The incumbent develops production targets, monitors station performance and advises station on production improvement measures and interventions with the goal of ensuring the company meets its business plan objectives. Reviews and analyses ZPC business performance for the previous period. Sets long term operational plans, performance targets for ZPC for the next period in liaison with the power stations and ZETCO. Submits the performance targets and production requirements to the Operations Director for input into the ZPC Business Plan. Prepares long term operational plans and production targets for the stations and major suppliers in liaison with power stations. Prepares estimates for energy requirements for the following period in liaison with ZETCO and the power stations draft annual production targets schedule giving monthly breakdowns and solicits comments. Submits the targets and requirement to the Operations Director for input the business plan. Compiles the final annual production schedule for approval by the Operations Director. Develops operational plans for the stations. Develops performance indicators for the stations. Monitors performance of the stations. Liaises with supplier�s e.g. HCCL, ZRA, NRZ for input requirements for stations i.e. coal, water and transportation. Monitors quality and quality, delivery times of inputs supplied by HCCL, ZRA, NRZ and other suppliers. Reviews and analyses power plant dispatch mode and recommends optimum dispatch mode. Makes recommendations on improvements/ corrective measures where necessary. Participates in Joint Operating Committee (JOCs) for Power Stations and suppliers/ clients on operational and technical issues. Compiles daily, weekly, monthly and annual Generation reports for Operations Director. Prepares special reports/ statistics for submission to the Executive Management Committee and the Board. Prepares the comprehensive Annual Generation Performance Report for the Operations Director. Consolidates monthly, quarterly and annual power station performance statistics from power stations. Assesses effectiveness of current systems. Reviews and analyses monthly performance statistics from stations. Conducts monthly verbal/ written investigations on significant deviations from power station actual performance compared with targets. Participates in incident investigation of major plant operation deviations. Assists in negotiating coal and water supply agreements for the stations with suppliers. Monitors the operations of the agreements. Reviews the agreements as and when necessary and makes the necessary recommendations. Develops the technical requirements for the power purchase Agreement between ZPC and ZETCO. Liaises with Finance department for design of PPA tariffs. Submits the requirements to the Operations Director for input into the final PPA document. Monitors adherence to the PPA and makes recommendations for improvements. Inputs technical requirement for the issuance of a license from the Regulator. Monitors and reports on compliance to the license requirements. Liaises with the Regulator on technical issues. Monitors the implementation of the Environmental Management Systems. Conducts environmental audits as and when required. Participates in formulation of company risk management policy. Carries out organisational risk identification and evaluation. Recommends risk control measures for the organisation. Monitors adherence to risk management policy. Liaises with power stations and the factory inspectorate with regards to statutory inspections and major overhauls. Monitoring the application of the company�s mechanical safety rules and updates them as required. Monitors and reports on accidents statistics for the power stations and advises the Operations Director accordingly. Liaises with power stations on the finalisation of the revenue budget particularly on fuel and water costs. Monitors generation costs against budget. Analyses areas of high cost and recommends improvements on the Operations Director. Assists in formulating power purchase agreements. Sets and renews performance targets for subordinate and assigns tasks. Tracks performance and conducts performance appraisals for subordinate and recommends appropriate action. Identifies training needs for subordinate. Develops training plan for the section. Designs on-job training programmes for subordinates. Participates in selection/ job interviews for the section and other departments. Handles disciplinary issues for subordinate in the section. Conducts necessary training for subordinates in section. Designs and implements appropriate control systems for the section. Prepares/ recommends the section structure. Schedules outage plans. Ascertains station coal requirements. Ascertains station water requirements. Ascertains station diesel requirements. Decides on long term planned outages (major overhauls). Implements Power Purchase Agreements. Manages staff in department. The demands on the job are very dynamic. This may require someone who is more spontaneous that rigid � this is, who is able to effectively deal with random changes will maintaining the overall program plan. Compliance with stipulated regulatory requirements and dealing with regulatory authorities. Coordinating people that may not understand the purpose of particular activities. This job coordinates data supply from departments/ functions that do report to this position. This often results in a delay of supply of information that is critical for meeting the KPI�s of this job. Develops and implements strategies for complying with PPA. Schedules planned outages. Forecasts operations inputs requirements for all the power stations. Prepares requisite report reports and ensures compliance with submission deadlines. 

Job evaluation subgrade: D