Vice President Operations

JOB TITLE: Vice President Operations

LOCATION: Remote

REPORTS TO: Chief Operating Officer

Overview:

Kindle Energy LLC (“Kindle”) is a leading power generation and asset management company focused on the management, optimization, and development of energy assets across the United States and Canada. A portfolio company of Blackstone Group Inc., one of the world’s largest alternative asset managers with over $1 trillion in assets under management, Kindle operates with the backing of a premier global investment firm.

Kindle currently manages 8.8 GW of power generation assets located in Ohio, Indiana, Texas, Louisiana, and Colorado. Our development and construction achievements include ongoing construction of Magnolia Power, LLC, a 700 MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) project in Louisiana, and Mountain Peak Power, a 164 MW peaking project in Colorado. We are actively working to expand our footprint through three separate natural gas projects under development: Canyon Peak Power (Colorado) – a 156 MW peaking facility; Wolf Summit Energy (West Virginia) – a 610 MW CCGT; and Lincoln Land Energy Center (Illinois) – a 1156 MW CCGT.

Each of these projects reinforce Kindle’s growth and our commitment to delivering reliable, efficient, and flexible power solutions to meet evolving grid demands.

Kindle is currently recruiting for the role of Vice President (VP) Operations. The position will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer and will be charged with the operational management of Blackstone power investments in the United States and Canada. Additionally, the VP Operations will play a material role in future investments and will be critical to the development and implementation of optimization plans for all future investments in power for Kindle.

- Actively manage the operations of all U.S. and Canada based Blackstone owned power generation as well as portfolios asset managed by Kindle Energy, including Pelican Power, Cornerstone Generation, and Gavin Power (together the “Facilities”), and any future power generation facility acquired by Blackstone in the U.S. or Canada, with a focus on continuous improvement and minimized cost

- Be jointly responsible, working with the VP of Environmental, for the safety and environmental performance of the Facilities with zero incidents as the constant goal

- Actively lead implementation and adherence to the Kindle Operations Model

- Continuously optimize Facility operations to meet or exceed established operational and financial goals

- Develop and ensure adherence to regularly occurring detailed Facility budgets

- Assist in operational due diligence on potential acquisition targets

- Lead operational transitions related to acquisitions and divestitures of Facilities

- Lead the coordination between the Facility Operations and Kindle teams with third party O&M providers, as necessary

- Manage long-term service agreements, as necessary, with third-party service providers

- Manage equipment upgrade contracts, as necessary, with OEMs and third-party service providers

- Manage O&M agreements, as necessary, with third-party service providers

- Develop and deliver detailed presentations to Kindle management and business partners and act as the subject matter expert for operational inquiries

- Assist in procurement of all insurance programs for the Facilities to obtain cost-beneficial coverage, taking an active leadership role in presentation delivery to insurance underwriters

- Be a leader of Kindle – with focus, personal investment, accountability, and a desire for excellence

Qualifications:

- Bachelors and/or Masters degree in engineering, MBA preferred

- Minimum of 15 years of proven experience in the energy field leading the operations of multiple generation facilities, with substantive operational and engineering knowledge of gas turbines and conventional steam facilities

- Must have an extreme focus on safety and environment-over-production

- High proficiency in effectively leading individuals and organizations in top-decile performance

- Operational experience of power generation necessary

- Must have a high level of self-awareness, motivation and ability to communicate openly and timely with team members and outside counterparties

- Advanced technical and communications skills, including exceptional written and verbal communication skills

- High proficiency in analytical and presentation tools including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and other tools

- Strong analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities

- Excellent time management and organizational skills