Power Plant Manager

$77,000 - $180,000/Yr

Consolidated Asset Management Services - Honokaa, HI

Full-time - Manager

Honokaa, HI

Management of Companies and Enterprises

About the position

CAMS is seeking a Plant Manager to oversee the operations of the Hamakua Energy power plant in Hawaii. This role involves managing all aspects of safety, operations, maintenance, environmental and regulatory compliance, and financial performance. The Plant Manager will lead a team of fifteen employees, ensuring operational standards align with business goals while fostering workforce development through training and management.

Responsibilities

• Ensure active compliance with environmental, health & safety, and regulatory compliance programs for the facility.
• Responsible for all day-to-day operation, maintenance, fiscal and administrative functions of the facility and for achieving company and group goals.
• Establish and obtain approval of a complete annual operating budget and operating plan that is consistent with the objectives of the business.
• Manage the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
• Measure and control performance against the approved budget.
• Establish, implement, and consistently evaluate comprehensive operation standards, procedures and programs which comply with business objectives, governmental, contractual, and environmental requirements.
• Control and maintain the supplies program that evaluates and controls the level of inventory required to effectively operate the facility, while limiting inventory costs.
• Select, train, and manage a workforce that is motivated, flexible in skills, cross-trained and technically astute.
• Provide timely and accurate responses to correspondence and requests for information.
• Implement corporate standards and programs.
• Provide accurate routine and special reports on cost allocation, HSE compliance, regulatory compliance, system and equipment reliability, availability, performance, condition, and deficiencies.
• Analyze the facility's actual financial performance versus budget.
• Approve routine financial statements and other required reports for partners, banks, and regulatory agencies.
• Ensure that all facility personnel comply with established financial authority limits for procurement and invoice processing.
• Establish and monitor administrative procedures for the facility.
• Oversee and monitor purchasing at the facility.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with federal, state and local employment laws and regulations.
• Interpret, monitor, and ensure compliance with all contract provisions.
• Monitor federal, state, and local energy regulatory activities and their impact on the facility.
• Monitor facility payroll and benefit programs, procedures, and policies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field, or equivalent training or experience.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in power plant operations and maintenance required.
• Knowledge of combustion and steam turbine technologies preferred.
• Experience with operations and maintenance of heat recovery steam generators, steam turbines, combustion turbines, generators, electronic controls and monitoring devices.
• Proven managerial/supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of human resources and prior collective bargaining agreements desired.
• Proficiency with personal computers, including Microsoft Office applications.
• Demonstrated experience indicating effective communication skills, analytic ability, detail orientation, and ability to make decisions and meet deadlines.
• Valid driver's license required.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of human resources and prior collective bargaining agreements desired.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• 401k plan
• Flexible spending accounts for medical and childcare needs
• Employee referral program