Operational performance improvement lead

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Job Summary

The nuclear site Operational Performance Lead is a key contributor in Vistra Energy’s fleet continuous improvement strategy. The site OPI Lead is the site single point of contact and subject matter expert in all aspects of Lean Thinking and other Operational Improvement strategies. The site OPI lead is a culture champion and ensures a healthy OPI culture across their site and consistency with the enterprise core values.

The OPI Lead's core business focus includes:

• Working closely with site leadership teams, front line supervisors, and individual contributors to ensure successful implementation of OPI strategies, initiatives, and embed a healthy continuous improvement culture to drive an OPI mindset.
• They focus on delivering and participating in capability building programs, e.g., OPI boot camp; assist in training and development of site leaders to create a culture of learning, engagement, and continuous improvement.
• This role also works closely with the OR Fleet team and site leaders to develop annual OPI targets to ensure proper continuous improvement.
• The OPI lead presents/supports preparation of OPI updates for SLT and other executive audiences; focuses on Lead Operational Learning & Continuous Improvement efforts to improve safety, reliability /costs; lead and facilitate ideation sessions targeting specific improvement areas and coaches initiative owners as they develop their initiatives and business plans and ensure consistent methodology in valuing and implementing OPI projects.
• This role also monitors site idea pipelines and works with site leaders and initiative owners (IO)s to ensure proper speed and initiative progression.

The OPI lead provides dedicated OPI support to high-priority, cross-cutting initiatives and functions as a positive change driver to site leaders, influencing them to lead OPI. They will challenge the status quo and seek opportunities to improve business results; act as a problem-solving partner for the business as it seeks to identify new initiatives and generate greater impact, efficiently. This role also works with IOs and WSLs to ensure accuracy of reporting of program performance and break down organizational barriers to collaboration to ensure maximum value delivered; develop trusting relationships with all internal and external stakeholders.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

• Proactively manage initiatives in the OPI database for the site and monitor KPIs for the site.
• Assist site leaders in identifying and delivering cross functional cost reduction initiatives, often leading improvement-focused teams.
• Monitor and communicate progress of KPIs associated with OPI.
• Assist site leadership in engagement of all employees to ensure sustained continuous improvement.

Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements

• High school diploma/GED equivalent required
• BS in Engineering, Business or equivalent (preferred)
• Professional certifications in waste reduction desired such as Just Culture, Influencer, and/or Lean/Six Sigma, etc.
• Strong mentoring, training and coaching skills.
• Must be a superior communicator with small and large groups of varying seniority across multiple organizations.
• Experience in power generation preferred.

Key Metrics

• Improved Safety culture
• Significant Human Error Rate reduction
• Yearly Human Performance Assessments
• Cultural survey outcomes
• Site performance against annual OPI continuous improvement target
• Cost reduction

Job Family

Plant Operations

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