VP of Plant Operations
industrial_energy_operations › Plant Operations (Energy/Mining) · E1 — E1 — Director (Executive) · Executive
Executive responsible for overall operational performance, safety, and reliability across power generation or mining plant sites.
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$169,459 USD
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What this role is
Executive responsible for overall operational performance, safety, and reliability across power generation or mining plant sites. At the Director (Executive) (E1) level, the role owns a significant function with strategic authority, strategic and cross-functional, and drives function-wide enterprise impact. Executive leadership of a function.
What this level does
- Leads a complete plant-operations sub-function through Directors/site managers, owning day-to-day operation of assigned plant locations so production goals are met safely, efficiently and cost-effectively
- Holds accountability for compliance with all safety, environmental and regulatory standards (EPA, OSHA, DOT; NRC where nuclear) across the operating sites in the function
- Sets the operational strategy for the sub-function — production output targets, equipment reliability/uptime, and cost-per-unit — translating them into site-level objectives for Directors
- Coaches and develops site managers and their teams, resolving escalated operational problems that carry serious functional and business consequences
- Interfaces with peer executives and major customers on plant capacity, output commitments and operational performance
- Knowledge applied
- Applies functional operations strategy backed by detailed knowledge of how the plants run — equipment operating status from records and log books, generation/output control, and auxiliary systems. Directs a complete plant-operations sub-function rather than performing the work.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Sets the strategy for a single sub-function and resolves escalated operating problems that carry serious functional and business consequences (production shortfalls, compliance failures) within one operating area.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Interfaces with other executives and major customers on capacity, output and operational performance; leads Directors and site managers.
- Typical experience
- 12–15+ years of operations and management experience running energy or mining facilities; relevant licensure where operations are regulated (e.g., NRC for nuclear).
Skills at this level
- Operations Monitoring
- — Watches gauges, dials, meters and control-room display screens to confirm power-generating, distribution and processing equipment is operating within spec, and reads the pattern of indicators to detect operating problems early.
- Generation Output Control
- — Directs the regulation of electrical output — matching phase, frequency and voltage supplied to panels and adjusting the flow of power between generating stations and substations — as an accountable operating outcome across the asset base.
- Plant Safety and Regulatory Compliance
- — Sets and enforces compliance with EPA, OSHA and DOT standards (and NRC licensing for nuclear operations) across operating sites, treating safety excellence as a condition of keeping plants running and profitable.
- Portfolio Asset Oversight
- — Manages performance across multiple plant assets — reliability, uptime, output and cost-per-unit — allocating resources between facilities and shifting from site-level problem-solving to portfolio-level operational strategy.
- Operational Strategy
- — Translates production, reliability and cost targets into a multi-year operating plan for the function or division, deciding how the asset base is run, maintained and grown over the long term.
- Capital Allocation for Operations
- — Owns capital allocation across the operations portfolio and full project lifecycle — planning, permitting, execution and closure — weighing investment against production capacity, asset integrity and financial return.
- Regulatory and External Representation
- — Represents the operations business to regulators, industry bodies and communities on licensing, environmental and strategic matters, defending the enterprise's operating posture and shaping outcomes.
- Executive Team Leadership
- — Coaches and develops site managers, Directors and VPs into a leadership bench, building the operating model and safety culture that governs plants across sites, divisions and regions.
- Quantitative Foundation
- — Applies a strong math and science background to interpret operating data — output, load, throughput and equipment performance — and to judge the technical trade-offs behind operations decisions.
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