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This position will oversee the work planning department, business analytics reporting, and O&M governance for the Operations organization to ensure alignment between financial expectations and specific associated work activities. The successful outcome of these functions provides increased confidence in delivering the overall operations budget, compliance, and unit cost performance. This position effectively leverages business knowledge to establish an activity-based multi-year O&M strategy for operations with related governance and monitoring.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
General Management - Manages functions that provide services for utility operations to carrying out key programs necessary to produce and distribute electricity safely, reliably, efficiently, profitably and responsibly. Program areas include technical training, continuous improvement, corrective actions, safety, contract management and audit development and tracking; provides technical management for the teams ensuring that objectives are met, and all relevant standards/procedures are followed; ensures that operational problems are identified and resolved; ensures that operational procedures and working practices are current and fit for the purpose.
Manage Strategy - Contributes to developing corporate strategic direction; develops functional strategies to ensure achievement of corporate strategic plans and objectives. Partners with leaders of other corporate areas to develop and implement strategies, policies and procedures, projects and programs required to attain company goals. Ensures departmental policies, plans and procedures are aligned with corporate policies and federal, state and local laws and regulations. Contributes to developing a corporate labor strategy that builds a collaborative labor-management relationship. Ensures corporate and departmental strategies and goals are effectively communicated to all levels of the workforce within the department.
Manage Utility Operations Support Functions - Provides leadership and direction through subordinate managers and supervisors. Oversees technical training, corrective action program, procedure program, field safety and continuous improvement. Ensures departmental functions are cost-effectively managed and provide timely and efficient outputs and results, including reducing overall material holding and handling costs while improving material availability for jobs, ensuring procurement and inventory processes comply with corporate policies, ensuring effective management of contractors and resources to support activities and ensuring safe, reliable equipment that meets regulatory requirements. Motivates employees at all levels to focus on delivering high- quality customer service. Utilizes business metrics to measure and provide feedback to improve operations. Ensures that all managers and supervisors implement all aspects of managerial accountabilities and foster a culture and environment in line with PGE's values. Fosters a safe and healthy culture, holds managers and employees accountable for working safely, consistently and fairly, enforcing all safety, health and work rules.
Internal/External Relations - Works proactively with peer managers/directors and peer utilities to leverage best practices in the areas of: technical training, corrective actions, safety, contract management and audit development and tracking; works strategically with peer managers/directors to ensure the most effective use of resources, including resource sharing to offset outside labor costs; works with Environmental Services and Engineering to develop a strategy to meet regulatory rule changes and maintain the economic integrity of utility operations.
Functional Leadership - Exercises comprehensive functional and industry knowledge in specialized areas; identifies and resolves complex multidimensional business problems; exercises delegated authority over planning, direction and timely execution for a functional area or program; establishes and maintains contacts with management levels within and outside the company and at government agencies and with industry experts in accomplishing function or program objectives.
Financial Management - Sets strategy and develops plans, policies and processes for the accounting, budgeting and, where applicable, charging of department resources and services, including the definition of cost models and charging models; sets, negotiates, approves and manages all financial budgets and targets, ensuring that there is adequate funding for department objectives and plans.
Resourcing - Oversees workforce planning and resource strategy across multiple departments, ensuring that there is adequate skilled resource to meet planned service delivery or department objectives; ensures integration with strategic human resource plans; responsible for recruitment, development and demand forecasts for multiple departments.
Professional Development - Determines organizational development needs in line with business needs and strategic direction of departments; generates development strategies to achieve required change; monitors progress and evaluates business benefits achieved.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/CERTIFICATIONS
Education
Requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline or equivalent experience.
Experience
Typically 12 or more years of progressively responsible experience in operations, maintenance, engineering, and related support activities; management or other technical managerial/supervisory experience preferred.
COMPETENCIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES)
Functional Competencies
Advanced knowledge of fundamental engineering/economic principles and concepts
Advanced knowledge of power engineering principles/theories
Advanced knowledge of company policies, objectives, and procedures as they relate to operations
Advanced knowledge of environmental requirements
Advanced knowledge of outage planning and budgeting
Working knowledge of plant systems and related controls
Advanced knowledge of rules, regulations and applicable codes pertaining to generating plants
Advanced knowledge of industry compliance requirements, standards and reporting requirements (such as OSHA, NERC, FERC, NEC, NESC, NFPA 70, etc.)
Intermediate knowledge of labor relations, including retained management rights and applicable union contracts and local work rules
Advanced knowledge of budgetary and planning practices
Intermediate skills in computer systems, including Microsoft Office
Working knowledge of PGE transmission distribution system
Working knowledge of computer systems, and applications
General Competencies
Expert analytical thinking skills
Expert decision-making skills
Expert negotiation skills
Advanced knowledge of the utility industry
Advanced organization and prioritization skills
Expert problem-solving skills
Expert project management skills
Expert written/oral communication skills
Expert safety leadership skills
Advanced organization management skills
Advanced resource management skills
Managerial Competencies
Business Insight
Strategic Mindset
Develops Talent
Manages Ambiguity
PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE DEMANDS AND SCHEDULE/ATTENDANCE
Physical
Does the job require a valid driver's license? - Yes
Driving/travel/commute: Daily within service territory - Occasionally (one to two times a month or less)
Driving/travel/commute: Overnight inside/outside the service territory - Occasionally (one to two times a month or less)
Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)
Cognitive Demands
Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks
Ability to follow accuracy standards
Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks
Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment
Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress
Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change
Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback
Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement
Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks
Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization
Demonstrates sound memory
Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks
Schedule/Attendance
Ability to work long hours
Ability to work a variable schedule
Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather
Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance
Ability to work shift schedule
Ability to work on-call schedule
Environment
Office environment
Plant environment
hybrid
Compensation Range:
$143,780.00 - $267,020.00
Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity. While we anticipate the selected candidate for this position will fall towards the middle or entry point of the compensation range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis.
PGE believes in rewarding dedicated performance. We provide a total rewards package that is designed to reward your contributions to the company, and, at the same time, support your well-being and professional development, both now and into the future. To find out more, click here (https://portlandgeneral.com/hrcs5511) .
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