Power Plant Manager

Tharp Consulting; Odessa (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tharp Consulting in Odessa, Texas, seeks a Plant Manager to lead safe, reliable operations at a natural gas and geothermal power facility. You will own day-to-day plant performance and champion a strong safety culture, regulatory compliance, and environmental stewardship.

Responsibilities include managing budgets, maintenance oversight, outage planning, and developing a multidisciplinary team to drive continuous improvement while supporting cleaner energy, grid reliability, and innovation.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety culture and operational excellence.
• Experience driving reliability and maintenance performance.
• Analytical mindset with ability to use performance data and metrics.
• Solid understanding of regulatory and environmental compliance requirements.
• Budget management experience and effective cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Manage operational performance using data-driven metrics to improve efficiency and availability.
• Oversee maintenance activities, outage planning/execution, and asset reliability.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations and environmental requirements.
• Manage facility budgets and resource planning.
• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team, promoting accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Support organizational goals for cleaner energy, grid reliability, and innovation.

Skills

Leadership

Safety culture

Regulatory compliance

Operations management

Reliability improvement

Data-driven decision making

Budget management

Cross-functional collaboration

Environmental stewardship

Job description

Plant Manager responsible for leading safe, reliable operations at a natural gas and geothermal power facility. Own day-to-day plant performance while championing a strong safety culture, regulatory compliance, and environmental stewardship.

Key duties

• Manage operational performance using data-driven metrics to improve efficiency and availability.
• Oversee maintenance activities, outage planning/execution, and overall asset reliability.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations and environmental requirements.
• Manage facility budgets and resource planning.
• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team, promoting accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Support organizational goals for cleaner energy, grid reliability, and innovation.

Qualifications / skills

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety culture and operational excellence.
• Experience driving reliability and maintenance performance.
• Analytical mindset with ability to use performance data and metrics.
• Solid understanding of regulatory and environmental compliance requirements.
• Budget management experience and effective cross-functional collaboration.