Technical Manager

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This position is accountable for leading the technical activities and coordinating the necessary technical resources at the Cedar Bayou 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.

• 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 station compliance with corporate procedures, ensuring their full implementation and compliance
• Provide direction to the station's Process Specialists to promote technical support for projects and areas of responsibility 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 and meet station and owner needs
• Leads support for the development and execution of outage work scopes, work order plan packages, plans, schedules, budgets, resource allocation, work interference planning, shared services coordination, and related pre- and post-outage activities
• Promote a strong safety culture, productivity, and teamwork through effective communication, timely decision making, leadership, and enforcement of safety policies and procedures
• Assign work, hold employees accountable for performance, and provide regular feedback to support employee development and improvement
• Work collaboratively with other departments within the station to ensure appropriate technical expertise is available and provided to employees and contractors in a timely manner
• Formulate and execute area strategies, goals, objectives, standards, guidelines, programs, and procedures while ensuring adherence to technical requirements
• Monitor equipment condition and conduct system condition assessments to ensure overall plant reliability and prioritization of equipment maintenance and upgrades
• Support budget development, management, forecasting, and execution while serving as a technical interface for station stakeholders
• Oversee key projects, processes, performance reports, data, and analysis. Develop and implement methods and procedures for monitoring projects, including records of expenditures, research findings, progress reports, and staff conferences to inform management of project status
• Manage business operations, assigned work, and organizational resources to maximize plant performance, staff development, cost management, and achievement of organizational objectives
• Manage, as necessary, the evaluation and selection of external service providers
• Use and maintain technical and professional knowledge, share that knowledge with others, and recognize and apply new technology in a cost-effective manner

This is primarily an office environment job however the position will require on occasion going into the station or outside areas. Those environments will include being around rotating…