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Wind Operations Specialist

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada TransAlta Corporation Full time
About the Role

TransAlta Corporation is seeking a highly skilled Wind Operations Specialist to join their team at the Pincher Creek Asset. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the safe and reliable operation and maintenance of the Cowley North and Summerview 1 wind assets.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement operations and maintenance strategies to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and optimize performance.
  • Lead a team of wind technicians and contractors to perform daily work scheduling, planning, and implementation of maintenance, service, and repair of wind turbine equipment.
  • Support the development and implementation of the daily to three-month business plan in alignment with the Supervisor's business plan.
  • Ensure operational compliance to EHS, NERC, OHS, etc., plant availability, and cost standards through daily review of work orders for accuracy, completeness, and inventory updates.
  • Drive for results in the areas of safety, compliance, plant availability, and cost through providing technical support and assistance to wind technicians.
  • Support the Supervisor in selecting, developing, and managing a high-performance team of employees and contractors to achieve expected outcomes of the plants.
  • Identify and mitigate risk that could negatively impact the agreed to outcomes or business results, and identify and realize opportunities that could positively impact the agreed to outcomes or business results.
  • Establish a collaborative work environment within the team, peers, stakeholders, and support groups to ensure issues may be resolved in a professional and productive manner.

Requirements

  • Appropriate trade certification in a related discipline with years of related progressive experience.
  • Preference for Vestas Wind Turbine (V80) experience of 4 year or more, or related experience.
  • Comprehensive understanding of concepts and principles within own discipline and knowledge of others.
  • Thorough understanding of the operational aspects of the plant - technical, compliance, and financial.
  • Plant risk and related mitigation strategies.
  • Understanding of site contractual obligations, procurement processes, and vendor qualifications.
  • Strong understanding of how related teams coordinate their efforts and resources to achieve objectives.
  • Demonstrated capability to:
    • Develop, implement, and manage the daily to three-month business plan.
    • Monitor, analyze, and forecast operations performance.
    • Identify and mitigate risks / realize opportunities.
    • In consultation with the Supervisor, support stakeholder relationships and/or needs internally and externally.
    • Operate successfully in a multi-tasking environment with changing priorities.
    • Identify and implement business and/or productivity improvement initiatives.
    • Capture and apply lessons learned.
    • Coach and mentor team members.
    • Build, engage, lead, and motivate cross-functional teams.
    • Set priorities for and coach team members to meet agreed deliverables.
    • Stay calm under pressure - obtains timely input before making decisions.
    • Make hard decisions while maintaining the respect of others.
    • Collaborate with peers and engage cross-functional support to establish business plans, achieve business results, and drive business improvement.
    • Communicate and conveys ideas and information, both verbally and in writing, in a way that brings about understanding, commitment, and results.