{"id":3848217,"url":"https://alion.io/job/grda-vice-president-thermal-generation","title":"Vice President, Thermal Generation","company":{"id":1755477,"name":"GRDA","domain":"grda.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/grda","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"HR","role_family":"HR","seniority":"head","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Chouteau, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-05T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-05","last_verified_at":"2026-11-10T22:43:23Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":6,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":6},"description":"This job posting will remain open until 11:59 p.m. on the date listed below.\nDecember 13, 2026We deliver affordable, reliable ELECTRICITY, with a focus on EFFICIENCY and a commitment to ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. We are dedicated to ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, providing resources and supporting economic growth. Our EMPLOYEES are our greatest asset in meeting our mission to be an Oklahoma Agency of Excellence.\nPosition Overview\nThe Vice President, Thermal Generation provides executive leadership, strategic direction, and management for GRDA’s thermal generation operations. The position is responsible for the safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective operation and maintenance of three generating units comprising approximately 1,370 MW and a workforce of approximately 150 employees. The Vice President directs facility operations, maintenance, workforce development, capital execution, asset management, and risk management in support of GRDA’s public-power mission. The position establishes priorities, allocates resources, advises senior leadership on generation operations and investment needs, and fosters a culture of safety, accountability, collaboration, operational discipline, and continuous improvement. This is an unclassified, exempt position.\nEssential job functions include, but are not limited to:\nLeadership\nProvide executive leadership and strategic direction for GRDA’s thermal generation operations,\nmaintenance, engineering, asset management, administrative, project, and contract functions.\nEstablish organizational priorities, performance expectations, and accountability across\nmultidisciplinary teams.\nServe as a senior advisor regarding thermal generation operations, plant performance, long-term\nservice agreements, major maintenance, and facility investment priorities.\nFoster collaboration across GRDA business units, including Hydro Operations, Engineering,\nTransmission, Environmental, Safety, Finance, Legal, and Human Resources.\nOperational Performance and Asset Management\nDirect the safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective operation and maintenance of generation\nfacilities in alignment with GRDA’s strategic objectives.\nDrive continuous improvement in plant availability, reliability, efficiency, and operational readiness\nthrough disciplined asset management, maintenance strategies, performance monitoring, and corrective action programs.\nLead operational performance, emergency response, and business continuity activities, and\nprovide timely reporting to senior leadership.\nEnsure thermal generation assets are effectively and efficiently utilized to support reliability,\nfinancial stewardship, and long-term asset value.\nSafety, Compliance, and Risk Management\nChampion a culture of safety, environmental stewardship, regulatory compliance, procedural\nexcellence, and ethical conduct through effective policies, training, and management systems.\nLead the identification, assessment, mitigation, and monitoring of operational, safety,\nenvironmental, financial, contractual, workforce, and asset-related risks.\nMaintain accountability for compliance with applicable laws, regulations, permits, policies,\nprocedures, and operating standards.\nFinancial and Project Oversight\nEstablish and manage annual operations and maintenance budgets, capital budgets, asset\ninvestment plans, forecasts, and resource allocation.\nProvide leadership and oversight for major outages, capital improvements, and other projects, with\naccountability for safety, schedule, budget, quality, compliance, and performance outcomes.\nOversee major contracts, long-term service agreements, procurement activities, contractors,\nconsultants, and external partnerships supporting operations and capital projects.\nWorkforce Development\nDevelop and maintain a highly qualified, engaged, and accountable workforce through strategic\nstaffing, training, succession planning, qualification programs, hiring, promotion, performance\nmanagement, and employee development.\nProvide leadership, coaching, mentoring, and performance feedback to department managers,\nsupervisors, experienced professionals, and other assigned leaders.\nPromote workforce readiness and ensure resources are aligned with operational needs and long-\nterm organizational priorities.\nPerform other duties as assigned.\nSkills, Knowledge, Qualities:\nDemonstrated senior leadership capability, including setting strategy, establishing accountability,\nmaking sound decisions, and leading through complex operational conditions.\nComprehensive knowledge of utility-scale power generation operations, maintenance, plant\nsystems, reliability, performance, and asset management practices.\nStrong commitment to safety, environmental stewardship, regulatory compliance, procedural\ndiscipline, and ethical conduct.\nDemonstrated ability to develop, manage, and communicate operations and maintenance budgets,\ncapital budgets, forecasts, business cases, risk assessments, and investment priorities.\nStrong organizational, project management, problem-solving, and risk-management skills.\nAbility to evaluate complex technical, operational, commercial, and organizational issues and\nimplement practical, risk-informed solutions.\nExcellent interpersonal, collaboration, negotiation, presentation, and written communication skills.\nAbility to work effectively across divisions and with executive leadership, governing bodies,\nregulators, customers, contractors, and other external stakeholders.\nWorking knowledge of plant control, maintenance management, learning management, data\nhistorian, and Microsoft productivity systems is preferred.\nAbility to remain composed, decisive, and accountable during emergencies, outages, and other\nhigh-consequence operating events.\nAbility to work independently and develop and achieve defined goals and objectives.\nEducation, Training, Experience:\nBachelor’s degree in engineering, business, operations or energy management, or a related field\nfrom an accredited college or university is required. An equivalent combination of education,\ntechnical training, and progressively responsible power generation experience may be considered.\nProgressive leadership experience in utility-scale thermal generation operations, maintenance,\nengineering, asset management, or project execution is preferred.\nExecutive or senior management experience with responsibility for plant safety, reliability,\nworkforce performance, environmental compliance, operations and maintenance budgets, capital\nprograms, and risk management is strongly preferred.\nExperience with natural gas combined-cycle and/or coal-fired generation facilities is preferred.\nExperience managing major outages, long-term service agreements, contractors, capital projects,\nand multidisciplinary technical organizations is preferred.\nCertificates, Registrations, Licenses:\nValid Oklahoma driver's license, or the ability to convert an out-of-state license within 30 days if an\nOklahoma resident.\nPhysical/Mental Requirements & Working Conditions:\nAbility to walk, climb stairs, crawl, and work from ladders and elevated platforms.\nMust not have a fear of heights, confined spaces, or working around high-voltage equipment.\nMust possess the mental, visual, and auditory acuity necessary to maintain attention to visual and\nauditory detail.\nWork is performed in office, indoor plant, and outdoor environments, including high-noise and high-\ntemperature conditions and possible work in confined spaces.\nOdd shifts and after-hours work may be required during system emergencies, outages, or other\noperational events.\nOther information:\nThis is an exempt position.\nThe position reports directly to the Chief Operating Officer.\nThe position provides leadership to assigned operations, maintenance, engineering, asset\nmanagement, administrative, project, and contract personnel. Direct reports may include\ndepartment managers, supervisors, experienced professionals, and other assigned leaders.\nThis position will primarily be located at the Grand River Energy Center in Chouteau, Oklahoma.\nRequires up to 15% travel, including domestic and occasional international travel, for vendor\nmeetings, product demonstrations, and training. Travel may include overnight stays and weekend\ntrips.\nCompensation will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.\nHighly competitive benefits package.\nIf you’re passionate about growth, teamwork, and making an impact, you’ll love building your career with us.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8449,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Energy & Utilities"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-06T01:39:00Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":5,"expected_fill_days":17,"reasons":["conf:6","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-10T06:52:35Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/grda-vice-president-thermal-generation","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/grda-vice-president-thermal-generation.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-11T04:56:37Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":5967,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-12T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1755477},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1755477"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fgrda-vice-president-thermal-generation"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fgrda-vice-president-thermal-generation"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fgrda-vice-president-thermal-generation"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/grda-vice-president-thermal-generation\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fgrda-vice-president-thermal-generation"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3848217}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"grda.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3848217},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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