Regional Wind O & M Manager

Constellation Energy Generation, LLC.•Bad Axe, MI

18h

About The Position

The Regional Wind O&M (Operations and Maintenance) Manager manages and oversees daily operations and maintenance for a regional wind power fleet. The role includes developing and complying with an operating budget, coordinating and scheduling outages with the interconnect entity, scheduling coordinator, and trading desk, identifying and resolving problems, taking corrective action, and tracking reliability issues. The manager oversees onsite contractors and ensures assigned sites meet Constellation Wind Operations and Maintenance requirements. The role prioritizes employee and contractor safety, regulatory compliance, and environmental guidelines. It also involves monitoring wind turbine towers for maintenance quality, troubleshooting, assisting technicians, implementing fleet-wide improvements, coordinating with landowners, utilities, turbine suppliers, and substation maintenance teams, and supporting emergent issues outside traditional operating hours. The manager helps develop and maintain work-order processes, procedures, and continuous-improvement projects, and ensures high-voltage switching is performed safely and in compliance with the company’s LOTO program.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience, or an associate's degree and 7 years of experience in a power plant, or a high school diploma/GED and 9 years of experience.
Maintain minimum access requirements, as applicable, and pass favorable medical examinations and/or testing in accordance with position duties.
Experience with applicable electrical power generation, transmission, motors/generators, or process-controls discipline codes and standards.
Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite applications.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in engineering or a technical discipline.
Experience in wind plant operations and wind turbines.
Experience in high-voltage maintenance and switching.

Responsibilities

Manage and oversee daily operations and maintenance of the regional wind power fleet.
Develop and comply with an operating budget.
Coordinate and schedule outages with the interconnect entity, scheduling coordinator, and trading desk.
Identify and resolve problems, implement corrective actions, and track reliability issues.
Manage and oversee onsite contractors, ensuring services meet Constellation Wind Operations and Maintenance requirements.
Ensure wind turbines are maintained to protect the safety of regional employees and contractors.
Oversee and prioritize compliance with regulatory requirements and environmental guidelines.
Monitor wind turbine towers for maintenance quality, troubleshoot issues, assist wind turbine technicians, and implement fleet-wide improvements.
Respond to emergent issues and nontraditional operating hours, including managing landowner relationships, utility interactions, wind turbine supplier maintenance support, and substation maintenance and troubleshooting.
Ensure effective use of the Work Order Management Process and support maintenance procedure writing.
Design, test, implement, and revise procedures for Constellation Wind operations.
Ensure high-voltage switching at substations, transmission circuits, and wind turbine supplier transformer feeds is performed safely and in compliance with the Constellation LOTO program.
Assist in developing operating procedure changes to optimize turbines and support continuous-improvement projects.
Complete procedure and process documentation for wind turbine O&M requirements.
Perform other duties as assigned, including department duty coverage, call-out, and support for outage activities.