Vistra Corp.

Regional Outage Manager

Vistra Corp.$90K — $120K *
Paris, TX 75460In-Person
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED required
  • 5+ years in managing unit outages for fossil power production equipment
  • 15-20 years in maintenance and repair of fossil power production equipment
  • Expertise in steam turbine, combustion turbine, and boiler disassembly/reassembly
  • Proficient in interfacing with contract craft personnel and equipment manufacturers
  • Knowledgeable in RCM diagnostic tools/techniques and fossil power plant operations
  • Experience with critical path scheduling and detailed cost tracking

Responsibilities

  • Serve as Outage Manager for scheduled outages at assigned plants
  • Manage execution of project/outage activities to meet cost, schedule, quality, and safety goals
  • Provide construction management support for outages at other plants as needed
  • Develop and track accurate outage schedules
  • Oversee procurement and cost tracking for outage activities
  • Coordinate with plant personnel and contractors during outages
  • Support long-range project planning and estimating

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional growth within a leading energy company
  • Work with a dedicated team of professionals in a fast-paced environment
  • Gain experience managing large-scale projects in fossil power production
  • Contribute to comprehensive safety and environmental compliance initiatives
Full Job Description
Job Summary
Regional Outage Managers will provide outage management support for major projects and scheduled outages at each of the ERCOT Gas Fired Plants (GPO, Combined Cycles, and Peaker plants). In order to meet the desired project/outage objectives for cost, schedule, quality, craft health and safety, and environmental compliance, the Regional Outage Managers will manage services provided by plant personnel, contractors and equipment manufacturer representatives, and other Luminant organizations The Regional Outage Manager, dedicated to the yearly outage activities of each Gas Fired Facility, is used to support long range project planning/estimating, to manage the numerous resources required to complete pre and post outage planning/execution, to develop/track accurate outage schedules, to manage procurement and cost tracking, and to manage execution of the outage activities in accordance with the Luminant Outage Playbook.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities
• Serve as Outage Manager for all scheduled/un-scheduled Gas Plant outages at assigned plant(s). Planning and execution of minor outages (i.e. outages that are 4 days or less in duration) will be managed and executed by the plant Maintenance staff.
• Provide supplementary Construction Management support for outages at other plants, as available and with concurrence from management of normally assigned plant(s).
• Ensure execution of project/outage activities meet the desired objectives of cost, schedule, quality, craft health and safety, and environmental compliance in accordance with the Luminant Outage Playbook.

Education, Experience and Skill Requirements
• High school diploma/GED equivalent required
• 5+ years experience in the management of unit outages for maintenance and repair of fossil power production equipment,
• 15 to 20 years of experience in the maintenance and repair of fossil power production equipment.
• Knowledge of fossil power plant equipment disassembly/reassembly techniques, particularly:
  • Combustion turbines (OEMs: GE, Alstom, Siemens, Toshiba, Westinghouse, etc)
  • Steam turbines (OEMs: GE, Alstom, Siemens, Toshiba, Westinghouse, etc)
  • Electrical generators
  • Heat Recovery Steam Generators and boiler components.

• Experience in interfacing with contract craft personnel and equipment manufacturer field representatives.
• Working knowledge of fossil power plant operations, work processes, RCM diagnostic tools/techniques, and personnel.
• Working knowledge of safety, health, and environmental requirements in fossil power plants.
• Experience with directing multiple large projects concurrently.
• Experience with critical path schedules and working knowledge of scheduling software.
• Experience with detailed cost tracking, cost projections, and budgeting.
• Experience with detailed planning, scheduling, work order development, and other work process controls.
• Typical unit outages are 4 to 8 weeks in duration and Regional Project Managers will be required to work extended hours 7 days per week in support of the outages.

Job Family
Plant Operations

Company
Luminant Generation Company LLC

Locations
Paris, Texas

Texas

About Vistra Corp.

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company that provides essential resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Based in Irving, Texas, Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability. The company safely operates a reliable, efficient, power generation fleet of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities while taking an innovative, customer-centric approach to its retail business. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Vistra Energy was ranked as the 756th-largest public company in the world. The company owns the Moss Landing Power Plant in California which currently contains the largest battery energy storage system in the world. In 2016, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, parent company of TXU Energy and Luminant, emerged from Chapter 11. TCEH was then rebranded as Vistra Energy. Vistra acquired Dynegy in 2018. In 2019, Ambit Energy was acquired, resulting in a 32% residential market share in ERCOT, with NRG Energy as its largest competitor. It also acquired Crius Energy in 2019.
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Market Cap
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