Maintenance Manager

Position Summary

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading all maintenance activities at Hobbs Generating Station, ensuring the safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of the facility. This position directs the planning, scheduling, execution, and continuous improvement of maintenance programs for power generation equipment and balance-of-plant systems. The Maintenance Manager provides leadership to maintenance personnel and contractors while supporting plant performance, environmental compliance, and operational excellence objectives.

The successful candidate will promote a strong safety culture, drive equipment reliability initiatives, manage maintenance budgets, and ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.

• Champion a culture of safety and environmental stewardship.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable OSHA, EPA, state, and company safety requirements.
• Lead incident investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective action programs.
• Conduct safety observations, audits, and field inspections.

• Direct all preventive, predictive, corrective, and outage maintenance activities.
• Develop and execute long-term equipment reliability and asset management strategies.
• Oversee maintenance planning and scheduling processes to maximize plant availability.
• Ensure proper maintenance and repair of turbines, generators, electrical systems, instrumentation and controls, auxiliary equipment, and balance-of-plant systems.
• Establish maintenance priorities based on operational needs and equipment criticality.

• Monitor plant equipment performance and reliability metrics.
• Lead root cause failure analyses and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Utilize predictive maintenance technologies and condition monitoring tools.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reliability, efficiency, and cost reduction.

• Supervise maintenance supervisors, technicians, planners, and contractors.
• Provide coaching, performance management, and professional development opportunities.
• Support workforce planning, recruitment, and succession planning efforts.
• Foster teamwork and collaboration between operations, maintenance, engineering, and management personnel.

• Develop and manage annual maintenance budgets and capital improvement plans.
• Control maintenance expenditures while maintaining high reliability standards.
• Manage vendor relationships, service agreements, and contractor performance.
• Support procurement activities for maintenance materials, equipment, and services.

• Lead major maintenance outages, inspections, and capital projects.
• Coordinate outage schedules, staffing, materials, and contractor resources.
• Ensure outages are completed safely, on schedule, and within budget.
• Conduct post-outage reviews to identify lessons learned and improvement opportunities.

• Ensure maintenance activities comply with applicable permits, regulations, and company standards.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, procedures, and equipment histories.
• Support regulatory inspections and audits.
• Ensure effective utilization of the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 7–10 years of power plant, industrial manufacturing, or energy facility maintenance experience.
• Minimum of 3–5 years of supervisory or management experience.
• Experience managing maintenance programs in a power generation environment.
• Knowledge of rotating equipment, electrical systems, instrumentation and controls, and reliability-centered maintenance practices.
• Experience with CMMS platforms such as SAP, Maximo, or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of OSHA regulations, safety management systems, and environmental compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated leadership, organizational, and project…