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_About the Opportunity_

This is an open position with Mon Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. [MP]

All employees who apply for a posted position must notify their supervisors that they have applied. Employees who have not been in their current positions for at least one year, or who are in positions with specific requirements beyond one year, must obtain approval from their supervisor before applying.

This is a position based at the Harrison Power Station.

Position Overview:

Reports To: VP, West Virginia Generation

The Director serves as an executive for a portion of the state’s 24/7/365 electric utility generation, managing a multifunctional unit comprised of maintenance, operations, and technical services. The role is responsible and accountable for the safe generation of electricity in the most cost-effective manner while meeting all regulatory and environmental standards.

This position will provide leadership consistent with our core values, holding safety, ethical and complaint behavior, stewardship and customer service as essential to success. This position will lead, direct, and provide technical expertise and guidance to the operational groups managed, including essential personnel required to respond to and react to a variety of emergency / urgent situations. Financial responsibilities include the management of the electric system’s budgets, including capital and O&M. The director is also charged with providing leadership and ensuring actions and goals align with the operation’s strategic direction. Additionally, the director will engage with public officials, suppliers, regulators, environmental groups, and customers to ensure FirstEnergy continues to meet and/or exceed its objectives. This position will also oversee the execution of capital projects and manage outside contractors to provide necessary services.

Key Responsibilities:

+ Foster a high-performing safety culture where employees own, promote and reinforce safe behaviors and feel empowered to speak up.

+ Monitor, mentor and coach staff to further the cultural attributes identified in our core values and behaviors.

+ Closely collaborate with peers to ensure consistent application of values, behaviors, strategy, and direction. This position must not lose sight of the strategic benefit of consistent application of processes throughout their area of responsibility.

+ Establish and develop substantive working relationships with peers, staff and union leadership, and create an environment and implement changes where needed to enhance FirstEnergy’s culture of safety, compliance, inclusion, accountability, and innovation.

+ Initiate and monitor implementation of appropriate safety and environmental safeguards in accordance with applicable regulations and professional practice to ensure that employee, community and environmental hazards and impacts of operational activities are eliminated or reduced to acceptable risk levels by identifying and eliminating exposures.

+ Establish strategic working relationships with community partners, governmental officials and regional agencies.

+ Plan, organize, develop and monitor the performance of assigned managers, supervisors and staff, establish performance requirements and personal development targets, monitor performance and provide executive direction for performance improvement and development.

+ Plan, organize, control, integrate and evaluate the work of the operational and maintenance group.

+ Engage with employees and union leadership to create a culture of inclusion and teamwork.

+ Ensure appropriate staffing levels and resources to ensure uninterrupted services.

+ Develop, implement and monitor work plans to achieve organizational mission, goals and performance measures.

+ Direct and prepare operational and multi-year capital scopes, budgets, and execution to ensure business unit targets are achieved.

+ Oversee execution of continuous improvement program in support of maintaining and improving standards around safety, environmental compliance, Human Performance and reliability.

+ Operate generation facility in full compliance with applicable environmental and other regulatory requirements.

Qualifications:

+ Accomplished and approachable leader, with a demonstrated track record of ethical behavior, safe operations excellence and inclusive people leadership.

+ Demonstrated technical and financial acumen and ability to inspire and lead a large team through industry shifts in operational requirements.

+ Ten (10) plus years of progressively responsible experience in the electric utility industry, to include at least five (5) years of management experience in any one or combination of the following areas: power station operations with modern pollution control equipment or electric utility operations.

+ An undergraduate technical degree or equivalent training and experience is required. PE or MBA - preferred.

+ Strategic vision and continuous improvement mindset.

+ Skilled in labor / management relations including building relationships, administering collective bargaining agreements and working through grievance resolution.

Benefits, Compensation & Workforce Diversity

At FirstEnergy, employees are key to our success. We depend on their talents to meet the challenges of our changing business environment. We are committed to rewarding individual and team efforts through our total rewards philosophy which includes competitive pay plus incentive compensation, a company-sponsored pension plan, 401 (k) savings plan with matching employer contribution, a choice of medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance programs, as well as skills development training with tuition reimbursement. Please visit our website at www.firstenergycorp.com to learn more about all of our employee rewards programs. FirstEnergy proudly supports workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. No recruiters or agencies without a previously signed contract. Unable to sponsor or transfer H-1 B visas at this time.

Safety

Safety is a core value for FirstEnergy and is essential to all of our business activities. We ensure employees have the tools, information, and processes to perform their duties in a manner that assures safety for themselves, their co-workers, our customers and the public. Our goals are to provide a safe work environment, to maintain an accident-free, injury-free workplace, and to promote and maintain public safety. To meet these goals, we dedicate ourselves to achieving world-class safety standards.

FirstEnergy Human Resources Team