Mechanical Group Manager - Oglethorpe Power Corporation

The Mechanical Group Engineering Manager leads a team of engineers responsible for providing technical support, project management, and consultation as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for OPC's power generation facilities. In addition to managing direct reports, this role provides technical direction to over seventy-five engineers, project managers, and technicians across Plant Operations, Capital Projects, and Technical Services, positioning the team to support OPC's planned facility expansions.

Key responsibilities include mentoring and supervising the Mechanical Group, fostering communication between Technical Services, Capital Projects, and Plant Operations teams across OPC's headquarters and facilities. The Mechanical Group focuses on delivering day-to-day engineering and technical support, managing maintenance, repairs, replacements, and upgrades to mechanical systems and rotating equipment in power plants. The team also leads special projects to enhance plant performance, availability, and reliability.

The Mechanical Group Engineering manager and their team will provide SME consultation on project development, construction, startup, and commissioning. The Engineering Manager plays a critical role in ensuring safe work practices, hazard identification, and regulatory compliance at federal, state, and local levels.

Additionally, the Engineering Manager ensures appropriate site coverage and support across all OPC power generation facilities and may occasionally be required to provide onsite support when needed or requested.

Job Duties:

• Provides mentoring, leadership, and supervision to the Mechanical Group and serves to facilitate timely communication and resource coordination between Plant Operation, Capital Projects, and Technical Services at headquarters and each power generation facility.
• Promotes innovation with the Mechanical Group's engineered solutions, develops their engineering and technical skills, and encourages continuous improvement of their work processes and practices.
• Develops, implements, and revises the mechanical maintenance practices, processes, and procedures for power plant mechanical systems and rotating equipment supporting each plant's Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and workflows.
• Leads and manages the insulated and high-energy piping program with engineering resources to support and ensure the OPC's compliance with applicable standards.
• Manages the development and implementation of engineered mechanical solutions for power plant systems and equipment for modification, and upgrades.
• Utilizes problem definitions, alternatives analysis, project scoping, cost estimating, and business cases for project justification, development, and implementation.
• Serves as an OPC SME on mechanical power generation systems and equipment for the development of technical specifications with the purchase of equipment and support services.
• Establishes and implements the Mechanical Engineering Group's short- and long-term goals, objectives, policies, and procedures, monitors and evaluates effectiveness, and initiates improvement, as necessary. Maintains knowledge and understanding of OPC's policies and procedures.
• Provides services, such as the review of drawings, specifications, design memoranda, etc., to generation projects in development or under construction.
• Performs various ad hoc studies, analyzes, researches special topics and issues, and develops communications products such as PowerPoint presentations, white papers, or briefing materials as necessary.

Required Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering or engineering technology (preferably Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or equivalent). Technical and business knowledge of generating plant operation, performance, and economics.

Experience: Ten plus (10+) years of engineering and five 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.

Equivalent Experience: Fifteen plus (15+) in the power generation industry, oil, gas, and petrochemical aircraft maintenance, military or merchant marine service related to the operation and maintenance of power generation equipment or similar propulsion equipment. Five (5) years minimum experience with performance management, including supervision of direct reports. First-line supervision and leadership with craft labor, A&P mechanics, or field technicians related to rotating equipment/prime movers.

Specialized Skills: Creativity; ability to organize and manage time well and to work with autonomy; good interpersonal skills; strong oral and written communication abilities; good technical and business analytical skills; PC fluency. Ability to work directly with the Plant Manager and senior plant staff.

Familiarity and/or Expertise with the design, operation, and maintenance of steam turbines, gas turbines, HRSGs, large centrifugal/positive displacement pumps, balance of plant (BOP) systems and equipment, cooling towers, air-cooled condensers, auxiliary systems, and insulated high energy piping.

Licenses, Registrations, and Certifications: A Professional Engineering (PE) license is preferred and valid driver's license that meets the insurance requirements under Oglethorpe Power's Drivers Qualification Program.

Travel: 40%