Energy Northwest

Reactor & Major Maintenance Supervisor

Energy Northwest$145K — $217K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High school diploma/GED with 10+ years experience or Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years experience.
  • Experience supervising multi-disciplined teams in a nuclear or industrial setting.
  • Demonstrated project management expertise in complex, multi-phase projects.
  • Familiarity with refueling outages and forced outage management processes.
  • Knowledge of regulatory compliance and safety standards in nuclear operations.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and administer departmental projects to maximize productivity and cost-effectiveness.
  • Lead and monitor progress of multiple maintenance project teams, proposing technical improvements.
  • Manage all phases of reactor maintenance projects, ensuring efficient execution and adherence to safety protocols.
  • Oversee contractor performance to ensure compliance with plant processes and safety standards.
  • Assist in staffing and training of team members, including performance evaluations and personnel recommendations.

Benefits

  • Robust retirement options including pension, 401(k) matching, and 457(b) plans.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage options.
  • Flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and health savings accounts (HSA) available.
  • Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment assistance offered.
  • Generous personal time accrual and paid holidays throughout the year.
Full Job Description
GENERAL SUMMARY

The Supervisor of Reactor and Major Maintenance provides leadership, technical guidance, work management, engineering assessment, and administration of a group comprised of diverse disciplines and expertise, including project managers, supervisors, and the Support Contractors. Supervisor responsibilities include providing oversight for Columbia Generating Station (CGS), project personnel, and contractors to ensure that plant related reactor and major maintenance work performed by the contractor at CGS is completed in a manner that assures the safety of the plant, the employees, and the general public. The supervisor plans and administers work on departmental projects and coordinates large scale station-wide plant projects, providing oversight for multi-discipline teams during the implementation of plant reactor and major maintenance projects including performance monitoring, technical issue resolution, and redirection of resources as necessary to meet goals. Safe work execution is a dominant factor in the ability of Energy Northwest to meet its principal goals and objectives. Additionally, provide input to the manager on budget, schedule, staffing, and planning that is required to support planned reactor and major maintenance projects and other outside business activities. Apply sound project management and supervisory principles to attain high productivity and technical quality.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

The Supervisor of Reactor and Major Maintenance, under direction of the manager, plans and administers work on departmental projects, ensuring maximum productivity and cost effectiveness. Leads multiple plant major maintenance project teams, monitoring and evaluating progress and results, and determines what technical or process improvements are needed to achieve ultimate goals. Manages and directs all phases of projects with broad general knowledge of all aspects of the projects or processes. This position manages refueling outage, forced outage, and other multi-discipline plant related reactor and major maintenance projects through planning, leading, controlling, and monitoring to ensure that work is executed in an efficient and safe manner. This includes all aspects of project implementation including budget development and tracking, technical issue resolution, work package preparation, parts procurement, ALARA planning, industrial safety, work prioritization, resource loading, and work execution including resolution of schedule delays and conflicts.

It also includes providing oversight of multiple contractors such that all work performed by the contractors at CGS is in a manner that assures the safe and efficient operation of the plant. Monitor the contractor's performance to ensure compliance with all plant processes and procedures. Develop and maintain performance indicators for the contractor and monitor performance against them.

Assist the Reactor and Major Maintenance Manager in assuring that appropriate staffing and qualifications are maintained.

Assist and train subordinates, as needed. Prepare performance expectations and complete semi annual performance reviews for staff. Make recommendations regarding employment, promotions, salary changes, transfers, and terminations. Resolve personnel problems.

Support effective implementation of the corrective action program.
  • Must participate on the Emergency Response team (ERO) when designated.
  • Must support the biennial refueling outage
  • Must provide support to the OCC and EOC.


REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Requires a high school diploma or GED and a minimum of 10 years of experience or a Bachelor's degree and 6 years of experience.

Experience in supervision of a multi-disciplined organization, technical and manual staff is required. Experience must be as the responsible supervisor or project manager at a commercial nuclear power plant, non-nuclear power plant or on industrial facility projects. Experience must also include managing complex projects, on-line work management or refueling and forced outage management related activities.

Pay Range
$145,302.00 - $217,952.00 Annual
Midpoint:
$181,627.00

Typically, selected candidates are hired between the minimum and midpoint of the range, based on applicable experience and qualifications, market rate, internal equity, and budgetary allowances.

Offers will be negotiated based on each candidate's qualifications.

Incentive Compensation

This role may be eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan. Incentives are earned based on employee performance against defined metrics and company goals.

Benefits

Energy Northwest (EN) provides a phenomenal benefits package. Washington State also has no state income tax, and the Tri-Cities provides a cost-of-living lower than the national average.

EN offers substantial retirement benefits through three retirement programs including the Washington State Public Employees' Retirement System pension plan (PERS), a 401(k) savings plan with an employer match component, and a 457(b) savings plan. EN also offers multiple options for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance coverage. Other voluntary benefits may include flexible spending accounts (FSAs), tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, childcare subsides, health reimbursement arrangement (HRA VEBA), health savings account (HSA), supplemental life insurances, credit monitoring/identity theft insurance, and more! Qualifying employees will typically start a personal time accrual rate of 160 hours per year and EN provides nine paid holidays throughout the Calander year; personal time accruals grow significantly at various service intervals.

About Energy Northwest

Energy Northwest is a public power joint operating agency formed by state law in 1957. It is headquartered in Richland, Washington. The company operates a diverse mix of carbon-free electricity generating resources, including hydro, solar and wind projects, and the Columbia Generating Station, the third-largest nuclear power plant in the United States. Energy Northwest provides electricity to more than 1.5 million people in the Pacific Northwest through its member utilities. The company is committed to providing reliable, affordable and environmentally responsible power to its customers.
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