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Production Department Manager - Martin Lake Power…
- Vistra (Tatum, TX)
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Job Summary
The Production Department Manager is responsible for the overall management of the production department for a 24 hours/day and 365 days/year facility. This includes the safe, compliant, reliable and cost-effective operation of a plant producing electrical generation to the ERCOT grid. Power plant responsibilities would include operating three T-fired boilers and associated boiler, draft, emissions, fuel handling, and bi-products handling equipment. The Production Department Manager is responsible for daily coordination with the Maintenance Department on preventative and corrective maintenance activities, coordination with key support services for equipment availability and testing, as well as long range fuel planning and power generation planning. These responsibilities encompass operations from the current day and planning for up to several years.
Job Description
Key Roles & Responsibilities** **Other duties may be assigned. Directly or through others, the incumbent will have the following functions:
Power plant operations which involves:
+ The consumption and handling of PRB fuel which is used to operate three tangentially fired boilers producing electrical generation to the ERCOT grid
+ Removal and handling of combustion bi-products; included in the responsibilities is the overall maintenance coordination required for the boilers, draft and combustion equipment, fuel handling equipment, and bi-product removal equipment
+ All activities involve closely monitoring compliance with Federal and State regulations
+ Manage department to comply with safety, environmental and regulatory requirements.
+ Meet or exceed department goals.
+ Develop and adhere to department budget.
+ Select, develop and manage a diverse workforce.
+ Effectively collaborate with applicable internal and external business partners.
+ Effectively administer company policies, labor agreements and work rules.
Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements
+ Minimum 5 years supervisory/management experience at a fossil fuel electric generation facility; 8 years supervisory/management experience at a fossil fuel electric generating facility preferred.
+ Demonstrates effectiveness in leadership, interpersonal skills, communication, problem solving and team building.
+ High School diploma/GED equivalent
Occasional long, irregular hours. Requires the employee to work in excess of 12 hours per day at times and in excess of seven (7) consecutive days. Would require travel and overnight stay at times.
Key Metrics
Meet or exceed all annual business objectives – including but not limited to:
Safety, environmental and regulatory compliance.
Production: operate equipment to produce annual generation target.
Manage an O&M budget for production.
Complete all human resources related activities including but not limited to performance management, compensation administration and workforce planning.
The Production Department Manager has direct supervision for Vistra exempt employees, indirect supervision for Vistra union employees and coordination of business partners responsible for various plant operation support functions. This direct and indirect supervision involves managing personnel issues such as ongoing training, time off, discipline, overtime scheduling, and requires knowledge and understanding of the union contracts.
Job Family
Plant Operations
Company
Luminant Generation Company LLC
Locations
Tatum, Texas
Texas
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_If you currently work for Vistra or its subsidiaries, please apply via the internal career site._
It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us** **at [email protected] to** **make a request.
Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential power resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine.
Vistra is the largest competitive power generator in the U.S., with a capacity of approximately 41,000 megawatts, or enough to power 20 million homes, operating in all of the major competitive wholesale markets in the country. Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation and expansion with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability, powered by a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company continues to grow its zero-carbon resources, operating the second-largest fleet of competitive nuclear power plants in the country, substantial battery energy storage capacity, and a growing number of solar facilities.
Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and takes an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail, offering solutions to meet customers’ needs, including more than 50 renewable energy plans. Through its family of retail brands, Vistra serves approximately 5 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers.
As a leader in the responsible transformation of the country’s energy supply, Vistra has made significant progress towards its 2030 and 2050 targets. The company has committed to a 60% reduction of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as compared to our 2010 baseline, and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, assuming necessary technological advancements and public policy incentives are achieved. Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company’s sustainability report at https://vistracorp.com/sustainability/ .
Vistra’s hardworking team is committed to its purpose, “lighting up lives, powering a better way forward” and is guided by four core principles: we do business the right way, we work as a team, we compete to win, and we care about our stakeholders, including our customers, our communities where we work and live, our employees, and our investors. Learn more about how Vistra is powering a better way forward at vistracorp.com (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3967404-1&h=3533293724&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vistracorp.com%2F&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vistracorp.com) .
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_It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws._
If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at [email protected] to make a request.
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