Site Lead - Wind Plant

Iberdrola•Trimont, MN

4d•$47 - $53•Onsite

About The Position

The Site Lead has responsibilities similar to a Lead Technician and also assists with duties of the Plant Manager. The role is typically used at larger sites or when a Plant Manager is responsible for multiple sites. Working under the Plant Manager’s guidance, the Site Lead helps manage the day-to-day operation and maintenance of utility-scale wind plants, including turbine and balance-of-plant work. Administrative duties include creating weekly and monthly reports, performing SAP functions, reporting downtime through Domina G, leading the plan of the day, and coordinating contracted work. This is a non-exempt position and, in almost all cases, reports directly to a Plant Manager. The Site Lead helps ensure safe, reliable, and economical plant operations; supports plant personnel and work teams; oversees operations, maintenance, and warranty work; and contributes to safety, training, planning, procedures, and performance improvement. The position also performs hands-on troubleshooting and maintenance of wind plant equipment and may temporarily perform Plant Manager duties during the manager’s absence.

Requirements

Two-year college or technical school certificate, or at least 4 years of related experience or power-industry training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
At least 4 years of experience in power plant operations and maintenance.
Valid driver’s license.
Ability to perform all physical requirements of the job.
Advanced computer skills with word processing, spreadsheets, email, facility control, management and reporting systems, and computerized diagnostic and troubleshooting tools.
Ability to work in extremely adverse weather conditions.
Ability to work around low- and medium-voltage equipment.
Ability to solve practical problems and address varied concrete situations with limited standardization.
Knowledge of heavy equipment required for facility maintenance, including working knowledge of crane and rigging requirements.
Ability to foster productive working relationships with coworkers, managers, customers, contractors, and vendors.
Self-starter with demonstrated ability to lead initiatives and build consensus across a matrixed global organization.
Effective oral communication in individual and group settings; clear, concise written communication.
Ability to remain effective during procedural or organizational changes and when working with varying personality styles and tasks.
Ability to manage multiple concurrent, time-sensitive projects and priorities.

Nice To Haves

Experience in wind plant operations and wind turbines.
Experience in high-voltage maintenance and switching.
Experience establishing and improving preventive maintenance programs.
Experience working with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).

Responsibilities

Help ensure maximum plant availability and reliability through safe, economical, and proactive operations, providing direction and supervision to plant personnel.
Support asset optimization and plant profitability within engineering design parameters and in compliance with approved procedures and plant permits.
Participate in developing and revising site procedures, incorporating input from subject matter experts.
Help manage work-team performance through clear expectations, engagement in work completion, process improvement, and QA/QC as needed.
Oversee work crews and participate in operations, maintenance, and warranty activities for wind plant equipment, ensuring compliance with manufacturers’ requirements.
Manage and comply with company and project environmental, health, and safety programs.
Promote safety accountability and participate in safety analyses, observations, audits, meetings, training, injury or event assessments, and investigations/root-cause analyses.
Promote the use of plant information technology and an integrated learning approach to work.
Communicate regularly with personnel to ensure internal and external customer requirements are met.
Identify required regulatory and technical training and qualifications for the work team, and hold team members accountable for attending, participating, and applying training.
Work with the Plant Manager to plan outages and day-to-day activities and ensure execution of the daily work schedule.
Read schematics and troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic problems involving variable-pitch and variable-speed control systems and components.
Participate in mechanical and electrical component repair or replacement, following manufacturers’ requirements.
Perform preventive maintenance in accordance with OEM maintenance manuals.
Participate in staffing and selection, workforce planning, and performance evaluations for work-team positions.
Assist the Plant Manager or other personnel by providing information to set and manage budgets.
Coach, mentor, and develop team personnel.
Participate in or lead business-unit improvement initiatives.
Temporarily perform Plant Manager duties in the manager’s absence.
Create weekly and monthly reports, perform SAP functions, report downtime in Domina G, lead the plan of the day, and coordinate contracted work.