Manager, Plant Maintenance (Engineering Degree Required)

　　Joplin, MO, US, 64804

　　Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business, and as an employee team.

　　At Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.

　　Purpose

　　This Position manages the maintenance of a 600 MW 2X1 Combined Cycle Power Station while supporting the operational activities at the plant. Ensure that the State Line Power Station is a safe, efficient, reliable, and environmentally responsible source of power for the Southwest Power Pool, which will maximize shareholder return on their investment and minimize direct impact to Liberty's bottom line.

　　Accountabilities

　　• This position will lead maintenance efforts to ensure that the State Line Plant meets Southwest Power Pool Day Ahead and Reliability commitments by supervising day to day maintenance activities and working with the Operations Manager to ensure that operational issues are addressed accordingly.

　　• Responsible for working with other State Line managers to ensure 24/7/365 support for the plant.

　　• Acts as the primary entity responsible for setting planned outage scope and durations, short and long term. Responsible for scheduling and coordination of plant personnel, other Liberty Utilities personnel, and contractors used during these outages.

　　• Responsible for managing union personnel at site as their direct manager, which includes being the first line of any contract dispute / issue / objection and responsible for bringing concerns / grievances to upper management.

　　• Lead plantwide safety efforts. This includes ensuring that all safety procedures and processes are followed and develop short and long-term strategies for improving safety by continuously looking for concerns before they occur.

　　• Manage and continuously improve the maintenance program utilizing prudent engineering and operating practices that will provide continuous performance and availability at or near current levels. This will be accomplished by providing strong direction for and support of a predictive and preventative maintenance program.

　　• Responsible for determining the effects on plant equipment to determine and implement short-term and long-term solutions, which may include both O&M and Capital Projects within the 1 to 6-year time frame.

　　• Responsible for coordinating with other plant management on use of personnel, giving proper contractual notice, and determining best use of personnel to provide maximum benefit to company, plant bottom line and plant budget adherence.

　　• Ensures that the facility complies with all governmental regulations and reporting requirements.

　　• Capital, and Operations & Maintenance Budgeting; including tracking and reporting.

　　• This position is responsible for ensuring that safety plans are in place during outages, such as scaffolding, confine space rescue, Lock Out Tag Out, and others.

　　• Develops and/or implements plant/corporate policies, programs and procedures.

　　• Performs other duties as assigned

　　Education and Experience

　　• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience

　　• Minimum 5 years’ experience

　　Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a growing renewable energy and utility company with over $15 billion of assets across North America and internationally.

　　For more than 30 years, Algonquin has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to delivering clean energy and water solutions. Our rapid growth has led both our regulated utility services and renewable energy business groups into different geographies and commodities, but our purpose remains unchanged – Sustaining Energy and Water for Life.

　　Through our operating business (Liberty), we provide regulated electricity, water, and natural gas utility services to over 1 million customer connections, primarily in North America. And, our growing portfolio of clean, renewable wind, solar, hydro and thermal power generation facilities represent over 3 GW of renewable generation capacity in operation and under construction.

　　With our robust, diversified, and growing presence in communities across North America and internationally, we are continually demonstrating our “Think Global, Act Local” business model.

　　What we offer

　　Company funded Pension program

　　401k with Company match

　　Full insurance benefits (health/dental/vision/life)

　　Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy

　　Share purchase/match plan

　　Defined Contribution savings plan

　　Top Talent Program

　　Volunteer paid days off

　　Employee Assistance Program

　　Achievement fund

　　We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not certain you meet the all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to further investigate the opportunity.

　　We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person’s unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents. Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all of our employees and expect each of our employees to honor this commitment in their daily responsibilities.