Generation Manager - Electric Only

JOB POSITION #71 – GENERATION MANAGER

NUMBER OF VACANCIES: 1

DEPARTMENT: Electric Utility/Generation

WORK LOCATION: Animas Power Plant

TYPE OF POSITION: Regular / Full-Time

PAY GRADE: T – Exempt

SALARY RANGE: $93,279 - $142,250

DAYS WORKED: Monday - Friday

HOURS WORKED: 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

APPLICATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL: March 27, 2015

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JOB DUTIES
Works under the general guidance and direction of the Electric Utility Director.

Performs administrative, supervisory, and technical work necessary to coordinate utility owned power generation facilities.

Organizes and directs work activities, prepares budget documents, administers purchasing, and manages personnel issues for the generation divisions.

Provides technical assistance to generation staff in operating, maintaining, and diagnosing various electrical, mechanical, and control systems and subsystems.

Assists in the negotiations of long term gas contracts and other contracts associated with the construction, operation, and maintenance of the utility owned generation facilities.

Actively participates in developing strategy and negotiating the contract with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and stays informed on changes in the industry relating to employment, pay, and unions.

Assists in the development of long-range plans for ensuring the success of all the divisions within the department in supporting the short-term and long-term goals of the Electric Utility and its customers;

Reviews work of subordinates, conducts performance evaluations, and handles personnel issues related to counseling, discipline, and hiring/promotion.

Oversees the planning and coordination of preventative maintenance and major equipment overhauls. Assures scheduled work minimizes the effect on system costs and power availability.

Prepares annual budget for generation plant O&M, capital and fuel requirements, and coordinates budget with other energy resources divisions and electric department as appropriate.

Ensures all NERC, WECC reliability standards and criteria are adhered to and provides input on recommendations for change to standards, rules and regulations;

Ensures all FERC, EPA, OSHA, and other regulatory standards, rules and regulations are adhered to and provides input on recommendations for change to standards, rules and regulations;

Reviews rules, regulations, CFRs, NOPRs relating to safety and the environment which could impact the operation of the system and makes recommendations as to needed changes to abide by new or changed rules, regulations and CFR's.

Authorizes reports to state and federal regulatory agencies as required.

Actively participates in committees involving employee safety, construction standards, maintenance standards, apprenticeship programs and any other committees that would concern the safe and functional operation of the electric utility;

Interfaces with other utilities' generation personnel, equipment manufacturers, other city departments, the PUC and City Council as needed to assure reliable system operation.

Participates as the utility representative on various resource and other power related committees and task forces.

Prepares and makes presentations to local governing bodies and commissions on various projects and as part of routine electric utility reporting;

This position has the responsibility to participate in and comply with the City's Environmental, Health, and Safety program.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

QUALIFICATIONS
This position is subject to the City's Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Program which includes: pre-employment testing, post-accident testing, reasonable suspicion testing, return to duty testing, and follow-up testing.

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field; ten (10) years of increasingly responsible experience in power generation; ten (10) years of direct supervision over a minimum of twenty (20) or more employees is desired. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for the requirements above.

Thorough knowledge of power generation and field operations: construction, maintenance and outage management;

Thorough knowledge of steam, hydroelectric and combustion turbine generating plants and equipment.

Skill in complex computer modeling and the application of models to utility financial management issues;

Ability to represent and communicate divisional issues to advisory commissions and elected officials required;

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the Electric Utility Director, other division managers, subordinate supervisors, and employees;

Registration as a professional engineer in the State of New Mexico preferred, but not required;

Thorough knowledge of the National Electric Safety Code, OSHA, and equipment and training standards to support an energized high voltage maintenance and construction program;

Excellent communications skills verbal and written with subordinates, peers and senior management.

Ability to effectively work with the IBEW and its members.

Valid New Mexico driver's license with acceptable driving record for the past three years or state of current residency.

Must know how to operate and use computer based word processing and spread sheets.

Extensive Background Check Required.

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED:
Cell phone, telephone, computer and copy machine.

Operates a motor vehicle to assist in carrying out the business of the department and the City.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions required by the job.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to finger, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneels, crouch or crawl and smell.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet in the office and moderately noisy in the field.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER, M/F.

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