leadership of the maintenance group in the daily maintenance of generating equipment under the general direction of the General Manager. This person plans, schedules and supervises the predictive, preventative, corrective and overhaul maintenance of all power plant electric generating, steam producing, material handling, rolling stock and associated plant equipment to assure the plant is operated in a reliable, safe environmentally compliant and efficient manner. Reporting to the General Manager, the employee exercises independent discretion and judgment within established policies, procedures and practices. Results are reviewed through the achievement of set goals and adherence to these policies, procedures and practices
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
* Directs plant maintenance personnel and contractors as required ensuring that plant reliability and efficiency are maintained, and that local, state and federal safety standards are met.
* Maintains and controls the work program so that manpower, equipment and materials are allocated effectively and efficiently to meet maintenance schedules and operating requirements. Manages and ensures uniform application and technical correctness of a comprehensive maintenance program, including forecasting manpower workload and equipment needs for short term and long term needs.
* Schedules and manages preventive and predictive maintenance in accordance with equipment and systems requirements and as indicated by equipment and system performance, maintenance records, safety requirements, and best practices.
* Constantly reviews and improves maintenance processes and ensures that maintenance personnel are properly trained and adhere to established procedures and standards in accordance with prudent industry practices.
* Continually evaluates, schedules and budgets the maintenance program and recommends changes to optimize maintenance cost effectiveness, work quality, outage time and availability.
* Develops performance goals and reviews to align employee accountabilities and conduct with maintenance processes.
* Investigates operating abnormalities and incidents to improve equipment availability and performance and to minimize maintenance requirements.
* Prepares necessary plant maintenance reports in a timely manner and investigates all forced outages.
* Prepares and continually evaluates the maintenance department’s budget and/or makes recommendations to the General Manager relative to optimize maintenance cost effectiveness, work quality, outage time, and capital budgets.
* Reviews and provides maintenance engineering evaluations and troubleshooting of equipment abnormalities.
* Maintains a consistent and effective level of communications with General Manager, Operations Manager, and Administrative staff.
* Recommends the scheduling of and supervises the performance of overhauls of plant equipment and systems by outside contractors and/or plant staff. Assures work is planned, and progresses as scheduled to meet performance and cost objectives.
* Provides input on inventory of spare parts consistent with preventive maintenance and repair requirements and the need to avoid unnecessary downtime.
* Assures proper staffing, scheduling, orientation and training of the plant staff, and manages compliance with all company policies and procedures. Recruits, interviews and assigns Maintenance employment candidates.
* Establishes department and group goals based on market dynamics and the needs of the customer, suppliers, employees, the owners and other stakeholders.
* Maintains plant equipment records including repair and modification history, scheduled outage reports and predictive analysis.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Relevant power plant-related experience, including a minimum five (5) years’ supervisory or managerial background. Wood fired stoker boiler operating experience is highly desired to provide for the following:
* A thorough, demonstrated understanding of power plant operations, with strong understanding of the maintenance function. Understanding of steam turbine technology, mechanics, hydraulics, electricity and electronics.
* Working knowledge of operations and engineering functions and their interrelation to maintenance.
* Understanding of accounting systems as relates to work orders.
* Ability to plan, coordinate and direct varied programs and tasks directly involved with the maintenance component of the plant, but directly influencing the entire plant operation.
* Ability to analyze potentially complex, costly maintenance problems and direct their resolution.
* Strong planning and communication skills.
* Ability to analyze and improve maintenance business processes, utilizing information about market dynamics and competitors' processes and achievements.
* 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.
* Strong oral and written communication skills.
* Ability to work shifts and extra/irregular hours and to work under unusual and special conditions that can arise in a biomass fired generation station.
* Proficient in the use of MS applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint in a Windows environment. Extensive experience with computer based maintenance management programs and Internet.
* Ability to pass respirator fit tests to use respiratory protective equipment or self-contained breathing apparatus at all times.
