NextWave Partners is working with a leading IPP who is currently constructing a large scale thermal power plant in the Middle East. With commissioning and operations fast approaching they’re looking for a Operations Manager to be based in country and manage the operations of the plant.

Job Description:

• Ensure overall maintenance of the thermal plant 
• Power Plant Maintenance, HSSE, feedstock conveying and Government/Stakeholder Relations are the main areas of responsibility.
• Ensure that requirements of assigned responsibility areas are carried out in a manner that meets expectations and realizes strategic objectives of the organization.
• Manages and overall responsible for the maintenance activities of power plant.
• Monitor plant maintenance activities and safety ensuring that all applicable regulatory requirements are followed.
• Oversees technical staff, such as Engineers and Technicians and hires and trains personnel.
• Provides input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility.
• Give input into developing the budget

Maintenance:

• Establish and implement Reliability and Availability Centered Maintenance Policy
• Maintain 24hrs continuous functioning of power plant equipment
• Plan and implement adequate programmes of maintenance for power plant equipment (Online maintenance and Unit outages programmes)
• Oversee processes and standards for all critical functions within the division
• Develop and manage implementation of changes to realize continuous improvement in performance
• Establish and maintain high standards of Health, Safety and Environmental
• Supervise Mechanical, Electrical, C&I, Civil maintenance and upkeep of all equipment in the power plant
• Execute Fuel and Ash management.
• Planning and budgeting for spares required for maintenance of various equipment
• Prepare scope documents, invite bids, award and manage contracts for various maintenance activities
• Coordinate plant maintenance activities for effective utilization of time and manpower as Outage Manager
• Develop and implement inspections / monitoring plan for vital parts/ equipment of the Plant including but not limited to annual overhauls, minor overhauls and major overhauls.
• Develop and implement appropriate preventive and planned maintenance programme for Plant and Equipment
• Carry out Root Cause Analysis for incidents /breakdown/outages with corrective actions proposals and ensure lessons Learned implementation and tracking
• Participate in technical/administrative discussions and assist in better managing business
• Identify deficiencies in plant and equipment and propose suitable remedial measures 
• Coordinate with Operation Department and implement prudent maintenance plans to ensure optimum performance of the Plant and achieve targeted results 
• Record all events/activities and provide periodical reports to the management 
• Manages and follows maintenance subcontracting contracts 
• Build reliable and high quality vendor base to outsource cost effective spares and services procurement process 
• Approve requests for the purchase of spare parts in accordance with the purchase procedures of the plant 
• Ensure implementation of procedures for planning and executing maintenance 
• Establish and implement KPIs to monitor maintenance activities