Senior Operations Supervisor

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Safety:  Will be an owner of the Krause Bell principles and concepts.  Champion the change to adopt and apply these principles by ensuring Operation Supervisors understand and are applying the concepts in day-to-day operations. 

• Supervise and direct Operation Supervisors and oversee the operations activities of Scrubber and Coal Handling area activities at Craig Station.

• Assist with preparing, administering and monitoring functional area capital and operations budgets and long-range plans for scrubbers and baghouses.

• Coordinate and implement employee safety, training and appraisal programs.

• Coordinate scrubber operations, baghouse operations, and ash handling activities with plant operations, maintenance and others, as required.

• Develop, implement and monitor functional area goals.

• Coordinate and resolve concerns with external contacts such as vendors, consultants and other business contacts and companies.

• Monitor and ensure compliance of scrubbers and Coal Handling baghouses, and ash handling areas with safety, contractual, environmental and other company policies, programs and procedures and governmental regulatory requirements.

• Prepare reports on status of equipment and events, including Ash haul summary and budget, coordinate Lime and Limestone delivery, EOM Scrubber availability reporting. 

• Because Tri-State is an electric utility with continuous service obligations to its customers, regular, reliable, and predictable performance of the essential functions and responsibilities is an essential function of the job.
• Because Tri-State has an obligation to provide continuous, reliable electric service to its customers, the ability to work overtime at any time of the day or week is considered an essential function of the job.

OTHER DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

SUCCESS FACTORS/JOB COMPETENCIES:

• Leadership:  ability to identify functional area business needs and establish goals and objectives and ensure alignment with enterprise goals.
• Planning:  ability to think ahead and plan upcoming initiatives including prioritizing workload, developing schedules and meeting deadlines. 
• Decision Making: ability to weigh options, consider alternatives and forecast outcomes and determine option which is best for the enterprise.  Understand how to balance emotion with reason and make decisions that positively impact themselves, their employees, their customers and stakeholders, and their organizations.  Ability to make decisions in difficult situations.
• Management/Supervision:  ability to organize and manage multiple priorities and supervise work of assigned staff, including projects and daily activities.
• Time management: ability to prioritize and schedule projects and meet deadlines. 
• Demonstrate behavior consistent with company values.
• Problem analysis and problem resolution at both strategic and functional levels
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong team player: accomplishes tasks by working with others and being a good team player.  Recognizes how his/her decisions may impact others; seeks input from others.

REQUIRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Training:

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, electrical or mechanical disciplines preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

   

Knowledge, Skills, and Ability:

• Working knowledge of OSHA regulations.
• In-depth knowledge of power plant scrubber operations and ash handling practices and procedures.

• Ability to maintain effective working relationships.

• Ability to effectively communicate, both verbal and written.

• Ability to plan, organize and direct the work of others.

• Ability to interpret and administer labor agreements.

Experience

• Ten (10) years of directly related experience with at least eight (8) years of power plant experience and five (5) years in supervisory capacity.

Other:

• Willingness to travel as required. (Must possess a valid driver’s license.)
• Must be able to demonstrate that he/she can perform all the essential functions of the position. 

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is required to sit, stand, and walk and occasionally stoop, bend, reach above and below shoulder level up to 50 lbs. Incumbent is frequently required to use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, talk and hear. Incumbent must have finger dexterity, good vision, good color vision, good hearing, and ability to speak clearly, and handle intricate work. 
• Mental demands: While performing the duties of this job, the incumbent is required to read, write, perform basic math, analyze data and reports, exercise judgment, develop plans, procedures and goals, and present information to others and work under pressure.
• Work Environment: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is exposed to dust and exposed to electrical risks, and works around large industrial operating equipment.

This job description is not all inclusive but rather serves as a general guideline of the current needs of the position and can be modified at the discretion of management to meet current business needs. Experience and education requirements are the primary basis for awarding this position, however substitutions that are essentially equivalent may be made as they relate to the essential functions, duties, and responsibilities of this position.