Utility Operations Manager

This position is employed by TDX Power, LLC. TDX Corporation is providing recruiting and administrative support to TDX Power under a transitional services arrangement.

The Utility Operations Manager is responsible for the safe, reliable, efficient, and cost-effective operation of assigned TDX Power utility operations across remote operating locations throughout Alaska. The position provides leadership and oversight of plant operations, electrical distribution systems, maintenance programs, personnel, contractors, projects, materials, logistics, and emergency response. The Utility Operations Manager establishes operating priorities, coordinates resources across assigned locations, ensures appropriate preventive and corrective maintenance is performed and documented, and works with site personnel and company leadership to continually improve safety, reliability, efficiency, and standardization across TDX Power operations.

The scope of assigned operations may include any current or future TDX Power operating location as determined by the General Manager. Certain operating locations may have separate operations management based on organizational or business needs.

• Manage and direct the daily operations, maintenance, and operational reporting for assigned TDX Power utility operations.
• Provide leadership and supervision to assigned plant operators, field personnel, technicians, and other operations staff, and coordinate shared technical resources including linemen, electricians, generator mechanics, contractors, and specialists.
• Establish operating priorities and coordinate personnel, equipment, materials, contractors, and other resources across assigned locations.
• Ensure utility operations comply with applicable safety, environmental, regulatory, company, and operational requirements.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure personnel are appropriately trained, qualified, and equipped to safely perform assigned duties.
• Develop, implement, maintain, and continuously improve preventive, predictive, protective, and corrective maintenance programs for generation, distribution, facilities, vehicles, and other utility assets.
• Ensure maintenance, inspections, repairs, system changes, deficiencies, and corrective actions are appropriately documented and tracked to completion.
• Develop and maintain location-specific and company-wide standard operating procedures, operating practices, and maintenance procedures, standardizing practices across locations where practical while recognizing location-specific requirements.
• Develop annual and multi-year maintenance, inspection, reliability, and capital improvement priorities for assigned operations.
• Monitor asset condition and recurring operational issues, identify root causes where practical, and develop permanent corrective actions and reliability improvements.
• Coordinate planned and emergency outages, service restoration, and special operational support, including after-hours response and escalation as required.
• Maintain appropriate emergency preparedness and response plans for assigned operations.
• Develop appropriate critical spare-parts, materials, tools, and inventory requirements for each assigned location and coordinate procurement and logistics to maintain operational readiness.
• Assist in preparation of annual operating and capital budgets and manage approved operating budgets within established authority and company requirements.
• Approve procurement of parts, supplies, services, and materials within delegated authority and ensure purchases are operationally justified and appropriately documented.
• Coordinate engineering, design, technical services, contractors, and consultants required for maintenance, modifications, upgrades, and capital projects.
• Support project planning, scopes of work, scheduling, construction coordination, commissioning, and transition of completed projects into operations.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, development, performance management, scheduling, cross-training, and succession planning for assigned operations personnel.
• Identify training and qualification needs and ensure employees receive appropriate technical, safety, regulatory, and operational training.
• Develop cross-training and succession capability to reduce operational dependence on individual employees and improve continuity of operations.
• Evaluate operating performance, maintenance effectiveness, reliability, efficiency, fuel and resource utilization, and operating costs, and recommend improvements.
• Coordinate with accounting, regulatory, administrative, and other company functions to ensure operational information and required reporting are accurate and timely.
• Maintain awareness of significant utility-industry developments, technologies, operating practices, and regulatory changes that may affect TDX Power operations.
• Develop productive working relationships with customers, communities, vendors, contractors, agencies, and other stakeholders associated with assigned…