Hydro Coordinator - Seebe(Kananaskis)

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ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking to fill a critical Hydro Coordinator position on the Hydro Operations team at our Seebe facility located in Kananaskis, Alberta. As the Hydro Coordinator, you’ll be primarily responsible for providing
coordination of plant operations and maintenance activities, medium-term planning, and interfacing with capital projects teams. You will be expected to provide leadership to a team of highly skilled Operations and Maintenance Technicians (OMTs) in both mechanical and electrical disciplines, Labourers, and Contractors (as required) in accordance with TransAlta’s values, standards, and work practices.
The Kananaskis Plant is one of TransAlta’s four hydro plants on the Bow Mainstream System, which is part of Alberta’s Bow River Electric System. The plant is a run-of-the-river plant. Instead of storing water in a reservoir, the plant generates power from the river’s natural water flow.
This is a full-time salaried safety-sensitive position based at our Seebe facility in Kananaskis, Alberta. 
WHAT YOU WILL DO 
-Develop and lead OMTs to deliver the scheduled daily/weekly work assignments
-Manage OMT resources to ensure the regional facilities can operate safely and in compliance with operating policies, procedures, and standards to meet the asset’s operating goal
-Manage the weekly maintenance planning for routine operational activities utilizing the current work management process in SAP
-Engage, retain, and manage contractors and service providers
-Make short and midterm business decisions around both routine and emergent unit outages and coordinate this with the HSCC (real-time) and Hydro Schedulers (forward-looking)
-Ensure all routine operations and planning/execution of maintenance in accordance with business and asset plans and TransAlta processes, standards, and procedures inside a 12-month planning window
-Establish a collaborative work environment with team, peers, stakeholders, and support groups to ensure issues may be resolved in a professional and productive manner
-Coordinate monthly financial forecasting and reconciliation
-Coordinate with the capital projects team to determine scope, scheduling, and operational alignment
-Identify and report on operational risks and opportunities regarding equipment, personnel, and business processes
-Support the development of work management strategies to comply with established maintenance KPIs
-Comply with and ensure team compliance with TransAlta Environmental, Health and Safety standards, and regulatory standards/processes in all aspects of the operational activities of equipment and personnel
-Provides backfill for the Plant Manager in their absence
WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU 
-Academic background in a technical or operational discipline related to generation, i.e. engineering, engineering technology, trade certificate, etc.
-In-depth understanding of maintenance principles and planning processes
-Proficiency in utilizing SAP planning, maintenance, and SCM processes
-Demonstrated knowledge and experience working in power generation facilities, with specific gas, hydro, or wind/solar experience desirable
-Understand and apply the policies, procedures, standards, regulatory and legal requirements that apply to the power generation business in the jurisdictions that we operate
-Financial knowledge to develop, implement, and manage monthly budgets and provide input to yearly budgets and capital plans
-Ability to connect objectives to broader business goals
-Demonstrated capability to articulate complex technical issues to technical and non-technical audiences, apply industry knowledge to achieve objectives, complete systems-thinking, identify and resolve technical, operational, and organizational problems, and establish stakeholder relationships
-Ability to manage external service providers and contractors with a strong commitment to safety
-Ability to build, lead, and motivate cross-functional teams, set priorities, promote cooperation and collaboration, and hold oneself responsible for delivering outcomes and business plans
-Ability to stay calm under pressure, make hard decisions while maintaining respect, and demonstrate a positive and proactive attitude towards change
-Committed to continuous improvement, communicating effectively with various audiences, working with minimal supervision, and upholding applicable standards and regulation
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
-Willing and able to travel up to 15% as required to meet business needs 
-Successful completion of required pre-employment testing is a condition of employment
 
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We look forward to reviewing your application. All applications will be reviewed in a timely manner to the best of our abilities. We appreciate your patience and understanding during the recruitment process.