Combined Cycle O&M Power Plant Manager

Lead the safe, reliable and commercially disciplined operation and maintenance of a 208 MW combined-cycle cogeneration facility, supporting generation commitments to the local utility and process-steam commitments to steam host. Manage plant performance, people, equipment risk, environmental obligations and customer interfaces under GE Vernova’s O&M agreement with our customer, respecting the customer’s contractual obligations.

Plant Manager has responsibility to operate and maintain the plant on behalf of the customer within the boundaries of the O&M contract or Long Term Service Agreement. Own 24/7 operating readiness, abnormal-event response, reliability, availability, efficiency and steam-delivery continuity. Lead and develop operations and maintenance teams, succession, technical training and safe work practices. Direct combustion-turbine, steam-turbine and generator outage planning and execution: inspection scopes, OEM/contractor resources, work packages, long-lead materials, safety and return to service.

Build and control integrated outage/maintenance schedules: work sequencing, critical path, crews, milestones, readiness checks, recovery plans and customer outage constraints. Manage LSFO operating requirements, integrated gas/steam-cycle performance, process-steam continuity and the ABB P13 control interface. Maintain EHS and regulatory compliance, incident response, corrective actions and emergency preparedness. Coordinate HECO dispatch, outage notices, exceptions and reporting; support PAR steam commitments, with formal contract decisions remaining with KPLP.

Prepare annual operating plans, budgets, forecasts, maintenance spending and customer-funded Cap Ex recommendations; oversee OEM and contractor relationships. Support customer strategy, operating, and civic goals.

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical or marine engineering, engineering technology, or a related power-generation technical discipline.
• 10 years of progressively responsible thermal-power O&M experience, including at least 3 years of plant, shift or cross-functional operating-team leadership.
• Demonstrated gas-turbine and steam-cycle operations knowledge, integrated plant systems and 24/7 operating judgment.
• Measurable safety, regulatory, reliability and performance accountability, including incident response and corrective action.
• Hands-on GT/ST/generator outage work: scope, maintenance planning, integrated schedules, critical-path control, OEM/contractor execution and return-to-service readiness.
• Proficiency in scheduling work packages, dependencies, personnel and contractor resources, milestones, look-ahead plans and recovery;
  Experience with P6, Microsoft Project or equivalent.
• Experience working within O&M contracts, utility dispatch commitments, operating budgets and approval boundaries.
• Ability to use CMMS, ERP/procurement, EHS, contractor-compliance and workforce systems, plus strong Excel reporting and reconciliation skills.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Established project management skills.
• Combined-cycle cogeneration leadership covering electricity delivery and industrial process-steam customers.
• Breadth across plant operations, engineering, reliability/maintenance, OEM field service or commissioning.
• Knowledge of availability, forced-outage and PPA-related performance measures and their commercial implications.
• Experience defending outage and capital requests and coordinating long-lead procurement.
• Familiarity with HECO, Hawai‘i permits and KPLP/PAR interfaces Experience with ABB or comparable heavy-duty turbines, steam turbine-generators, LSFO/liquid fuels, legacy DCS controls such as ABB P13, and industrial steam export.
• Familiarity with site applications:
  Maximo, SAP Power Max, Gensuite, Comply Works, Microsoft Excel, DRAM and Workday or comparable platforms.

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation.

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