Senior Manager Generation Operations

Alliant Energy•Ottumwa, IA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This senior leadership role is responsible for critical generation assets, leading generation operations that power communities safely and reliably. It is ideal for a proven power plant leader who excels at leading union and non‑union teams, optimizing plant performance, and shaping long‑term strategy. The Senior Manager of Generation Operations is responsible for leading a team that operates and maintains generation facilities to meet business objectives, including safety, environmental, and operational performance. This role integrates and aligns facility performance with the company's strategic goals, continuously improving competitive position and profitability. Key responsibilities include directing strategic activities and resources - people, tools, equipment, and processes - to ensure optimal facility performance. The position also involves maintaining operational relationships with internal support teams and customer groups. The Senior Manager leads initiatives in safety and environmental performance, financial planning, resource deployment, operational and regulatory compliance, operations and maintenance, contractor agreements, risk management, and outage and maintenance program execution. Additionally, this role oversees employee and labor relations strategies for generation facilities.

Requirements

7 years of experience in generation or related work experience.
5 years supervisory experience, with experience supervising generation, engineering, construction, project management, or field operations.
Must possess a valid driver’s license.
Support and foster a culture of belonging while demonstrating a strong commitment to equal employment opportunity.
Demonstrated effective leadership skills.
Solid working knowledge of electric, gas or steam operating practices, construction standards, work methods, equipment, maintenance practices, regulatory compliance and materials preferred.
Demonstrated experience working with labor union management preferred.
Knowledge of safety rules and applicable electric codes and DOT/PHMSA regulations preferred.
Demonstrated ability to read and understand utility maps, plan and profiles, and drawings preferred.
Demonstrated financial skills such as budgeting and basic accounting.
Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
Demonstrated understanding of information technology applications.
Demonstrated ability to use computer software programs (e.g., e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet, and project management).
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience working with labor union management preferred.
Knowledge of safety rules and applicable electric codes and DOT/PHMSA regulations preferred.
Demonstrated ability to read and understand utility maps, plan and profiles, and drawings preferred.

Responsibilities

Performs all leadership duties including, but not limited to, hiring and rewarding talent, fostering an inclusive and safe workplace, partnering with employees to set clear goals and expectations, providing timely and specific feedback on performance, developing improvement plans to address performance gaps, addressing conflict with care and respect, identifying opportunities for growth and development, embracing and modeling a mindset of lifelong learning, ensuring employees report to work fit for duty, adhering to our Code of Conduct, interfaces with communities and customers and models Alliant Energy’s Core Values at all times.
Oversees all aspects of the operations and maintenance of generation assets including the use of cost-effective methodologies, identification of reliability gaps, long-range planning, basic to complex project oversight and construction work associated with generation assets.
Responsible for ensuring resources are available, trained, and assigned to address system reliability issues and system improvements.
Oversee the development and implementation of strategic improvement plans to all business processes within assigned facilities to deliver desired vision and performance goals.
Utilize plant performance metrics to ensure effective and efficient process standards are met and improving as expected.
Responsible for and/or provides knowledgeable financial evaluation of existing and future assets, effective management and deployment of O&M and capital spend strategies and sound implementation process for maximum asset utilization.
Develops talent and assists director with strategic succession planning, including updating staffing plans and labor union discussions to meet team and business unit goals.
Demonstrates leadership in the area of safety, including observing and enforcing safety rules and operating practices, encouraging safe work behaviors, investigating accidents and promptly correcting conditions and unsafe work behaviors which may lead to accidents.
Ensure positive and effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders including but not limited to operations support, regulatory, union leadership, and community contacts.
Understands and implements rules set by regulatory bodies, e.g., Department of Labor (DOT), Occupational Safety and Safety Administration (OSHA), and Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Responsible for managing and supporting facility environmental issues.
May serve as primary contact and interfaces with environmental staff on environmental issues directly related to the manager’s assigned facilities.
Ensures that no Notice of Violation’s are issued against the company in the assigned facilities.
Engages in other duties as needed that support our Values and help deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.