Facility Operations Manager

4 weeks ago


West Wareham, Massachusetts, United States Covanta Holding Corporation Full time
About the Role

The Facility Manager is a key position within Covanta Holding Corporation, responsible for overseeing all aspects of day-to-day Operations & Maintenance (O&M) activities. This role reports to the Regional Operations Area Manager and is a critical position that ensures the safe, efficient, reliable, and environmentally responsible operation of the facility.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide exceptional leadership to develop and sustain a high-performing culture of Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE) excellence.
  • Ensure the Values & Behaviors are integrated into day-to-day operations and engrained to build/sustain a high-performing culture of excellence.
  • Provide leadership, oversight, and guidance during facility transients, casualties, and emergency response activities to protect employees, the environment, and assets.
  • Develop robust budget targets and monthly forecasts to maximize facility P&L/EBITDA/FCF contributions to include contingency planning to offset/mitigate emergent issues.
  • Provide oversight to develop robust plans, schedules, and budgets to ensure Outages are consistently executed Safely, with no defects (Quality), On-Schedule (Delivery), and On-Budget (Cost).
  • Provide leadership for all maintenance activities to ensure reliability/production targets are achieved/exceeded to include online maintenance, scheduled outage maintenance, unscheduled outage maintenance, preventative maintenance, predictive maintenance, continuous monitoring, and reliability/proactive maintenance.
  • Ensure robust Long-Term Maintenance Plans are developed to maintain/improve facility reliability and prevent degradation/obsolescence.
  • Provide oversight for the development of facility projects (Capital & Maintenance) to ensure they are consistently executed Safely, with no defects (Quality), On-Schedule (Delivery), and On-Budget (Cost).
  • Provide oversight for all operational activities to ensure reliability/production targets are achieved/exceeded to include O&M Standard (Tech Standard) execution, routine and periodic inspections/testing, boiler/turbine start-ups and shutdowns, procedure usage and adherence, and effective shift turnovers.
  • Effectively use lessons learned, best practices, KPIs, and data to drive operational excellence and conservative decision-making.
  • Drive a Lean Mindset to continuously challenge the status quo to improve revenue p/ton, decrease cost p/ton, and improve production where/when appropriate to maximize facility P&L/EBITDA/FCF contributions.
  • Effectively collaborate with regional, corporate, and external experts to develop innovative robust plans/actions when emergent issues occur challenging the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the facility.
  • Serve as the primary Covanta Holding Corporation interface for assigned Client facilities(s) while exhibiting exemplary Customer Focus.
  • Remain fully engaged at all times and be on-call as needed to ensure safe and reliable facility operations to include periodic travel when required (nights, weekends, holidays; 7/24/365-day facility operation).
  • Ensure facility employees are properly trained to prevent and respond to transients, casualties, and emergencies to protect employees, the environment, and assets.
  • Develop/sustain robust community outreach actions and support government affair activities to ensure the facility is always viewed from the best possible perspective.
Professional Experience/Position Requirements
  • Minimum of 10 years at a Waste to Energy/Thermomechanical Treatment Facility (WtE/TTF) and/or utility power generation facility experience with at least five (5) progressive years of experience in the same to include leading the facility operations and/or maintenance teams; Prior Plant/Facility Manager experience at a WtE/TTF and/or utility power generation facility is highly desired.
  • Minimum of five (5) years' experience in the planning/execution of Outages to deliver on Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) commitments (Boiler, Turbine, Cold Iron/Black Plant).
  • Minimum of five (5) years' experience in the planning/execution of Projects (Capital and Small/Routine Maintenance).
  • Proven ability to demonstrate experience with developing/sustaining a high performing culture of Safety/Environmental excellence including the ability to demonstrate behaviors to Ensure a Safe and Inclusive Workplace exists for employees.
  • Proven ability to develop and successfully execute facility Budget P&L/forecasts to include being Accountable by executing countermeasures for emergent issues challenging the achievement of operational/financial commitments.
  • Proven ability to demonstrate Customer Focus through establishing/sustaining successful Client/Customer relationships.
  • Proven ability to demonstrate a Lean Mindset by challenging the status quo to identify Continuous Improvement opportunities to increase revenue p/ton, decrease cost p/ton, and improve production.
  • Experience in building (re-building) process/systems to continuously improve the business.
  • Able to demonstrate the ability to drive cultural change, accountability, and continuous improvement mindset throughout the organization.
  • Proven experience interacting with Federal, State, and local regulators, legislators, permitting agencies, and other community organizations.
Education & Certifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in an engineering, technical, or business field is required with a Master's Degree preferred. Plant/Facility Manager experience at a WtE/TTF and/or utility power generation facility may be accepted as commensurate to degree requirements.
  • ASME CFO (Chief Facility Officer) Certification is highly desired and must be attained if not present.
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification or greater is highly desirable and must be attained if not present.
  • A PMP (Project Management Professional) certification is highly desirable.
Our DEI Commitment

Covanta Holding Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, has developed an Affirmative Action Program (AAP), and will not discriminate against any qualified applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability (including perceived disability, physical, mental, and/or intellectual disabilities), veteran status, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or any other characteristic protected by law.



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