Plant Manager - Andrews County, TX

Ørsted; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 107,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Ørsted is seeking a hands-on Operations Lead for Permian Solar and BESS to manage day-to-day site operations, safety culture, and regulatory compliance. You will coordinate with the O&M provider, landowners, and authorities to ensure reliable energy delivery.

The role requires 5+ years in power generation operations, a supervisory background, and readiness to work on-call, nights, and in variable conditions. Travel may be involved.

Qualifications

• Five years in operations or maintenance in power generation, transmissions, distribution, or related field.
• Journeyman or master electrician license, or military experience substituting for years of experience.
• Supervisory role for 1+ year.
• Willingness to work on-call, overnight, and in adverse weather.
• Able to climb equipment and wind turbines safely.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of the wind farm, incl. QHSE, site performance, compliance, planning, budgeting, and stakeholder engagement.
• Collaborate with internal/external stakeholders to ensure safe, reliable operations at the sites.
• Deliver high asset availability and power production through top-tier technical performance.

Skills

Power generation ops

QHSE leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Supervisory experience

On-call readiness

Job description

Join us in this role where you'll manage the day-to-day operations at our Permian Solar and BESS facility. You'll engage with our O&M Service Provider, local stakeholders, landowners, and local authorities to support the successful operation of these two projects. Most importantly, you'll take lead on driving world-class QHSE culture and performance at the project sites.

Welcome to Generation Onshore

You'll be part of Central Region Operations where you, together with your colleagues, will provide safe and reliable operations at Permian Solar and BESS. As a team, we play a pivotal role in a high-performing and fast-moving department, while encouraging personal and professional growth.

You’ll play an important role in:

• managing day-to-day operations of the wind farm, incl. QHSE, site performance, compliance, planning, budgeting, and engagement with local landowners, agencies, and authorities
• collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the sites are providing safe and reliable operations
• delivering high asset availability and power production through world-class technical performance.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have at least five years of experience in operations or maintenance in power generation, transmissions, distribution, or a related field, with a journeyman or master electrician license or time in the armed services substituting for years of experience
• have been in a supervisory role for more than a year
• are able to work on-call, overnight, and in adverse weather conditions
• are physically able to satisfy safety requirements of climb equipment and systems and climb wind turbines of varying heights.

Maybe you've read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don't quite match all the points.

Shape the future with us

We'll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we've found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via [e-mail].

Please note that you're expected to do some travelling in relation to your work, as you'll Need to necessary trainings, including but not limited to, General Industry Safety and Substation Safety.

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.

Position salary range:

The salary range for this position is USD $106,755.00 to USD $160,132.00.

Variable Compensation:

Our total rewards package may include discretionary short-term and long-term incentive opportunities based on your pay band and performance. These may be changed or suspended based on the sole discretion of the company

Our benefits package:

For this position for employees who meet eligibility requirements are: fully paid premium for family insurance coverage for health, life, dental, and visions; flexible spending accounts; health savings accounts; short- and long-term disability insurance; an Employee Assistance Program; 18 weeks or an hourly equivalent of parental leave with an additional short-term disability benefit of 6-8 weeks or an hourly equivalent for the birthing parent; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with up to 5 % employer match; commuting benefits; 7 paid sick days per year; 20 paid time-off days; 13 annual paid holidays; 16 hours of volunteer time-off; and a monthly book benefit from Amazon of up to USD 25.