Manager, Plant Operations-NorthStar Clean Energy

NorthStar Clean Energy decarbonizes the economy by providing clean energy and carbon management solutions to utility, municipal, commercial, and industrial customers enabling them to meet their sustainability and business goals. Additionally, we own and operate natural gas assets throughout the United States. To learn more about NorthStar Clean Energy, please visit www.northstarcleanenergy.com.

This position is with NorthStar Clean Energy, a CMS Energy company, and is not a position of employment with Consumers Energy.   

The Manager of Operations works with the Operations team and leadership in directing facility operations. Manages the day-to-day activities of personnel, customer service, and office financials. Facilitates process improvement activities, participates in strategic planning, improves operations, and communicates business goals with employees. Ensures personnel staff is trained, productive, and working within safety and compliance laws and regulations. They oversee site activities to assure safe and efficient operations. The Manger of Operations may act as owner's representative and provide oversight on work, and Balance of Plant (BOP) contractor.
 

Duties and Responsbilities:

• Monitors operations, implements procedures and sets standards to maximize sales and profits and provide exceptional customer service.
• Supervises customer service managers; oversees customer service department day-to-day operations. Monitors activities of staff and field employees to ensure compliance with rules.
• Reviews financial statements and performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement to identify areas needing cost reduction or program improvement.
• Manages multiple vendor service groups specific to inventory management and promotional marketing.
• Provide technical assistance and support in reporting, troubleshooting and resolving problems.
• Monitor the condition of all electrical, mechanical, and instrument and control equipment. Interface with regulatory officials, landowners, community leaders and other project stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with all contractual requirements. Assist in developing and defining plant policies and procedures as needed.
• Ensure safe, timely, accurate completion of all work orders, Planned Maintenance (PM) work orders, predictive maintenance, and outage work. Coordinate with corporate compliance department to maintain up-to-date standards of operations.
• As needed: May serve as primary liaison between project owner, maintenance, and BOP maintenance staff. Oversee work done by contract maintenance crews. Provide regular status reports to NorthStar organization both written and verbal at weekly meetings.
• As needed: May oversee and manage the Balance of Plant (BOP) and maintenance schedule; coordinate activities and personnel in accordance with approved schedule.
• Other non-essential duties as assigned or may be necessary

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Strong computer skills, Excel, Word, Web based applications organization skills.
• Excellent leadership skills and presence and strong team building.
• Ability to coordinate the work of others not under direct supervision.
• Knowledge of budget control methods, policies, and procedures.
• Demonstrates the ability to make competent decisions in emergency situations.
• Demonstrates the ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, electrical one-lines, logic drawings, and technical manuals.
• Ability to solve practical problems, clearly communicate tasks and needs, and training of other personnel. Analyzes and interprets data to make sound professional judgments and recommendations.
• Understand budgets, bid proposals, contract evaluation, basic accounting principles
• Understand electric power markets including system dynamics due to system conditions, customer load and weather conditions.
• As Needed: Leadership or supervisory experience on a Maintenance Team.
• As Needed: Experience planning and executing maintenance at a biomass site.
• As Needed: Knowledge of all biomass, balance of plant and substation systems, their support equipment, theory of operation, and proper care and maintenance of same.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in technical field or related discipline with a minimum of four (4) years’ of applicable experience
• [OR] Associate degree in Technical field or related discipline with a minimum of six (6) years of applicable experience
• [OR] High School Diploma with a minimum of eight (8) years of applicable experience
• 7+ years experience in power plant operations required, including boiler operational maintenence, air & water quality testing. 
• Supervisory experience in plant setting preferred

Working Conditions: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and move up to ten pounds and occasionally lift and move up to fifty pounds. The recommended maximum weight for employees to lift without the aid of other employees of lifting device is 35lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The noise level on the construction site is often loud. Individual must have the ability to work up to 16 continuous hrs. during emergent work.

Why should you join our team?

At NorthStar Clean Energy, we offer more than just a place to work. We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day. We're a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose: world class performance delivering hometown service.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k with company match
• Paid parental leave
• Up to 13 paid Holidays
• Paid time off
• Educational Assistance Program

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: 

We, at NorthStar Clean Energy, value Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. It is part of our DNA. We treat our employees with respect, we treat each other fairly and we value the opinions of others. We are passionate about building and nurturing an environment where everyone feels included. We don’t discriminate. We seek to learn about each other and better understand our unique differences. Our uniqueness makes us authentic. We create safe spaces where everyone can be who they truly are. We invite difficult conversations and uncomfortable topics. We value diverse perspectives; this is what makes us great together. We harbor an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. Our Employee Resource Groups, Women’s Advisory Panel (WAP), Women’s in Energy (WE), Minority Advisory Panel (MAP), Pride Alliance of Consumers Energy (PACE), GENERGY, capable, Interfaith and Veterans Advisory Panel (VAP) are key enablers to living the values of our company culture: Caring, Empowered, Deliberate, Agility, and Ownership.

All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.