Electrical Engineering Manager, CT Fleet

Oglethorpe Power fosters a collaborative environment where technical expertise meets innovation. We value integrity, continuous improvement, and investing in our people.

The Electrical Engineering Manager of the CT Fleet leads a team of highly technical engineers that support the plant technical requirements. Requires day-to-day management of engineering staff in maintaining plant performance, compliance, and reliability.

This position provides mentoring, leadership, and supervision to a staff of engineers and technicians who support preventive/predictive maintenance activities and the development and execution of Capital Projects at generation facilities. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring day-to-day technical support of the fleet, special project support, developing initiatives to improve fleet reliability, electric reliability organization engineering support, and transmission owner/operator coordination for data requests.

The Electrical Engineering Manager CT fleet is responsible for ensuring site coverage and support and is occasionally required to provide on-site coverage for engineering staff.

Job Duties:

• Provide day-to-day management to the technical engineering staff in support of Plant Operations and maintenance.
• Manage the development of engineering solutions including problem definition, alternatives analysis, project scoping, cost estimating, and business case development.
• Create a work environment that promotes innovation, development of engineering/technical skills, and continuous improvement.
• Provide engineering support to ensure the Corporations compliance with NERC Reliability Standards. This shall include technical evaluation of work required to comply with the Standards, performance, and/or oversight of work required, evidence generation, procedure development, data requests, TOTOP coordination, new standard implementation, etc.
• Develop and review fleet maintenance practices, processes, and procedures.
• Oversee Electrical Testing, Predictive/Preventive Maintenance overhauls, and construction at Plants or repair facilities.
• Serve as the OPC technical expert on electrical power engineering and predictive and preventive maintenance.
• Establish and implement for Electrical Engineering Group short and long-term goals, objectives, policies, and procedures, monitor and evaluate effectiveness, and initiate improvement as necessary.
• Maintain knowledge and understanding of OPC policies and procedures.
• Provide services such as the review of drawings, specifications, design memoranda, etc. to generation projects in development or under construction.
• Perform various ad hoc studies and analyses, research special topics and issues, and develop communications products such as PowerPoint presentations, white papers, or briefing materials as necessary.

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors degree in engineering or engineering technology, preferably BSEE
• Technical and business knowledge of generating plant operation performance and economics
• Experience: 10 years minimum engineering and 5 years minimum preventive and predictive maintenance experience in an operating commercial electric power generating plant is required, including planning, budgeting, preventive and predictive maintenance, and maintenance analysis
• 5 years minimum experience with performance management, including supervision of direct reports
• Licenses, Registrations, and/or Certifications: Professional Engineering (PE) license preferred and valid drivers license that meets the insurance requirements under Oglethorpe Powers Drivers Qualification Program

Specialized Skills:

• Creativity
• Ability to organize and prioritize
• Adept at working autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Strong oral and written communication abilities
• Proven technical and business analytical skills
• PC fluency
• Ability to work directly with Plant Management and senior plant staff