Plant Manager

**Must be a US Citizen or Valid Green Card Holder*
*No Third-Party or C2C Firms**

Relocation is being offered and will be discussed directly with client.

This is a Direct Hire Opportunity

Salary between $153,900-$184,600

The Plant Manager’s responsibilities encompass operations, maintenance, engineering, and facility management, all guided by the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Agreement and other project agreements. Serving as the primary interface with the Owner, they also act as a community liaison and engage with regulatory agency representatives as directed by the Owner.

Additionally, leadership is provided to all Plant personnel, including tasks such as employee selection, technical training, and maintaining employee qualifications. The Plant Manager ensures the facility’s compliance with safety, environmental, and contractual requirements, while also working to enhance the Plant and Owner’s image within the community and the industry.

Lastly, the Plant Manager holds direct responsibility for maximizing the Plant’s profitability,

overseeing operations of both Syracuse and Beaver Falls.

The Syracuse LLC Combined Cycle Plant in Solvay, NY, is a 103 MW facility featuring a Siemens V64.3 combustion turbine, a Deltak 3-drum HRSG, and an Ansaldo Steam Turbine.

The Beaver Falls LLC facility, located on the Beaver River in Beaver Falls, NY, is a 107 MW 1×1 combined cycle dual-fuel cogeneration power plant supplying steam to two adjacent paper mills; it also utilizes a Siemens V64.3 turbine, an Ansaldo Steam Turbine, a Deltak HRSG, and a Tempella Auxiliary Boiler.

Together, these plants are essential to the regional energy landscape, ensuring reliable power generation and supporting industrial operations in New York.

Your scope of responsibility as Plant Manager includes the following primary functions:

• Administer the plant’s safety, operations, maintenance, administrative, training, chemistry, and environmental compliance programs to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operation.
• Employ sound business principles, best practices, and prudent utility methods to enhance plant profitability.
• Manage and oversee both planned and unplanned plant outages, optimizing schedules to increase production efficiency, minimizing costs, and boost profitability.
• Administer project agreements, including the O&M, energy supply, service, and interconnection agreements, ensuring facility operations comply with these agreements.
• Develop and implement staffing, training, and qualification plans for all O&M phases, aligning personnel goals with facility objectives and the Owner’s expectations.
• Provide a safe working environment and promote a culture of safety awareness, actively ensuring the well-being of all plant personnel.
• Ensure compliance with all environmental permits, regulations, and agreements with neighboring landowners, and prepare and submit required environmental and regulatory reports.
• Control and manage plant expenditures through budgeting, forecasting, and cost accounting methods, establishing annual budgets in accordance with the O&M Agreement.
• Act as a liaison to the community and regulatory agencies, enhancing the plant’s image as a good neighbor and encouraging staff involvement in community activities.
• Provide hands-on support to Operations and Maintenance personnel, assisting in the evaluation of equipment issues and employing external resources as necessary to resolve technical and administrative problems.
• Provide leadership to all plant personnel, regularly reviewing plant policies and procedures to ensure they reflect current goals, operating requirements, and industry best practices.
• Complete special projects as required by senior management.
• Maintain dependable, reliable, and consistent attendance.

Job Qualifications

We are seeking a candidate who has extensive technical power plant and leadership experience with a work history that demonstrates a pattern of accomplishments and advancement.

• A Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or an equivalent qualification is preferred, highlighting a strong technical foundation.
• Prior experience as a Plant Manager at a combined cycle power plant is highly desirable, demonstrating advanced leadership and operational oversight.
• Proven experience supervising technical teams, supervisory staff, and hourly personnel, ensuring effective team management and development.
• Extensive experience in the business principles and operational practices of power-generating facilities, particularly those related to independent power producers.
• Demonstrated expertise in environmental management, budget development and control, organizational development, and contract administration, with a focus on compliance and efficiency.
• Strong leadership, motivational, and communication skills (both oral and written), with the ability to effectively engage at all organizational levels.
• A results-oriented problem solver, motivator, and team builder with a successful track record of managing change initiatives that improves the technical, human resources, business, and financial performance of the plant.
• Must always possess and maintain a valid motor vehicle operator’s license.