AltaGas - Manager, Operations Blythe

Job Description

AltaGas - Manager, Operations Blythe

The Operations Manager is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the facility. This position drives daily plant performance, champions operational excellence, and ensures successful execution of the Operating Plan. The Operations Manager identifies improvement opportunities, optimizes plant processes, and maintains all operating conditions within optimal limits.

This role also provides strategic oversight of the site’s Environmental Program and partners closely with the Maintenance Manager to uphold all NERC compliance requirements. The Operations Manager sets high standards for safety, performance, and professionalism, ensuring alignment with plant policies, regulatory expectations, and industry best practices.

Operational Leadership

• Lead and develop the operations team to maintain safe, reliable, and efficient plant performance

• Maximize thermal and electrical output while ensuring optimal efficiency

• Monitor plant conditions and communicate normal, abnormal, or emergency situations to the Plant Manager; take decisive corrective action as needed

• Oversee the operation, inspection, and control of all power production and auxiliary equipment to ensure continuous, compliant, and efficient operation

• Ensure emissions and effluents remain within permitted limits; proactively prevent safety incidents, environmental excursions, and production losses

Training, Compliance & Continuous Improvement

• Regularly review and update plant policies and procedures to reflect current goals, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices

• Strengthen operational continuity through effective training, coaching, and development of plant personnel

• Issue new operating procedures and revise existing ones to ensure safe, accurate, and efficient plant operations

• Analyze operating results and equipment failures to identify efficiency improvements, cost‑saving opportunities, and performance enhancements

Collaboration & Performance Optimization

• Partner with the Maintenance Manager to evaluate equipment condition, prioritize maintenance activities, and optimize plant performance

• Partner with the EHS Manager on the development and delivery of environmental and NERC training programs; maintain accurate training records

• Conduct periodic testing and evaluations; recommend improvement projects with supporting cost justifications

• Encourage internal development of improvement projects to reduce contractor reliance and control costs

• Provide the Plant Manager with timely insights on equipment availability, reliability, and key performance indicators

Team Leadership & Workforce Management

• Motivate, guide, and supervise operations personnel through effective communication, performance management, and leadership

• Assign projects and tasks to ensure balanced workloads, adequate work‑order backlog, and broad exposure to plant systems for staff development

• Sustain high morale, address employee concerns promptly, and foster a culture of accountability and excellence

• Directly manage 4 Production Technician Leaders and 12 Production Technicians

Budgeting & Administrative Responsibilities

• Prepare departmental budgets and provide recommendations for operating and capital expenditures

• Ensure accurate reporting and timely submission of environmental, NERC, and other regulatory documentation

Safety Commitment

Safety is a core value at AltaGas. All employees are expected to remain alert, engaged, and always committed to safe work practices. Supervisors play a critical role in ensuring safe operations, and performance in this area is a key component of leadership evaluation

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

• Ability to stand for extended periods, climb stairs and ladders, lift up to 50 pounds, and a respirator when required

• Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is mandatory for certain tasks

• Work may involve exposure to hazardous materials

• Position requires extended hours, rotating shifts, and occasional weekend or holiday work based on plant needs

• Participation in the Fitness for Duty Program is required, including pre‑employment and random drug screening

• Smoking restrictions apply throughout the facility

Required Experience & Skills

• 10+ years of progressively resp