Operations and Maintenance Regional Manager

Manager, Regional Operations & Maintenance

Salary Range: 138,000 - 169,000

Position Summary

This position manages and oversees overall plant maintenance and operations for a defined region within ORMAT's Battery Storage portfolio. The position is responsible for coordinating daily activities required to assure optimum plant performance, including development of plant operation and maintenance procedures, ongoing plant troubleshooting, develop and participate in plant schedule and preventive maintenance, plant safety, plant inventory, plant efficiency, performance monitoring and improvements, development and implementation of various field projects, revenue improvement and cost reduction.

Essential Functions

• Thorough understanding of battery operation to include start-up, shutdown, and emergency operational actions
• Ensures plant compliance with environmental, safety and health regulations and fire protection programs.
• Responsible for ensuring that the plant is operated within the terms and conditions of all contracts and agreements.
• Oversees operating and technical staff, such as operation, maintenance, and engineering personnel.
• Coordinates and oversees both routine and non-routine preventative and corrective maintenance on plant equipment including plant rounds, logs equipment operating parameters and adjusts equipment as required
• Coordinates a team of engineers, technicians, support contractors and internal resources
• Requisitions and assists in ordering and receiving plant materials
• Represents the Company with vendors and regulators as assigned
• Continuously increases own knowledge by personal independent study
• Implements emergency procedures as assigned
• Implements safety procedures as assigned
• Participates in design reviews, commissioning, and startup of battery storage facilities
• Serves as a technical expert to troubleshoot equipment and systems
• Must be able to operate a vehicle in a safe manner, enter and exit vehicle without assistance, remain alert while driving for a continuous period of time and read and understand maps
• Must be able to travel overnight approximately 10% of the time out of the office by air, train or auto

Other Responsibilities

• Must be able to climb ladders, climb to and work off elevated platforms, ladders and walkways
• Maintain trend reports on equipment operation for assigned system
• Complete various plant reports
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned

Education, Experience, and Skills Required

• A Bachelor's degree with at least five (5) years of technical training in operations and routine maintenance of battery storage, power plants, or Five years of experience working in a power plant or an equivalent environment
• Thorough knowledge of operating a power plant or battery storage facility
• Thorough knowledge and/or background for operating and maintaining mechanical and/or electrical systems. Ability to maintain electrical systems is preferred
• Demonstrated understanding of power plant O&M, plant engineering, contracts and general plant business functions.
• Understanding of accounting, contract administration, HR, procurement and other plant administration functions.
• Familiarity with applicable federal, state and local regulatory agencies.
• Familiarity with basic internetworking protocol and related remote communication constructs for telemetry with RTUs
• Knowledge and understanding of PLC based instrumentation and control systems. Ability to troubleshoot, repair and calibrate is preferred
• Preferred working knowledge of power electronics within a utility (or similar) operating environment
• Preferred knowledge of utility industry measurement & verification standardsAbility to understand engineering design drawings, vendor equipment drawings and technical information
• Proficient in the use of hand tools, power tools and test equipment normally used in a power plant environment
• Thorough knowledge of plant hazards and safety requirements
• Thorough knowledge of computer based preventive maintenance programs
• Computer literate in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and various other programs
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Must be able to read, write and speak English at a level which will permit the employee to accurately understand and communicate information to safely and efficiently perform the job duties.
• Must possess at any time a valid driver's license with a driving record acceptable to ORMAT's auto insurance carrier.
• Ability to make effective long term and instantaneous decisions
• Ability to solve problems
• Attention to detail
• Use discretion to balance competing priorities
• Familiarity with standard power plant PPE and its proper use
• May be called upon to travel to other company sites

Physical Requirements

• Occasionally perform heavy lifting up to 75 pounds
• Must be able to frequently climb to and work off elevated platforms, ladders and walkways
• Must be able to work in confined spaces and in harsh weather conditions
• Must be able to wear a variety of protective equipment
• Jobsite duties require sitting and/or standing for long periods of time with moderate bending, stooping, and kneeling
• The ability to work at a computer and computer monitor for long periods of time and stay alert