Technical Services Manager

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GENERAL SUMMARY

The Technical Services Manager’s department is comprised of diverse discipline expertise including ASME code, welding, aging management and other licensee required programs, thermal performance, computer engineering, and probabilistic risk analysis. These responsibilities include the direct management of Plant Engineering Programs, Code Programs, Safety Analysis, and Computer Engineering. The Technical Services Manager provides specialized support to other organizations and assistance in the management decision-making process related to these areas. The management of budget, schedule, staffing, and planning is required to support the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the Columbia Generating Station.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Managing – Manages a department consisting of Engineering Supervisors and Engineers who specialize in engineering programs such as weld engineering, materials, in-service testing programs, computer engineering, and probabilistic risk analysis. Determines personnel performance expectations, ratings, promotions, salary changes, transfers, and terminations. Performs all manager level functions such as department budget, salary administration, ensuring product quality, staffing changes, and performance management of staff. Continuously removes work process obstacles such that department staff can effectively complete assigned responsibilities in a timely manner.

Leading - Provides engineering direction and technical counseling to supervisors and staff as well as other organizations regarding analysis techniques, technical requirements, and acceptable conclusions to engineering related problems. Assists staff in successfully completing department responsibilities and assignments by establishing clear, achievable expectations, facilitating teamwork, and monitoring performance to agreed standards. Maintains contact with industry groups to ensure operating experiences, technological advances, and regulatory changes are considered in all department activities.

Developing - Ensures that appropriate management controls are established and implemented to allow programs to be conducted professionally in compliance with NRC and industry regulations, policies, procedures, instructions, and standards, ensuring appropriate control, monitoring, accountability, and completion. Provides plant operability assessment to establish a basis for plant continued operation when degraded equipment is discovered. Develops all levels of department staff by providing needed training, varied assignments, depth in staff capability, and increasing staff responsibility on a continuing basis. Prepares budgets, schedules, long range plans, priorities, staffing requirements, and subsequent monitoring to ensure success of the department.

Planning - Establishes policies, plans, schedules, and goals for the department based on interaction with other managers and staff, ensuring that priorities and resources are utilized to the maximum benefit of the company, consistent with agency strategic goals.

Scheduling – Assures resource loaded department schedules are developed and maintained. Assures proper progress and focus through frequent interface with direct reports.

Reviewing - Supports the Plant by maintaining accurate, complete, and up-to-date drawings, preparing specifications for procurement of plant components, approving design packages, and preparing technical reports to regulatory agencies and to management.

Engineering employees are expected to be available and to support the following activities as a condition of employment with Energy Northwest:

• Emergency Response Organization (ERO) including being on-call (24/7) during your required team duty (2 weeks out of every 8 weeks).
• 12 hour work shifts during refueling outages as part of our overall Outage support (24/7) (every 2 years)
• Engineering duty cycle support (24/7) including call-out availability during your responsible duty assignment (typically 1 week timeframe with requirements similar to ERO).

REQURIED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college or university, in Engineering or Physical Sciences and at least eight years of related technical engineering experience with at least five years in design, construction, testing, licensing, and/or operation.

DESIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Active or previous Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) license, SRO certification, or Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Management Certification. This is not required for selection. If selected candidate does not meet this, he/she will attend BWR Management Certification class provided by EN.

Pay Range

Midpoint:

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) offers a highly competitive and substantial benefits package which allows qualifying employees (and their families) to enroll in medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Other voluntary benefits may include flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, supplemental life insurances, credit monitoring, and identity theft insurance. EN offers three retirement programs to qualifying employees including a matching 401(k) deferred compensation plan, the Washington State Pension Plan (PERS), and a 457(b) savings plan. Qualifying employees will also accrue 160 hours of personal time per year and nine paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate due to race, color, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability.

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