Manager, Generation Support (hybrid)

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Job Summary

The primary function of this position is to support NRG’s generation fleet.  Responsibilities include:

• Budgeting, forecasting, and business planning,
• Spend analysis and variance reporting,
• PowerSAM support and project economic analysis,
• Maintaining Unit Characteristic (UC) Portal and facilitating updates,
• PowerGADS support, metric tracking, reporting, and analysis,
• Annual Incentive Program (AIP) tracking and reporting,
• Fleet financial and operational metrics benchmarking, 
• Lost Margin Opportunity and Commercial Availability tracking and reporting,
• Scope 1 & 2 Sustainability reporting, and
• Summarizing and presenting financial and operational data to executive management.

 

This role requires a strong technical understanding of conventional power generation assets, excellent organizational and problem-solving skills, and the ability to work collaboratively across various functional groups. 

 

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

Job responsibilities require cross-functional training in Operations Planning & Analysis and Business Management.

 

Operations Planning & Analysis

• Manage PowerSAM and fleetwide guidance in the creation of PowerSAM project economic analyses and risk ranking to ensure consistent project prioritization and decision analysis,
• Work closely with Engineering and Plant Operations to ensure that project benefit assumptions are accurate and reflect current plant operating parameters,
• Responsible for Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance and 302 certifications for PowerSAM controls.
• Maintain the Unit Characteristic (UC) Portal and facilitate updates and approval workflow,
• Calculate, track, and report on Lost Margin Opportunity and Commercial Availability,
• Provide monthly PowerGADS support, event tracking, and metric reporting,
• Develop, implement, and maintain a methodology for tying key performance drivers to improvement or cost initiatives,
• Assemble, prepare, and submit annual plant benchmarking metrics for the fleet,
• Utilize multiple data sources to collect, consolidate, and analyze plant data and disseminate information to meaningful reports and/or presentations to executive management,
• Prepare training material and conduct training across the generation fleet on PowerSAM, Unit Characteristics, and PowerGADS.
• Support the M&A process for asset sales,
• Develop, manage, and track the plant AIP metric process,
• Summarize and present monthly, quarterly, and annual performance metric reporting,
• Utilize data sources for ad hoc reporting,
• Design and implement tools, develop dashboards and visualizations to facilitate the timely communication and reporting of data that leads to more effective and efficient decision-making,
• Support the Asset Integrity Process, Registry, Equipment Scorecard and Dashboard,
• Provide the required support for the filing of the 10Q and 10K reports, and
• Provide the required support for annual Scope 1 and Sco