Shift Supervisor - Bobby C. Smith Jr. Energy Facility

The Shift Supervisor at Oglethorpe Power Corporation oversees operations at a 500-MW natural gas plant in Tucker, GA. Responsibilities include managing daily operations, ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards, providing staff supervision and training, and maintaining operational procedures. The role requires hands-on work and coordination with corporate departments, with a focus on reliable electric power generation and adherence to corporate policies.
Job Summary:

The Shift Supervisor handles the management and oversight of the operations shifts for a 500-MW natural gas fired combined cycle plant, consisting of 2 Combustion Turbine/Generators, 2 Heat Recovery Steam Generators and Steam Turbine/Generator, along with all associated auxiliary equipment. Perform coordination of all day-to-day operations priorities including use of Maximo processes to drive equipment maintenance ensuring that the facility is properly operated and maintained to provide safe, reliable and efficient electric power generation. Responsibility and accountability for the Corporation's financial, technical, and business interests at the generating facility. Responsible for providing reliable and efficient electric power generation in compliance with corporate safety policies and procedures, mandatory electric reliability standards, FERC, EPA, EPD, OSHA, DOT and all applicable governmental regulations.

Job Duties:
• Manage the day-to-day plant operations (scheduling, workforce utilization, etc.), and support maintenance programs to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable plant operations, following corporate policies and procedures, and all governmental regulations. Provide interface with corporate departments, as needed, on planning, accounting, budget, engineering, reporting, and personnel issues and problems. Provide direction, supervision and QA/QC to personnel at the plant. As well as perform hands-on production technician work task/duties and operation of the control board including start-up/shutdown.
• Develop and support accountability for the generating facility operating procedures to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable plant operations, as well as enhance equipment longevity, complying with corporate policies and procedures, and all government regulations. Coordinate necessary reviews and revisions to ensure procedures are accurate and up to date with best management practices.
• Coordinate development and implementation of operations developmental and technical training program to support a formal progression process for operation's associates and the Operational Excellence Program/Standards and supplemented with on-the-job training to obtain maximum proficiency of personnel.
• Analyze, troubleshoot and resolve plant issues assigned to assure facility safe and reliable operations.
• Provide periodic performance reviews, a minimum of semi-annually, to all direct reports with formal development plans that link to their job succession.
• Provides leadership and ownership of all compliance programs (OSHA, EPA, DOE, NERC/SERC, etc.) driving Operational Excellence Standards. Supports all procedures and mandatory reporting requirements. Serve as the EH&S Liaison/Champion in various roles to support programs.
• Provides project and contractor management (as needed) and supports the strategic and budget planning process.
• Maintains job related qualifications, system knowledge, and understanding of OPC policies and procedures (Emergency Action Plan, Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Plan laws and directives as they apply in all employment practices).
• Perform all other work-related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Education: High School Graduate

Experience: Ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in operating in a power plant environment to include nuclear, coal, or gas fired power station and has proven the ability to perform satisfactorily at a supervisory level. Specific rotating shift operations experience desired including control room experience.

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