Director, Asset Performance, Salt Lake City, UT or Portland, OR #113176 - Military veterans preferred

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging.

General Purpose

Oversees regulatory and reporting of system performance including reliability, major events, and fire incidents and execution of reliability improvement plans. Establishes strategic business objectives, strategies, and plans in support of Company strategic goals. Manages and allocates financial and employee resources. Represents the Company in critical industry matters including commission regulatory processes and industry standard workshops. Company expert in reliability and system performance analysis, reliability and resilience investment planning, and regulatory reporting on those topics. Responsible for selecting, coaching, and developing employees. Implements and supports Company programs and policies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the reporting of reliability statistics to federal and state commissions and BHE.
• Manage activities across business teams to ensure efficient capital investment in reliability and resilience improvement projects to generate internal and regulatory reporting deliverables.
• Direct activities for regulatory and internal reliability reporting including data request responses and related compliance tasks.
• Manage and coordinate activities for regulatory and internal fire incident and utility ignition reporting.
• Responsible for cross-functional reliability improvement project planning and reliability improvement strategy development for capital investment planning including capital and maintenance expenditure options and serviceability reviews.
• Facilitate Reliability Improvement Governance Committee oversight of project planning and prioritization.
• Collaborate with peer utilities to align on best practices for reliability improvement including participation in industry working groups, regulatory proceedings, and conferences.
• Prepare and deliver written and oral testimony for regulatory proceedings, public meetings, and other internal and external presentations on reliability, system performance, and improvement plans.
• Apply engineering and environmental principles to support the Company's operations, including facilities technical studies, planning, and implementing capital projects.
• Influence future standards and requirements by attending industry workshops as a Company representative and expert.
• Prepare expert testimony for legislative hearings, regulatory proceedings, and court proceedings.
• Ensure assets are supported with internal and external technical resources, and manage issues associated with operations, asset performance, and environmental compliance.
• Responsible for daily communication of expectations, coaching employees, providing ongoing feedback, and working collaboratively with other departments.
• Facilitate change and foster continuous improvement for compliance to a developed standard.
• Evaluate industry standards and practices, state and local requirements, and internal policies for process improvement, compliance tracking and reporting, and regulatory filings.
• Oversee process centered transition activities and special projects.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Recommend and implement action plans for achieving objectives.
• Select, coach, and develop employees.
• Review and evaluate employee performance and prepare annual reviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or other applicable field; or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A minimum of ten years’ experience in plant operations, maintenance, engineering or a related field.
• A minimum of five years’ experience in people management.
• Management skills including the ability to establish objectives, execute policy, monitor resources, and manage the development or implementation of a system, program, or process.
• Superior communication and interpersonal skills to manage and motivate employees.
• Knowledge of Company's strategic plan, objectives for specific area, as well as Company policies, procedures, and practices.
• Knowledge and experience in the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of electrical generation facilities.
• Proficient with the use of Microsoft 365 including spreadsheets, databases, word processing, and presentation applications.
  

Preferences

• Master’s Degree in Engineering, Business, or other applicable field.
• Experience with precision maintenance, predictive maintenance, process centered organizations, project management, and work planning and scheduling.
• Experience in budget preparation, analysis, and cost tracking.
• Experience using and supporting electric utility data systems.
• Experience using applications within the Palantir Foundry platform.
• Experience managing projects and programs with more than 20 internal and external stakeholders.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Additional Information

Req Id: 113176
Company Code: PacifiCorp
Primary Location: SALT LAKE CITY
Department: Power Delivery
Schedule: Days
Personnel Subarea: Exempt
Hiring Range: $137,000-$193,400

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary performance incentive bonus of up to 20.00% of salary.

Benefits: Health care, retirement, paid time off, tuition assistance, paid short-term and long-term disability, paid bereavement leave. For more information, please visit: https://careers.pacificorp.com/content/New-Benefits-Page/?locale=en_US

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without an accommodation.

PacifiCorp is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.

Unless otherwise required by law, all offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screening including for marijuana. While marijuana is legal in several states, including Oregon, a positive test for positions in Oregon may disqualify a candidate. The company complies with the laws of Washington and California and only obtains and considers positive tests for marijuana in safety-sensitive positions or those covered by U.S. Department of Transportation regulations.