Assistant Plant Manager

Location: Toledo, OH

This is a leadership position with responsibility for utility and energy-related assets located within a powerhouse and throughout the associated facility. Utility systems and powerhouse infrastructure experience is required, particularly in the competitive, non-regulated energy market. Experience managing unionized labor is important.

As a leader, this position is an integral part of the site management team. A high degree of communication and collaboration with others is required. Proactive leadership (by example) to reinforce DTE’s core values of Safety, Reliability, Efficiency, and Responsibility to continuously improve and develop employee culture is critical for the success of this position.

The person holding this position provides leadership to the operations and maintenance groups on the daily operation of equipment under the general direction of the Plant Manager. He or she manages the daily operation of the facility to ensure the environment and plant personnel are safe.

This person will be knowledgeable of all environmental and compliance permits and how they are implemented in an operating plant. They will also have a demonstrated knowledge of the maintenance management function of a cogeneration power plant managing the planned outage activities; focused on optimization of scope, schedule, and budget.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the employee functions as part of the site leadership team utilizing their technical expertise, discretion, and judgment within established policies, procedures, and practices.

Results are reviewed through the achievement of set goals and adherence to the On-Site Business Unit and DTE Energy policies, procedures, and practices.

• ◆Maintains a strong safety culture. Complies with all site safety and environmental

and procedures. Identifies safety hazards and takes corrective actions as necessary. Assists with the development of and ensures that all site safety

and procedures are properly implemented, consistently observed and corrective actions are initiated when applicable

• ✓Develops, implements, and manages consistent plant operating philosophies and best practices to maximize plant availability, efficiency, and productivity
• ✓Ensures Contractors comply with all On-Site Business Unit and DTE Energy policies, procedures, and Safety

• ✓Consistently reviews and improves operational processes and ensures that operating personnel are properly trained and adhere to established policies, procedures, and standards
• ✓Manages the O&M Technicians and Skilled Trades to ensure safe and efficient operation and maintenance of the plant while actively managing schedules to minimize overtime and comply with administrative guidelines
• ✓Establishes, reviews, and modifies as required all predictive/preventive maintenance

programmed into the maintenance management system in alignment with maintenance strategy

• ✓Investigates operating abnormalities and incidents to improve equipment availability and performance and to minimize maintenance

• ✓Prepares necessary plant operation reports in a timely manner and investigates all forced outages, reporting them in accordance with the BU practice through SharePoint
• ✓In collaboration with Plant Manager, prepares and continually evaluates the operating department’s budgets and/or makes recommendations to the Plant Manager relative to optimization of operations and maintenance costs
• ✓Assists with maintenance engineering evaluatio