Plant Manager

Verto People Ltd; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Relocation assistance

On-site 2–3 days per month

Job summary

Verto People Ltd seeks an experienced Plant Manager for a large-scale combined cycle gas turbine facility in New Mexico. The role drives operations, maintenance strategy, safety leadership, and team development to achieve safe, reliable, and efficient plant performance.

Responsibilities include leading operations, outages, and reliability initiatives, while coordinating with operations, maintenance, engineering, and stakeholders to optimize performance and meet budget goals.

Qualifications

• Seasoned leader with proven Plant Manager experience in CCGT/gas turbine environments.
• Strong background in plant operations, maintenance strategy, and safety leadership.
• Experience developing high-performing teams and driving reliability.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for plant operations, maintenance, and reliability initiatives.
• Drive safety culture and ensure regulatory and operational compliance.
• Lead and develop plant personnel, fostering accountability and teamwork.

Skills

Plant management

Leadership

Operations management

Maintenance strategy

Safety leadership

Outage planning

Stakeholder management

Gas turbine knowledge

Job description

Plant Manager - Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Facility

Location: Hobbs, New Mexico

Salary: Up to $250,000 per annum (DOE), Sign-on bonus, Relocation assistance package, On site 2/3 days per month except when needed (E.G. Upgrades)

Overview

We are seeking an experiencedPlant Managerto lead operations at a large-scalecombined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power generation facility. This role is ideal for a proven power generation leader with a strong background in plant operations, maintenance strategy, safety leadership, and developing high-performing teams.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall performance of the facility, ensuring safe, reliable, efficient, and commercially successful plant operations while working closely with operations, maintenance, engineering, and corporate stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and direction for plant operations, maintenance, and reliability initiatives.
• Drive a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with all regulatory and operational requirements.
• Lead and develop plant personnel, fostering accountability, teamwork, and operational excellence.
• Oversee maintenance strategies, outage planning, and long-term reliability initiatives.
• Partner with OEMs, contractors, and vendors to support plant performance and improvement projects.
• Monitor plant KPIs including availability, efficiency, reliability, safety, and budget performance.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across operations and maintenance functions.
• Provide leadership during major outages, inspections, and improvement projects.

Ideal Background

• Proven leadership experience as aPlant Manager, Operations Manager, or Generation Managerwithin a CCGT / gas turbine environment.
• Strong understanding of combined cycle plant operations, including gas turbines, HRSGs, steam turbines, and balance of plant systems.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams across operations and maintenance.
• Strong knowledge of safety programs, reliability improvement, and outage execution.
• Ability to build relationships with internal teams, contractors, and external stakeholders.