This position is responsible for the management of all aspects of integrating new generation into the Oglethorpe operating portfolio:

• Assuring that operations, maintenance, technical, administrative, and compliance activities and requirements are met as new units are contemplated, studied, and constructed.
• Serve as the liaison between the capital projects construction team and the plant operations function, assuring that all activities requiring operations perspective are completed accurately and timely.
• Activities would include: analyzing options for the OPC portfolio, taking into account member and GSOC requirements and desires and recommending best-fit technologies; working closely with the OPC owner's engineer (OE) to make operations review and recommendations on technical matters such as site layout, heat balances, auxiliary equipment needs and balance of plant decisions; reviewing drawings from both technical project and operational perspectives, and making recommendations to the OE and capital projects team.
• Creating the staffing plan for the new units, either integrating with existing plant staff or designing a new staff if a greenfield site. Writing job descriptions, interviewing, and hiring the plant staff as per the project schedule. Manage the associates hired during the project, eventually transitioning the management duties to the plant operations staff at or about the commercial operations date.
• Overseeing the training and development of the plant staff and working with the plant construction team to effectively utilize the new plant staff on items to improve construction team efficiency and provide for on-the-job training and knowledge capture for the new associates.
• Coordinate with the project team to schedule and execute factory acceptance testing for control systems and other balance of plant equipment. Work with the project construction team to manage all aspects of the new unit/site transition from project to an OPC-operated facility. Help to develop and then oversee the new plant startup process to include equipment functional testing, system turnovers, and commissioning of units/station.

Job Duties:

• Work closely with capital project execution team on new plant construction planning activities
• Design O&M organization structure, create job descriptions, hire employees to staff integration team to match project staffing timeline
• Manage O&M staff (integration team) from new hire until transition to operating plant
• Working with plant construction team, find value-added ways to use the integration team on items such as punch list, system walk-downs and acceptance, etc. to aid the project and help train and develop integration team associates and assure appropriate knowledge capture from project to ongoing O&M occurs. Manage new unit commissioning process. Accountable that all required qualification and training is delivered to assure staff is qualified to operate the new units.
• Participate as a member of Plant Operations staff, providing input to ongoing Plant Ops functions

Required Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field preferred, Business plus related technical experience accepted

Experience: Fifteen (15) years in the utility industry including operations and maintenance, contract administration, project management, planning, budgeting, and analysis. Power plant commissioning experience is required.

Equivalent Experience: Utility industry experience that includes project management, budget accountability, commissioning and startup assignments as well as a minimum of 10 years of leadership positions.

Specialized Skills:

• Effective communicator, both orally and in writing using the English language.
• Strong leadership skills with a collaborative results-oriented style.
• Ability to interface with a broad range of technical and business disciplines (plant-level craft, plant managers, senior executives, and the Board of Directors).
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong decision-making capabilities.
• High PC proficiency, including word processing, spreadsheets, database applications, presentation software, work management maintenance system experience preferred (such as Maximo)
• Ability to plan, layout, assign, supervise, and inspect the work of others.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize conflicting demands.

Licenses, Registrations, and/or Certifications: Valid driver's license which meets the insurance requirements under Oglethorpe Power's Drivers Qualification Program.

Travel: 20%