Skilled Trades Supervisor

Position Summary

Salary: $94,200 - $115,100 annually depending on experience. MSU Benefits - Free comprehensive health care for you and your family as well as a 10% contribution toward your retirement;
Generous sick, vacation, personal and holiday time;
This position is not eligible for remote work. Regular, in-person attendance is required to meet business and customer needs.

MSU Power Plant consists of an electricity/steam co-generation (cogen), reciprocating internal combustion engine (RICE), and auxiliary (AUX) boiler facilities with a combined capability of over 120 MW and 1,000 kpph steam. The cogen facility includes 4 high pressure boilers, one combustion turbine with heat recover steam generator, and 5 steam turbines. The RICE facility consists of three (3) 9.3 MW engines.

The AUX boiler facility produces 90 psi steam directly for campus use. All are 100% natural gas.

This position leads the power plant operations team in all aspects to support University mission and goals and to continuously improve performance related to the Power & Water Department's primary goals of safety, reliability, and efficiency. The Power Plant Operations Supervisor is responsible for determining and communicating operational philosophy to support department goals over the long-term and on a day-to-day basis.

This position is a member of the Power & Water Department management team and is responsible for building a strong operations team who are empowered to effectively carry out their daily work and act in accordance with University Rules Governing Personal Conduct for Staff including, but not limited to, being respectful, collaborative, solutions-based, and proactive.

The Power Plant Operations Supervisor is directly responsible for all aspects of power plant operation including guiding unionized operators who currently work on a DuPont rotating 12-hour shift schedule and assisting the operations staff in responding to/attending to operational incidents or emergencies on a 24/7/365 basis.

This position is responsible for all aspects of power plant operations staff recruitment, training, operational procedures, promotions, interpretation of union contract, policies and procedures, budget oversight, and other supervisory duties.

In addition to an initial drug test at hire, the employer conducts random monthly drug testing throughout the year.

Job responsibilities are as follows:
40%:
Responsible for complete operational activities including, but not limited to: developing dispatch and operating instructions balancing the need for reliability and efficiency; monitoring the operations team for compliance with dispatch and operating instructions, operating routines, switching operations, policies and procedures; planning and conducting routine insurance and regulatory inspections and tests; monitoring equipment operating trends, taking initiative to improve reliability, availability, and efficiency and to prevent equipment trips and damage;

coordinating operations activities with department supervisors, engineers, and contractors; and investigating and reporting on outage/service interruption incident root cause and recommended remedies.
20%:
Perform all supervisor responsibilities for the operations staff, ensuring that they perform all of the duties necessary to safely, reliably, and efficiently operate the plant equipment, meeting dispatch, demand, reliability, and efficiency requirements. Communicate effectively to staff members addressing issues in a proactive manner.
10%:
Ensure compliance with all environmental, health, and safety policies, laws, and regulations; ensure compliance with University, IPF, and Power & Water Department rules, policies, and procedures. Ensure compliance with safety policies such as, but not limited to, Lock-out Tag-out (LOTO) and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Establish and sustain a culture that promotes a safe and inclusive work environment.
10%:
Improve the power plant operating, abnormal operating, and emergency response procedures and control room practices to accepted industry standards and practices.
10%:
Execute and improve the operator training qualification program to ensure operation staff is trained and fully qualified to perform their duties. Incorporate leadership, soft skill, and safety training as needed.
10%:
Complete all required operational and human resource/payroll/administrative documentation and reports. Coordinate operation staff recruitment to fill open or vacant positions per University and IPF policies and practices.

This position will engage in high performing, leading edge practices, valuing people, partners and stewardship.

Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired from specialized training such as that acquired in at least one year of college, technical, vocational, or trade school with coursework in the operation and maintenance of electrical generation, steam generation, and related balance of plant equipment in a power,…