Team Leader - Maintenance

Position Overview

The Maintenance Team Leader reports directly to the Plant Manager and directs, leads, and supervises a team of maintenance personnel in a plant environment at a Natural Gas power plant. The leader shares responsibility for the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of the plant, oversees the maintenance program including routine and outage work, and fully implements the Conditioned Based Outage/Integrated Planning Process (Stage Gate Process).

Responsibilities include planning and execution of outages, participation in multi‑year project identification and budgeting, managing maintenance issues to support system needs, evaluating performance of direct reports, maintaining diversity and inclusion standards, upholding ethics and integrity, and driving continuous improvement as a champion of change.

• Responsible for safety, compliance, budgeting, reliability, and all other aspects of the maintenance program of the plant
• Provides direction to maintenance personnel (mechanics, electricians, instrument technicians), schedules resources, and manages staffing issues
• Provides leadership and development for direct reports to embrace strong fundamentals of operation and maintenance
• Embraces human performance improvement initiatives
• Assures plant operations/maintenance personnel comply with safe work practices, plant procedures, and efficiently maintain plant equipment
• Ranks and prioritizes reliability and financial risks using data analysis and historical and predictive maintenance information from internal and external sources
• Works with the Fleet Maintenance group to oversee long‑range and detailed planning and execution of Fossil unit outages, including management of cost, schedule, and safety processes
• Prepares and plans near‑term and strategic maintenance budgets
• Provides and supports budget/project development and cost control for short‑range work plans and long‑range strategic planning
• Manages the budget in the assigned area to leverage the financial process and control deviations from the approved annual budget
• Collaborates with Planning and Operations personnel to assign resources to address emerging maintenance issues
• Initiates and provides leadership in contract management and contractor oversight for routine and outage work
• Staffs and manages routine, planned, emergency, and reserve outages as well as assigned projects
• Develops schedules and budgets related to routine maintenance and planned outages
• Interfaces with other plant management members to resolve key issues impacting business processes, budget, maintenance strategies, outage scope, schedule, and costs for facilities
• Evaluates and champions gap‑closure actions consistent with the company’s overall business strategy
• Leads site teams to identify and implement maintenance strategies and funding needs for equipment processes
• Maintains strong relationships with internal and external interfaces and key strategic alliance partners
• Maintains awareness of the latest industry research and practical application to drive continuous improvement

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Candidate with a bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as engineering or equivalent work experience (e.g., 10 years of power plant experience with at least 5 years of maintenance experience)

Minimum Experience Required

• Without degree: 10 years of Power Plant Experience with at least 5 years of maintenance experience
• With technical degree: 5 years of Power Plant Maintenance Experience
• Experience with O&M/Capital Budget development, execution, and management
• Experience in Work Management processes and maintenance strategies (includes planning and scheduling)
• Experience in contract/project management

• Experience with O&M/Capital Budget development, execution, and management
• Experience in Work Management processes and maintenance strategies (includes planning and scheduling)
• Knowledgeable in ranking and prioritizing reliability and financial risks
• Experience in contract/project management
• Ability to prepare and plan short‑term and long‑term activities and budgets
• A Safety Champion