Senior Plant Operations Supervisor
industrial_energy_operations › Plant Operations (Energy/Mining) · M2 — M2 — Manager II · Management
Senior supervisor overseeing shift operations teams and equipment monitoring at a power or mining plant.
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What this role is
Senior supervisor overseeing shift operations teams and equipment monitoring at a power or mining plant. At the Manager II (M2) level, the role owns an established team or sub-function, cross-project coordination and priorities, and drives group delivery and development. Manages a team; sometimes manages leads.
What this level does
- Lead a skilled operating team across a plant area, managing senior operators and junior supervisors toward tactical production and safety outcomes
- Coordinate the shift response to abnormal plant conditions and equipment failures, making judgments within known operating factors
- Assist in developing, defining and training overall operations policies and procedures for the operating crews
- Ensure operators achieve required additional operator and maintenance qualifications per training standards, coaching those advancing toward supervisory roles
- Coordinate with maintenance across shift handovers to keep water treatment, turbine and auxiliary equipment available
- Knowledge applied
- Deep operating knowledge across a plant area; applies judgment within known factors to manage a skilled team and contribute to procedures and training.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Makes judgments within known operating factors; coordinates response to abnormal conditions and equipment failures.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Cross-functional cooperation with maintenance and safety across shifts.
- Typical experience
- 2–5 years in shift leadership or specialist operator roles.
Skills at this level
- Power/processing plant operations
- — Directs the control and operation of power-generating or mineral-processing equipment — boilers, turbines, generators, reactors, water treatment and auxiliaries — via control boards and floor operation to meet production goals safely.
- DCS/SCADA control-room supervision
- — Oversees monitoring of plant equipment from the DCS and on the plant floor, ensuring operators take corrective action on readings and maintain environmental and safety compliance.
- Abnormal-condition and emergency response
- — Leads rapid response to abnormal plant conditions, equipment failures and operational issues, restoring safe operation and escalating per procedure.
- Environmental and safety regulatory compliance
- — Ensures plant operations comply with EPA, OSHA, DOT and environmental standards, enforcing regulatory/corrective action at established monitoring intervals.
- Operations policy and training development
- — Develops, defines and trains overall operations policies and procedures, and drives operators to achieve required operator and maintenance qualifications per training standards.
- Mechanical, electrical and instrumentation/controls competence
- — Applies related mechanical, electrical or instrument-and-controls experience within industrial process, electric utility, mining or heavy-construction settings to run and troubleshoot plant equipment.
- Preventative maintenance coordination
- — Coordinates hands-on inspection, preventative maintenance and repair of turbines, generators, water treatment and auxiliary equipment to keep assets available.
- Production records and output optimization
- — Keeps accurate daily records of plant processing equipment and uses them to sustain optimal production levels and cost-effective output.
- Coaching/mentoring
- — Identifies developmental needs and mentors operators advancing toward supervisory and specialist roles.
- Cross-functional operations coordination
- — Coordinates energy production and distribution operations across engineering, maintenance and safety departments to optimize processes and meet production goals.
- Industrial communication protocols
- — Applies knowledge of industrial protocols such as Modbus, DNP3, Ethernet, ControlNet, DeviceNet and OPC to oversee DCS/SCADA-connected plant equipment.
- Multi-site operations leadership
- — Oversees day-to-day operations of assigned locations, supervising site managers and department managers and ensuring compliance across the portfolio.
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