Capital Projects and Outage Manager at CAMS in Sandersville, GA

ExperiencedOn-siteFull-timeSandersville, GA$140k–$160k/yr

Job Description

Under the general direction of the Plant Manager, the Maintenance & Reliability Manager is responsible for the development and execution of maintenance strategies, major maintenance planning, outage management, capital project execution, asset performance monitoring, and contractor management for the Georgia Peaking Facilities. The position supports multiple-generating stations comprised of simple-cycle combustion turbine technologies and is accountable for ensuring safe, reliable, environmentally compliant, and cost-effective operation of the assets. The role serves as the primary coordinator for major maintenance activities, inspections, overhauls, outages, and capital improvements while providing technical leadership in equipment reliability, performance optimization, budget development, contractor oversight, and long-term maintenance planning

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Develop and implement maintenance and reliability strategies for multiple simple-cycle generating facilities.
Lead planning, budgeting, scheduling, and execution of major maintenance activities, inspections, outages, and overhauls.
Manage capital projects from concept through commissioning and closeout.
Develop technical scopes of work, RFPs, bid packages, and contractor evaluations.
Negotiate and administer contractor agreements and service contracts.
Monitor plant performance, reliability, availability, forced outages, starts reliability, and maintenance costs.
Lead root cause investigations and corrective action programs.
Develop annual maintenance and capital budgets and provide forecasting and variance reporting.
Support NERC, environmental, safety, and compliance programs.
Support plant corrective and preventative maintenance activities.
Act as O&M Manager designee as assigned.
Act as Plant Manager designee as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills

Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering.
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in power plant operations and maintenance required.
Extensive knowledge of gas and liquid fuel technologies is preferred.
Experience managing contractors, RFPs, procurement activities, and project budgets.
Experience with operations and maintenance of gas turbines, generators, electronic controls, and monitoring devices.
Prior experience with plant commissioning and start-up is preferred.
Experience with GE 7FA, 7EA or Siemens 501 FC/FD turbines preferred.
Proficiency with personal computers, including Excel.
Demonstrated experience indicating effective communication skills, analytic ability, detail orientation, and ability to make decisions and meet deadlines.

Applicants must possess a valid driver's license and maintain a clean driving record, as this position requires occasional travel for company business. Candidates should be comfortable operating a vehicle as part of their job responsibilities and must meet any applicable company and insurance requirements.

CAMS offers a variety of excellent benefits. Full-time employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k), flexible spending accounts, health spending account, employee referral incentives, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, and other company-sponsored programs.

Qualified Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States. Qualified Applicants will not require employer sponsored work authorization now or in the future for employment in the United States.