Maintenance Manager- O&M

Proenergy•Houston, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Manager will collaborate with Plant Superintendents to implement proactive maintenance strategies, identify equipment failure modes, and optimize preventive maintenance tasks. Develop work management tools, enhance the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), and foster a culture of effective proactive maintenance practices. This role will provide support to plant operations by prioritizing critical work scope, documenting corrective actions, and improving plan visibility for the Operations & Maintenance team. Ensuring proper procedures are in place for site maintenance and coordinating with other departments for necessary repairs. Oversee maintenance activities, review reports, and coordinate with field services and parts team to ensure timely availability of required resources. Work with site personnel to setup and maintain the plant inventory.

Requirements

Five years of power generation experience, specifically focused on Work Management and Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
Builds strong relationships across the organization, especially with Plant Superintendents and other plant personnel, to develop work practices that are consistent, well documented and tracked for completion.
Direct experience with implementing a new CMMS or modifying an existing CMMS to improve functionality of the system
Quantitative thinker with a technical background in plant equipment operations and maintenance
Strong background in project finance analysis
Demonstrated track record in delivering internal improvement projects in a growing organization
Technical Acumen - will have the ability to quickly conceptualize, assimilate data, and perform analysis to make decisions and take appropriate action around complex problems
Organizer – will have the ability to simplify technical processes across an organization, including various reporting layers from plant and office teams to the business leadership team
Communicator – very strong written and verbal communication skills are required. This will be demonstrated across large and small groups of peers or superiors. Will be interfacing, training, and coaching plant personnel and senior leadership on analysis, reporting and recommendations.
Skilled multi-tasker – will be highly organized and able to prioritize deadlines in work-intensive environments.
Handles pressure – will remain focused and calm in the face of distractions and changing priorities and will have the ability to influence others to do the same.
US work authorization is a precondition of employment.
Successful candidate will need to satisfactorily complete pre-employment drug screen and background check.

Nice To Haves

BS degree in Engineering or a related field
Preference will be given to candidates with LM6000 technology experience
Preference will be given to candidates with ten plus years of experience, additional education, or certificates in power plant asset management
Preference will be given to candidates with field services experience.
Valid US passport and willingness to travel domestically and internationally

Responsibilities

Working with each Plant Superintendent, identify and implement proactive maintenance strategies to ensure long term plant and asset goals.
Identify and document equipment failure modes and risks
Optimize and improve preventive and predictive maintenance tasks and schedules
Build out data analysis tools and techniques to identify potential asset risks
Interact with the PROENERGY Advanced Monitoring and Predictive Solutions team to optimize data collection, analysis, and reporting
Develop a budget for proactive maintenance activities and provide benefit analysis to implement in the five-year plan
Develop and implement work management tools and processes to help the effectiveness of plant operations.
Review the deployment and effectiveness of the current CMMS
Develop a three-year plan to improve the CMMS
Develop interfaces between work management, procurement, and the five-year budgeting process
Create a fleet wide culture of effective proactive maintenance practices
Develop work management packages to drive consistency in routine work
Develop work management KPIs and build out these measurement in the CMMS
Train plant personnel on use of the CMMS functionality to create a culture of work documentation to ensure work details are captured for future utilization
Create interface between PI, or other tools, to drive hours or counter based preventive maintenance tasks
Provide work management support to plant operations
Plan and prioritize critical work scope in the CMMS based on operational and financial risk
Document corrective work in the CMMS
Build out the proactive maintenance strategy in the CMMS
Develop the CMMS to improve plan, cost, and schedule visibility for the O&M team
Incorporate safety and environmental checks in planned jobs
Develop a scheduling tool and process for routine work
Develop a maintenance and forced outage backlog of work activities
Provide planned outage work management support in terms of planning and scheduling jobs
Interface with the PROENERGY Warranty Manager to ensure non-conformance reported issues are planned and scheduled in a timely manner
Provide direction to ProEnergy CMS
Work with the PROENERGY Field Services Manager to ensure procedures and work practices exist for WattBridge site maintenance.
Interface with the PROENERGY Sedalia Depot and Houston Shop on required repairs and enhancements
Review borescope reports and provide recommendations for any issues identified.
Oversee any maintenance performed by the ProEnergy Field Services team.
Work with the PROENERGY Field Services and Parts teams to ensure parts are available when needed to perform the required scope of work