Operations & Maintenance Manager

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Capital Power (TSX: CPX) is dedicated toPowering Change by Changing Power. This north star guides our ambitions focus and actions as we transform our energy system. Were a growth-oriented North American energy company headquartered in Edmonton Alberta. Our team safely delivers builds and creates balanced energy solutions for customers across North America.

Our people are at the core of our journey to deliver reliable affordable and lower-carbon power solutions. We provide purpose-driven work in a safe and inclusive environment and we live by our North Star. With us your contributions matter we want you to be empowered to innovate collaborate and ultimately drive results. Were here to partner with you so you can learn grow and forge a career thats meaningful to you. Join us in powering North America!

Your Opportunity

One Permanent Full Time Position.

Reporting to the Plant Manager the Operations & Maintenance Manager provides direct leadership to the Plant Operations and Maintenance team (Plant Technicians) and is responsible for the safe reliable and efficient execution of the plants operations and maintenance activities.

The role oversees plant operations maintenance programs outage execution contractor activities and work management processes while ensuring compliance with regulatory and company requirements. The O&M Manager provides technical leadership and recommendations to support plant reliability asset health equipment replacement planning and continuous improvement initiatives that drive sustainable plant performance.

You Will Contribute to Our Team By:

• Provide direct leadership supervision and performance management of the Plant Technicians including staffing scheduling training coaching employee development and day-to-day administration of the collective agreement.

• Develop and execute operations and maintenance work plans and priorities in support of plant objectives.

• Lead the day-to-day coordination of plant operations and maintenance activities to safely reliably and efficiently achieve production availability and reliability targets.

• Ensure all operations and maintenance activities comply with applicable safety environmental regulatory reliability and company requirements and support inspections audits and compliance reviews.

• Ensure work involving significant operational or safety risk is appropriately assessed planned authorized and controlled.

• Lead incident reporting investigations root cause analyses and corrective action implementation to support continuous improvement and operational excellence.

• Manage the O&M Training Program and ensure personnel maintain required qualifications certifications and ongoing training requirements.

• Develop implement and continuously improve plant operating procedures maintenance procedures work processes and operational reporting processes.

• Lead preventive predictive corrective and long-term maintenance programs including planning scheduling CMMS utilization and work management processes.

• Lead the planning and execution of maintenance outages including scope development resource planning contractor coordination work supervision and closeout activities.

• Manage maintenance contracts and contractor activities including scope development procurement support contractor performance and compliance with site requirements.

• Support plant reliability asset health inventory management and long-term equipment replacement planning through effective maintenance strategies and technical recommendations.

• Provide leadership during plant upsets emergent equipment issues and site emergencies and act on behalf of the Plant Manager when delegated.

What You Will Bring to the Role:

Education:

• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Electrical Chemical Process or a related Engineering discipline.
• Relevant Journeyperson Trade Certification or Power Engineering Certification combined with applicable operations and maintenance leadership experience will also be considered.

Experience:

• Minimum five years of progressively responsible experience in power generation operations and maintenance including leadership of operations and maintenance personnel.
• Demonstrated knowledge of power plant operations maintenance programs equipment reliability outage planning and execution and work management processes preferably within a gas-fired power generation facility.

Technical Skills:

• Proven ability to lead and develop employees through coaching performance management training workforce planning and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience working in a unionized environment including effective interpretation and day-to-day administration of a collective agreement and fostering positive labour relations.
• Strong understanding of safety management systems environmental requirements permit-to-work processes contractor management and regulatory compliance within an industrial environment.
• Experience planning scheduling and executing preventive predictive and corrective maintenance activities including major maintenance outages using a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
• Demonstrated ability to investigate equipment and operational issues perform root cause analyses and develop effective corrective actions to improve plant reliability and performance.
• Strong technical communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to interpret technical drawings and documentation make sound decisions during plant upsets and emergencies and effectively engage employees contractors engineers and management.

Working Conditions:

• Requires regular plant walkdowns and field presence including climbing ladders and stairs accessing elevated work areas lifting equipment or materials within established guidelines and wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE).
• The position primarily works regular weekday business hours with flexibility required to support outages call-outs emergencies and other operational needs outside normal working hours.
• Exposure to industrial environments including noise heat weather conditions and moving mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Requires work both indoors and outdoors in varying weather and operating conditions.

Additional Details:

This position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.

The pay range for this position is $145000.00 to $158000.00

As this is a safety sensitive position clearance of a pre-employment drug & alcohol test is required subject to applicable law.

In order to be considered for this role you must be legally eligible to work in Canada.

The successful candidate for this position will undergo an education verification reference checks and criminal record check.

Capital Power employees that refer a successful candidate for this position are eligible for a $1000 Referral Reward!

We believe that creating a culture that supports employee physical mental financial and social wellbeing is critical to our success. That is why we provide flexible and affordable employee benefits retirement savings and paid time off programs. We also provide comprehensive onboarding training and programs supporting your career development.

Depending on the posting requirements relocation assistance may be available.

How To Apply and Next Steps

Capital Power only accepts resumes via online application at If you choose to submit your resume by any other means we cannot guarantee that your application will be considered for vacancies.

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Capital Power is committed to providing a fair and transparent hiring process. We recognize and embrace the value of diversity and hire employees with the appropriate skills experience and knowledge for each position.

Thank you for taking the time to apply and expressing interest in powering a sustainable future with Capital Power! We wish that we could personally respond to everyone who applies; however it is our practice to contact only those individuals selected for interviews.