Job Details
Asset Manager
2025-07-01 CLECO CORPORATE HOLDINGS LLC all cities,LA
The Asset Manager-Generation is a Master/Expert level individual contributor responsible for overseeing strategic management, maintenance, and optimization of all power generation key assets and assisting with asset management objectives. This role is strategic in nature with a focus on risk mitigation and long/near term strategic planning and is critical to ensuring the efficiency, reliability, and sustainability of power plant assets over their entire lifecycle while contributing to annual performance and financial goals and driving conformance with industry best practices. The Asset Manager-Generation is the liaison between Asset Management, Generation Operations, Generation Services, ECPM, business planning, and financial performance functions, driving data-driven decision making and optimized planning and investments.
Key Responsibilities
Asset Lifecycle Management: Lead the development and execution of strategies and Asset Management Plans for the entire lifecycle of the plant's critical assets, from procurement, installation, operation, and maintenance to end-of-life and eventual decommissioning or replacement. Utilize CMMS/EAMS data and ERP data to drive decisions and maintenance and operational activity. Assist planners and schedulers with collecting historical labor, materials, and task lists to optimize maintenance job plans.
Risk Management: Identify, evaluate, and mitigate risks related to asset failure, obsolescence, and compliance, ensuring that appropriate projects, maintenance activities, processes, programs, critical spares, and contingency plans are in place.
Maintenance Planning: Oversee the creation and implementation of preventive maintenance strategies and schedules, ensuring assets operate at optimal performance levels and compliance with regulatory standards to extend the life of assets. This includes scope development for planned outages.
Condition Monitoring & Performance Analysis: Utilize asset management systems and technology to monitor the health and performance of critical assets, identifying potential issues before they lead to costly failures or downtime. Promote plant health by utilizing condition assessments for further analysis and reporting.
Budgeting & Cost Control: Develop and manage budgets, 5-year business plans, and long-range OPEX/CAPEX forecasts for asset-related activities, ensuring alignment with business goals while maximizing operational efficiency. Create business justifications for capital projects.
Compliance & Regulatory Oversight: Ensure all assets comply with local, state, and federal regulations, industry standards, and safety protocols, maintaining records for audits and inspections. Keep up-to-date with industry standards and environmental, health, and safety regulations.
Asset Data Management: Maintain asset registers, track performance, service histories, and key metrics for each asset. Monitor the asset hierarchy and ensure assets and maintenance plans are correctly entered into SAP with appropriate detail. Build reports from quality data and performance indicators. Utilize dashboards to monitor KPIs such as PM compliance, backlog, resource utilization, and data quality.
Key Contracts: Lead or support negotiation, management, optimization, and review of key contracts related to power plant operations and maintenance as required.
Team Collaboration & Leadership: Lead a cross-functional team including engineers, technicians, financial analysts, and contractors, fostering collaboration to meet asset management objectives. Assist with training and change management activities.
Continuous Improvement: Implement initiatives to improve asset management practices, technologies, and process efficiencies, leveraging industry best practices and innovative solutions.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology with 10 years applicable experience or at least 15 years of applicable generation experience in lieu of a degree.
Strong power plant operational & maintenance experience with emphasis on strategic thinking, risk management, and business planning.
Excellent problem-solving, analysis, and decision-making abilities.
Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate teams and collaborate effectively with other departments.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to communicate effectively with diverse audiences at all organizational levels.
In-depth knowledge of regulatory standards and safety requirements in the energy sector.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite; experience with enterprise asset management software is a plus.
Proficient in Power BI or Tableau for report creation and presentation.
Proficient in ELT tools like Power Query is a plus.
Knowledge and experience with CMMS systems, Asset Management, and SAP.
Comprehensive knowledge of equipment and systems within Power Generation and T&D.
Proficiency in technical and commercial aspects of plant operations, with a focus on asset performance, reliability, and customer affordability.
Expertise in budgeting and financial management, including OPEX and CAPEX.
Licenses and Certifications
Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) or similar preferred.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or similar preferred.
Key Competencies
Balances stakeholders, builds effective teams, demonstrates business insight, and communicates effectively.
Shows courage, self-awareness, and drives results while ensuring accountability.
Instills trust, learns quickly, plans and aligns strategically, and prioritizes safety.
Possesses a strategic mindset and demonstrates analytical, organizational, and planning skills.
Exhibits technical and interpersonal skills necessary for success in asset management roles.