Plant Manager Local

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About the role

As Plant Manager, you will serve as the primary point of contact for the customer, attending monthly (or weekly, during mobilization) calls, supporting technicians with on-site issue resolution, and providing monthly plant performance summaries to the engineering team. You will be responsible for scheduling and planning work to reduce downtime and ensure team safety, as well as assisting customers with budgeting and issue resolution estimates.

In this leadership role, you will directly manage technicians, overseeing responsibilities such as PTO approvals, performance feedback, and disciplinary actions in coordination with HR. You will play an active role in technician development by identifying training needs, encouraging cross-training to build core strengths, and supporting succession planning in partnership with the Safety and Training teams.

You will also be responsible for reviewing and approving timecards in line with your 10% overtime budget and optimizing work schedules when appropriate. Each month, you will conduct final reviews of work orders in Softwrench, ensuring out-of-scope activities are correctly coded as billable. You may be granted approval authority for RAMP expenses up to $500, with accountability for proper coding and spend tracking.

Additionally, you will collaborate with leadership to identify and address operational inefficiencies and support process improvements, while leading by example and setting the professional standard for your team.

Responsibilities

• Operates site in a manner that promotes the highest levels of safety, compliance and productivity. 
• Carries out management responsibilities in accordance with RNWBL Policies, plant agreements, applicable laws, safety standards and good housekeeping practices. 

• Coordinates the overall logistics and activities for the project in respect to turbine and field repairs, maintenance and other work required. 

• Participates in daily preparation as it relates to manpower, special project and maintenance of the site and all related equipment. 

• Supervises the work of Turbine Technicians and Project Subcontractors to stimulate maximum efficiency. 

• Strategically established working schedules for turbine and balance of plant maintenance, repairs and any or other contractual obligations during low wind periods while maximizing production and minimizing down time for yield contracts. 

• Ensures that all daily work reports for the project sites are submitted in a timely manner as well as correct. 

• Ensures efficient and economical utilization of materials, responsible for improvement of methods and elimination of wasteful practices within departments. 

• Takes proper and judicious disciplinary measures when required. 

• Prepare monthly and annual reports as required for the plant to internal and external agencies. 

• Insures the appropriate use and proper care of assets, company vehicles, tools, and equipment. 

• Oversee technician hiring, time off and timecard approvals, and career development.