NorthMark Compute & Cloud · 1 week ago
Power Generation Operations Manager
Spartanburg County, SC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expNorthMark Compute & Cloud (NMC²) is a technology-driven company focused on enhancing high-performance computing and cloud infrastructure. The Power Generation Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing the operations of a natural-gas-fired power plant that supports a mission-critical High Performance Compute Center, ensuring safety, compliance, and performance standards are met.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Act as the Company’s accountable authority for power-plant operations, and outsourced execution
Provide strategic direction, oversight, and performance governance to the O&M service provider
Establish and enforce clear operational expectations, boundaries, and escalation paths
Review, approve, and monitor operating plans such as staffing models, training programs, maintenance strategies, outage planning and execution
Chair or participate in monthly and quarterly operational reviews with the O&M provider
Serve as the Owner’s safety and risk champion for the power-generation program
Ensure the O&M provider’s safety program meets or exceeds Company, regulatory, and industry best-practice standards
Lead and/or oversee HAZID and HAZOP studies, Job Safety Analyses (JSA), Management of Change (MOC) processes, and Arc-flash, gas safety, confined space, and LOTO programs
Validate that risk assessments are current, actively used in operations, and reflected in SOPs, MOPs, and EOPs
Participate in near miss reviews, incident investigations, root-cause analyses, and corrective-action tracking
Ensure the power plant consistently meets HPCC load demand requirements, availability and reliability targets, and start-time and ramp-rate commitments
Monitor and validate key performance indicators (KPIs), including forced outage rate, availability and capacity factor, maintenance compliance, and safety performance
Provide Owner concurrence for major operational decisions that may impact HPCC uptime or redundancy
Act as the power-generation SME within the broader HPCC Operations & Infrastructure organization
Ensure seamless coordination between power plant operations, HPCC electrical distribution, UPS, BESS, and load-shedding strategies
Support integrated commissioning, black-start and island-mode testing, and emergency operating procedures across power plant and HPCC systems
Participate in tabletop exercises and live simulations involving grid loss and contingency events
Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations, environmental permits, air emissions and fuel-handling requirements
Oversee regulatory inspections and audits in coordination with the O&M provider
Review compliance documentation and corrective-action plans
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical) or equivalent experience
10+ years of power-generation experience, with significant exposure to natural gas–fired generation and critical infrastructure environments
Demonstrated experience overseeing or governing outsourced power-plant O&M services
Strong working knowledge of gas turbines and/or reciprocating engines, balance-of-plant systems, and protection, controls, and plant automation
Proven leadership in safety management, HAZID, and risk mitigation
Experience supporting mission-critical or data-center-integrated power plants
Familiarity with islanded and black-start capable generation, BESS integration, grid interconnection and utility coordination
Formal training or certification in HAZOP / HAZID, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Incident Command or Emergency Response
Company
NorthMark Compute & Cloud
Pushing the boundaries of high performance compute and cloud.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase