Power Plant Business Operations and Finance Manager
Penn Entertainment
1 day ago
Full-time
On-site
Houston, Texas, United States
Finance & Accounting
Power Plant Business Operations and Finance Manager
About PROENERGY
PROENERGY is an engineering, R&D, and manufacturing powerhouse. The company addresses every need for fast-start power generation: turbine and package manufacturing, turnkey project execution, power purchase agreements, and asset lifecycle care for turbines and plants. Where others see impossible energy challenges, PROENERGY provides innovative aeroderivative solutions.
Our Footprint
PROENERGY delivers fast-start, dispatchable power solutions from worldwide centers for aeroderivative excellence. We are investing more than $1 billion through 2028 in infrastructure to serve our customers.
In Sedalia, Missouri, our 600,000 sq ft Center for Excellence in Manufacturing—a world-class investment in fast-start power and the only campus of its kind in the world—is growing by 40 percent.
In Houston, Texas, our 500,000 sq ft Center for Excellence in Lifecycle Care features a Level-IV depot and aero repair facility, which executes comprehensive services for aeroderivative engines under one roof.
In Kansas City, we have an office with an Engineering team that supports our sought-after solutions for turnkey projects and contracted power.
And our worldwide service centers ensure local service expertise near our customers. Our expanding service footprint includes Phoenix, Buenos Aires, New Brunswick, and additional locations in Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia.
Our Philosophy
We take care of our people and strive to make a positive difference for the world. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life/Disability Insurance at minimal cost to the employee, 10 paid holidays, paid time off, and a 401K plan. If you are looking for a rewarding career and possess specialized knowledge and quality-oriented problem-solving skills, we encourage you to apply today.
Position Summary
PROENERGY is seeking a Business Manager to support two power plants. This position will lead initiatives and daily tasks to ensure the O&M Expense and Major Maintenance/Capital Projects processes are completed and continuously improved. Working closely with the plant superintendents and corporate accounting, this position will own the budgeting, forecasting, and variance reporting functions and ensure that correct and timely invoices are delivered to the plant owner. Additionally, this position will support creating purchase orders and work with vendors regarding invoices.
Reports To: VP O&M
Work Location: 6246 McHard Road, Houston, TX 77053
Position Responsibilities
Working with each Plant Superintendent, establish ownership of the plant level operations and maintenance budget to ensure asset reliability while continually improving cost structure.
- Establish the annual budgeting calendar for the plants
- Develop an operating budget process with plant teams to routinely track expenses
- Create detailed expense budgets for all assets
- Interface with Accounting to track line-item actuals
- Provide variance analysis and forecasting
- Set goals and establish improvement targets, provide routine updates
- Provide routine reporting on budget status
- Provide input for the plant’s monthly reports
- Provide accrual guidance to Plant Operations and Accounting
- Interface with vendors on invoicing, payments
- Create required purchase requisitions
Working with each Plant Superintendent, establish ownership of the capital and major maintenance project portfolio to ensure long term project and asset goals.
- Establish and maintain a five-year plan and budget for the fleet
- Assist plant personnel in developing viable projects
- Perform project ROI calculations to support inclusion in the budget
- Interface with Accounting to track project actuals
- Ability to impact behaviors of the plant teams to improve communication, reporting and forecasting
- Provide variance analysis and forecasting for all projects
- Set goals and establish improvement targets, provide routine updates
- Provide routine reporting on project status
Required Qualifications
- BS degree in Business or a related field
- Three years of power generation experience, specifically focused in managing plant budgets for operations and maintenance expenses
- Quantitative thinker with a technical background in plant equipment operations and maintenance
- Strong background in project finance analysis
- Demonstrated track record in delivering internal improvement projects in a growing organization
- Financial Acumen - will have the ability to quickly conceptualize, assimilate data, and perform analysis to make decisions and take appropriate action around complex problems.
- Organizer – will have the ability to simplify business financial processes across an organization, including various reporting layers from plant and office teams to the business leadership team
- Communicator – very strong written and verbal communication skills are required. This will be demonstrated across large and small groups of peers or superiors. Will be interfacing, training, and coaching plant personnel and senior leadership on analysis, reporting and recommendations.
- Skilled multi-tasker – will be highly organized and able to prioritize deadlines in work-intensive environments.
- Handles pressure – will remain focused and calm in the face of distractions and changing priorities and will have the ability to influence others to do the same.
- Creator – Ability to create and implement more effective business management processes and practices to accurately track spending and to drive changes in spending behaviors at the plant level
- Must be fluent in English, with strong speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension skills.
- US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa.
- Successful candidate will need to satisfactorily complete pre-employment drug screen and background check
Desired Qualifications
- MBA or advanced Business degree with focus on Economics and/or Finance
- Preference will be given to candidates with ten plus years of experience, additional education or certificates in power plant asset management
- Valid US passport and willingness to travel domestically and internationally
Working Conditions:
- Travel will be minimal, about 10% of the time, to plant sites.
- Office environment at the McHard Road office location.
- Willingness to work outside normal business hours as necessary, especially during critical issue resolution and to achieve project milestones.
It is PROENERGY’s policy to provide equal opportunity in employment to all its employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, national origin, marital status, ancestry, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by State or Federal law.