Technical Manager

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Job Summary: 

This position is accountable for leading the technical activities and coordinating the necessary technical resources at the W.A. Parish Power Plant  to ensure safe, efficient, reliable, and economic plant operation.  Duties include development, implementation and administration of technical processes, work and project planning, procedural standards, and employee development to support the technical needs of the station.

 

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership and emphasizes importance of safety and environmental programs by monitoring completion of safety concerns, SSIP and incident investigation action items, attending required safety and environmental meetings, and supporting EKPI goals.
• Serves as member of plant leadership team and is capable of acting as temporary plant manager or operations manager as needed.
• Develop, implement, manage, and communicate the station’s technical plan and revise as appropriate.
• Manage the station Management of Change process to ensure compliance and operational reliability
• Manage stations compliance with corporate procedures, ensuring their full implementation and compliance.
• Provide direction to the station’s Process Specialists to promote technical support for projects / areas of responsibilities at the station.
• Manage the completion and budgetary tracking of capital and O&M projects requiring engineering as well as ensuring new technical projects are sound and justifiable that meet the station and owner’s needs.
• Leads support for  the development and use of work scope packages for each activity performed during unit outages including all related pre & post outage activities.
• Leads support for  the development of work order plan packages that include labor, material, equipment, Lockout-Tagout, technical support and Quality Assurance requirements.
• Leads support for the development of plans, schedules and budgets for all – planned, maintenance, and forced outage work – including scope growth.
• Leads support for  day to day performance and coordination of all outage work including resource allocation, work interference planning, and the common use shared services.
• Improve the overall station safety culture by providing leadership, setting a positive example and promoting / enforcing all safety policies and procedures.
• Promote productivity and teamwork with open communication, timely decision making, and use of leadership skills to set high standards of performance, while providing the direction necessary to achieve performance.
• Assign work and hold employees accountable for their performance.
• Provide regular feedback to employees on their performance to allow them to capitalize on their strengths and focus on opportunities for improvement.
• Work collaboratively with other departments within the station to ensure that appropriate technical expertise is available and provided to employees / contractors in a timely manner.
• Formulate appropriate strategies that support the overall strategy and manage development, implementation and execution of assigned area goals, objectives, and initiatives.
• Manage development and execution of appropriate standards, guidelines, programs, and procedures within assigned area of responsibility.  Assure adherence to technical standards and guidelines. 
• Monitor equipment condition and conduct system condition assessments to ensure overall plant reliability and prioritization of equipment maintenance and upgrades.
• Support budget development, management, and execution.  Provide input for monthly expenditure forecasts.
• Provide technical interface for station stakeholders as needed.
• Oversee key projects, processes and performance reports, data and analysis. Develop an