Sr. Director of Fleet Outage

Vistra • Perry, OH

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About The Position

The Senior Director of Fleet Outages ensures that Vistra Nuclear Units assemble and execute refueling and forced outage plans to improve and sustain safe and reliable operation and meet business objectives. Responsibilities include ensuring governance, and oversight of outage preparation activities, outage execution, and post outage performance assessment at all stations. The Fleet Outage organization will coordinate and assemble the overall fleet outage long range plan to ensure a long-range refueling outage outlook aligned with company business objectives. Additionally, ensuring outage processes are aligned with the best in the industry and implemented consistently across the Vistra Nuclear Fleet.

Requirements

• Technical understanding of nuclear fleet and plant processes/programs
• Knowledge of plant technical specifications, industry standards and regulations; budgeting, planning and scheduling; Vistra Nuclear policies and procedures; outage preparation and planning standards and execution principles.
• Clear and logical thinking in stressful situations involving complex technical problems; ability to manage a multi-discipline team of professionals; ability to advise, negotiate and resolve conflict; ability to effectively interface with peers at all plants; ability to interface with major vendor organizations to support outage activities.
• Ability to lead and motivate peers across the fleet.
• At least 10+ years' work-related experience including nuclear plant operation, maintenance, project management, work management, contract management, and business strategy.
• Significant and current knowledge of the electricity industry and competitive retail electric markets.
• Achieved recognized standing in professional field through original contribution
• Significant and current knowledge of industry refueling outage planning, preparation and execution standards.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience gained through college technical degree programs, navy nuclear power programs and/or certifications as applicable to above skills.

Nice To Haves

• SRO or SRO certification desired.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring governance, and oversight of outage preparation activities, outage execution, and post outage performance assessment at all stations.
• Coordinate and assemble the overall fleet outage long range plan to ensure a long-range refueling outage outlook aligned with company business objectives.
• Ensuring outage processes are aligned with the best in the industry and implemented consistently across the Vistra Nuclear Fleet.
• Foster an organizational culture that promotes the utilization of diverse backgrounds and experiences to improve outage preparation and execution.
• Conduct ongoing assessment of current operations to identify opportunities for improvements and efficiencies that deliver value in return.
• Maintain industry relationships that support information sharing and benchmarking.
• Represent VISTRA in industry outage meetings with INPO and other stakeholders.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: High school or GED