Maintenance Support Manager – SPC Generation Support

SPC Maintenance Support Manager – SPC Generation Support

The Energy Center - Birmingham, AL

Alternative Location: Plant Franklin Training Center or Plant Harris

This position will be responsible for developing and supporting the strategy and tools for all maintenance activities across each Southern Power Company generating facility (wind, solar, gas, energy storage). This work includes preventative and predictive maintenance plans, replacement/repair plans for major components, routine and outage planning and scheduling, fleet-wide agreement support, and sharing best practices/lessons learned across the entire SPC fleet. This person needs to utilize critical thinking and analytical skills to advocate and influence decision making on maintenance strategy. They need to foster an environment of exceptional collaboration across a variety of stakeholder groups. This person will be responsible for the MAXIMO team that helps design and develop solutions that meet customer/stakeholder needs. This role will be responsible for removing obstacles and providing guidance to team members to develop individuals and continuously improve work products.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering and 4+ years of significant plant operations or maintenance experience; or 7+ years applicable experience and demonstrated success and knowledge of plant operations, maintenance and scheduling

Extensive skills in Maximo functions and operations are required

Preferred experience in SRCM (Streamlined Reliability Centered Maintenance), MBO (Maintenance Based Optimization), and Predictive and Preventative Maintenance Strategies

Preferred experience of 2+ years utilizing Microsoft Project, Primavera, or comparable scheduling tools

PC/Web proficiency including advanced Microsoft Excel, Teams, and Word skills

Able to interface and collaborate effectively with all levels of the organization to drive consistency and best practices

Demonstrated verbal and written communication

Strong technical and maintenance knowledge of gas/steam/wind turbines, gear boxes, generators, solar systems, inverters, or electrical systems

Ability to work multiple projects simultaneously and effectively in a cross-functional and matrix team environment

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide leadership, guidance, and development to direct reports

Provide maintenance strategy direction that reduces risk, maximizes reliability, optimizes cost, and increases safety and human performance

Provide direction concerning work management and planning to increase work execution efficiencies, enhance user experiences, and improve data quality

Manage fleet-wide contracts and support individual facility agreements as needed including LTSA, LTP, MSA, and other maintenance agreements

Oversee strategy, guidance, best-practices, training, and support through direct reports for maintenance tools and reporting including but not limited to: Maximo [AC1] (including future upgrades and enhancements leveraging AI and Machine Learning), Maximo Mobile , planning and scheduling tools, PowerBI, and Tableau

Lead the MAXIMO Working Group for the business side of Southern Power working closely with our Technology Organization and keeping open lines of communication between other MAXIMO users across Southern Company and other utilities

Actively support and engage with the Operation Review Boards for all generation types and drive consistency and best practices for data management, reporting, work management, outage planning/execution, and maintenance strategy

Collaborating with all teams across Southern Power that are impacted by setting up existing or future systems for improved data capture, quality, and reporting

Presenting, reporting and tracking metrics in maintenance activities including: the monthly SPO report, PM compliance, service requests, SRCM2.0, SOEs, CT starts and service hours, asset development, 3rd party tracking of failures and replacements, rotating asset strategies, inventory strategies, etc [AC2] .

Innovate with emerging technology (i.e. AI, machine learning) to improve the maintenance strategy and reporting tools to increase safety and human performance, reduce costs, improve reliability, and provide the generation fleet (our customers) the best experience tailored to their requirements and needs

Look for opportunities to connect big data including maintenance, performance, operations, and commercial sources to improve our customer’s experience, data quality, and overall efficiencies

Support communication, training, consistency, and coordination of the fleet outage schedule, activities, planning, outage scorecard metrics, and contractor feedback [AC3] across Southern Power and Southern Company

Serve as a liaison for Southern Power to similar teams and roles in Southern Company and/or contractors for fleet wide initiatives, best practices, and consistency for all maintenance activities, planning, scheduling, and outage-related work

Southern Power , a subsidiary of Southern Company, is a leading U.S. wholesale energy provider meeting the electricity needs of municipalities, electric cooperatives, investor-owned utilities, and other energy customers. Southern Power and its subsidiaries own 55 facilities operating or under construction in 14 states with more than 12,500 MW of generating capacity in Alabama, California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, and Washington.

Southern Company (NYSE: SO ) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy solutions provider with national capabilities, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation, resilience and sustainability, we are taking action to meet customers' and communities' needs while advancing our goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into economic, environmental and social progress for tomorrow. Our corporate culture has been recognized by a variety of organizations, earning the company awards and recognitions that reflect Our Values and dedication to service. To learn more, visit www.southerncompany.com .

Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being. This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s). A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf . Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process.

Southern Company is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Job Identification: 14676

Job Category: Power Plant Operations & Maintenance

Job Schedule: Full time

Company: Southern Power