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Purpose: Manage, supervise and train Instrument Technicians and Plant Electricians to perform scheduled, preventative maintenance and capital improvements in a safe and productive manner while ensuring reliability and availability for peak megawatt production at a competitive cost. Apache Generating Station has seven (7) generating units consisting of coal, gas, combined cycle, coal blending facility and ash handling equipment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of Plant operations and equipment.
• Working knowledge of equipment repair best practices.
• Working knowledge of the planning process including organizing, scheduling, directing and controlling a continued safe and economical maintenance program.
• Six years previous experience in high-pressure steam production, generation maintenance, fuel and ash handling equipment and maintenance of plant emission equipment.
• Two years supervisory experience.
• Must have good written and verbal skills to be able to work within a multifaceted team, which would include coaching several different crafts.

Essential and Marginal Functions:

• Annually prepare and manage an Instrument and Electrical maintenance budget of 1 million dollars.
• Ensure that all work is accomplished within regulatory requirements.
• Direct personnel so that skills are applied to proper maintenance activities.
• Conduct crew tailgate and safety meetings.
• Manage and supervise Instrument Technicians and Plant Electricians (including foreman positions).
• In the absence of the Manager of Mechanical Maintenance, assist with the management and supervision of the working foreman and other maintenance crafts including welders, machinists, mechanics and insulators.
• Ensure that technical training is made available and that all are proficient in the areas relating to their jobs.
• Review warehouse inventory.
• Ensure consistent and fair administration of the bargaining unit contract and keep personnel aware of company policies and procedures.
• Manage changes and evidence related to NERC procedures and controls for delegated requirements.
• Manage changes and evidence related to NERC RSAWs including the narrative and evidence of the compliance for delegated requirements.
• Perform primary interviewee functions related to NERC compliance audits for delegated requirements.

Principal Challenges:

• Typical Manage and supervise the instrument and electrical maintenance of the Turbine, Boiler, Scrubber, Coal and Ash handling equipment to stay in compliance with EPA regulations.
• Typical Be involved in the planning, purchasing and installation of new plant equipment.
• Typical Training Instrument and Electrical maintenance personnel.
• Typical Coordination with contractors.
• Complex Managing and supervising unit overhauls and startups related to electrical and instrumentation.
• Complex Maintaining the planning processes and procedures to keep the Instrument and Electrical departments efficient.
• Complex Coaching several maintenance teams and coordinating their activity.

Functional Guidance:

• Executive Director of Power Production As required.
• Plant Engineering Group Plant equipment, capital projects, modifications and performance.
• Managers of Operations Plant equipment, equipment outage scheduling.
• Manager of Planning and Support Plant equipment repair scheduling and coordination between crafts on repairs.
• Generation Engineering Group Plant equipment, design, capital projects, plant upgrades.
• Purchasing Department Parts availability, purchase orders, delivery dates.
• Environmental Department Hazard products, review, provide guidance and information to maintenance personnel.
• Safety Department Safety training and procedures, product hazard reviews.
• Warehouse Parts availability, purchase requests and inventory.
• Human Resources New employee recruiting and interviews. Temporary employee procurement, employee training, contract administration.

Review and Approvals:

Recommend, advise and counsel on:

Decisions that I make:

• Typical decisions would involve job safety, how to do the maintenance tasks efficiently.
• Scheduling of work and matching the maintenance skills to the tasks.
• Approval of new shop equipment and hand tools.
• Vacation coordination and approvals, scheduling of training for the different crafts.

Decision that I