Plant Manager

Calpine Corporation; California; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Calpine seeks a Plant Manager to oversee the day‑to‑day operations and maintenance of a single power plant. You will direct supervisory leadership, maintenance personnel, subcontractors, and training programs to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient plant performance.

The role includes managing plant budgets, coordinating with the home office, and implementing equipment upgrades and procedures while maintaining regulatory compliance and community relations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years supervisory/managerial experience.
• 10+ years with understanding of electrical generation power plants, including startup, operations, and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate day‑to‑day operations and maintenance of a single plant facility.
• Oversee human resources for supervisory leadership and maintenance personnel and subcontractors.
• Set maintenance schedules and conduct routine maintenance; manage training programs.
• Interface with home office on plant budget and business issues; propose improvements.

Skills

Leadership experience

Supervisory experience

Management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Job Summary

Responsible for the day-to-day operations and maintenance of a single plant facility including managing, directing, planning, and coordinating total power plant operations; monitors plan performance and corrects abnormalities. Specific responsibilities include overall human resources responsibility for supervisory leadership, operations and maintenance personnel and all sub-contractors with authority to hire and terminate employees, setting maintenance schedule and conducting routine maintenance, and managing ongoing training programs. Manages plant business and budget issues with home office interface. Proposes and implements equipment modifications and plant improvements. Implements, manages, maintains, and updates all plant procedures, site policies, training and safety programs and work practices. Maintains safe and efficient operations of the facility, including accountability for regulatory compliance with all local, State, and Federal regulations.

The Plant Manager is highly visible in the community, responsible for public relations and community interaction. The position is responsible for local interactions with customers including steam host and utility.

Job Responsibilities

• Accomplishes work through others. Manages the overall operations and maintenance of a single plant facility with an operational focus.
• Manages employees performing related duties including full human resources, cost and budgetary accountabilities.
• Decisions typically related to resources, project approach, and tactical operations.
• Results have significant impact on costs and the achievement of function objectives or project-based goals.
• Makes decisions for large-scale projects, a closely related set of projects and initiatives involving own and possibly related functional areas.
• Receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines tactical approach, resources, schedules, and goals.
• Works within general guidelines; applies advanced technical knowledge to solve moderately complex problems for a function.
• Manages a single function or portion of a department. Regularly manages large‑scale projects/activities or a very closely related set of projects/activities.
• Responsible for performance reviews, promotional decisions, and pay actions for support and professional levels.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• Previous work leadership experience including a minimum of 5 years supervisory/managerial experience.
• Typically requires minimum of 10+ years with a detailed understanding of electrical generation power plants, including startup, operations, and maintenance of power plant equipment.

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