Plant Manager

Calpine; Texas; On-site; USD 154,231 - 196,645; Full time

Job summary

Calpine is seeking a Plant Manager to oversee day-to-day operations and maintenance of a single power plant facility, with responsibility for supervising staff, contractors, and safety programs. You will lead planning, scheduling, and execution to optimize performance and reliability.

You will manage budgets, coordinate with the home office, implement equipment improvements, and ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations while maintaining strong community relations and customer

Qualifications

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

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.
• Provide leadership to all plant personnel by reviewing and updating policies and procedures to align with facility objectives, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices, while maintaining consistent on-site presence.
• Identify training objectives and employee development needs, providing coaching and professional development opportunities to sustain morale, technical proficiency, and operational readiness.
• Foster a strong safety culture across a fast-start, multi-unit generation facility, promoting hazard awareness, personal accountability, and adherence to safety standards for all personnel and contractors.
• 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.

Skills

Leadership

Operations planning

Budget management

Regulatory compliance

People management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Calpine, a business unit of Constellation Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: CEG), is America's largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources with operations in competitive power markets. With 79 energy facilities in operation, Calpine's fleet has the capacity to generate approximately 27,000 MW of electricity - enough to power approximately 27 million homes. Through wholesale power operations and its retail businesses, Calpine serves customers in 22 states and Canada. Its clean, efficient, modern and flexible fleet uses advanced technologies to generate power in a low-carbon and environmentally responsible manner.

The company was established on the premise that a strong commitment to the environment is inextricably linked to excellence in power generation and corporate responsibility. Since its founding in 1984, Calpine has led the power industry in its unwavering commitment to environmental stewardship. In addition, its renewable geothermal plants use steam generated deep below the earth's surface to produce clean, renewable electricity.

Job Summary (includes but is not limited to the following, other duties may be assigned)

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.
• * Provide leadership to all plant personnel by reviewing and updating policies and procedures to align with facility objectives, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices, while maintaining consistent on-site presence.
• * Identify training objectives and employee development needs, providing coaching and professional development opportunities to sustain morale, technical proficiency, and operational readiness.
• * Foster a strong safety culture across a fast-start, multi-unit generation facility, promoting hazard awareness, personal accountability, and adherence to safety standards for all personnel and contractors.
• * 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.

Salary Information

* Range - $154,231.00 to $196,645.00 annually

Additional Calpine Information

• * Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.
• * Calpine is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website or to apply for a position, please send an e‑mail with your request to [e-mail]. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation are made on case‑by‑case basis.

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