Biomass Power Plant Managers

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Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Supervisor, Operations Manager, Plant Manager

What they do:
Manage operations at biomass power generation facilities. Direct work activities at plant, including supervision of operations and maintenance staff.
On the job, you would:
  • Manage safety programs at power generation facilities.
  • Review biomass operations performance specifications to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
  • Review logs, datasheets, or reports to ensure adequate production levels and safe production environments or to identify abnormalities with power production equipment or processes.

Knowledge

Engineering and Technology

  • mechanical
  • product and service development

Manufactured or Agricultural Goods

  • manufacture and distribution of products

Business

  • management
  • human resources (HR)

Safety and Government

  • public safety and security

Skills

Basic Skills

  • talking to others
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Resource Management

  • selecting and managing the best workers for a job
  • managing your time and the time of other people

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • use rules to solve problems

Visual Understanding

  • see hidden patterns
  • quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things

Math

  • add, subtract, multiply, or divide

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Stress Tolerance
  • Integrity
  • Dependability
  • Cooperation
  • Initiative
  • Leadership

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Spreadsheet software

  • Microsoft Excel Hot Technology

Presentation software

  • Microsoft PowerPoint Hot Technology

Electronic mail software

  • Microsoft Outlook Hot Technology

Education

Education: (rated 4 of 5)
bachelor's degree or
associate's degree
usually needed

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Job Outlook

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