Plant Manager

Overview

IHI Power Services Corp, 8755 Enterprise Drive, Jamestown, California, United States of America

Posted Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Joining IHI Power Services Corporation (IPSC) means you’ll be joining a team in which employees are recognized as the backbone of the company. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes a 401K and provides a range of benefit options covering your wellness needs.

At IHI, Diversity, Respect, and Inclusion are not simply initiatives, they are a commitment from the entire organization, treating everyone with respect, valuing people’s differences, and empowering everyone to have a voice.

IPSC provides operations, maintenance, management, and power support services to the US Power Generation Industry across the United States. Our team is comprised of experts from diverse backgrounds of technical fields, including power operations, engineering, asset management, as well as finance, human resources, administration, safety and environmental. With this diverse background coupled with extensive years of employee experience, IPSC provides exceptional operations, maintenance, management, and development expertise to a variety of power assets.

Job Description

IHI Power Services Corp. (IPSC) has a career opportunity for a Plant Manager at the Pacific Ultra power Chinese Station power plant located in Jamestown, California. Pacific Ultra power Chinese Station is a biomass facility utilizing a Bubbling Fluidized Bed (BFB) boiler to generate approximately 18 net megawatts of base load renewable power. The salary range for this position is $175K - $195K annually, based on experience.

The Plant Manager is responsible for directing all Operations, Maintenance (O&M), Reliability, and Compliance activities at the facility. The Plant Manager ensures the plant is operated safely, reliably, and in full compliance with applicable safety, environmental, regulatory, and NERC requirements. The Plant Manager is accountable for both short-term performance and long-term asset stewardship, aligning day-to-day decisions with the Owner's strategic objectives.

• Ensure all plant personnel and plant objectives are aligned with client and Owner requirements. Administer and ensure compliance with plant Safety, Operations, NERC, Maintenance, Training, Chemistry, and Environmental QA/QC programs.
• Manage and oversee planned and unplanned plant outages.
• Establish and maintain a plant-wide asset reliability and risk management program, including identification and mitigation of single points of failure across generation, electrical systems, balance-of-plant, fuel handling, and interconnection facilities.
• Lead or oversee critical equipment risk assessments, failure mode reviews, and post-event root cause analyses.
• Implement, maintain, and continuously improve the use of a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to manage preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, work orders, spare parts, asset history, and maintenance backlog.
• Utilize CMMS and operating data to support condition-based maintenance, prioritization of maintenance activities, and informed capital and major maintenance planning decisions.
• Support long-term asset management and life-cycle planning to protect asset value and improve reliability.

• Provide technical and operational input to Owner decisions regarding plant reliability, operating risk, regulatory exposure, and cost-benefit tradeoffs.
• Ensure corrective actions from incidents, audits, and near-misses are tracked to completion. Implement training and qualification programs to ensure plant personnel are fully qualified.
• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop plant personnel; maintain high morale and performance standards.
• Develop succession plans for key plant positions.
• Oversee preparation of required internal, client, utility, environmental, and regulatory reports.
• Serve as the single point of contact between IPSC and the Owner on all matters related to plant operations and maintenance.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

• Education – An equivalent combination of education, training and…