Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

Frontera Energy Center is a 525 MW combined cycle power facility located in Mission, Texas, approximately two miles north of the Rio Grande River along the United States–Mexico border. The facility is equipped with two GE 7FA combustion turbines, two unfired Nooter/Eriksen heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs), and an Alstom reheat steam turbine. This combined cycle configuration provides efficient and reliable power generation to support regional energy needs.

Opportunity Summary

The Maintenance Manager will lead maintenance personnel at Frontera Energy Center, ensuring safe and efficient execution of maintenance and repair activities in support of combined cycle plant operations. This role manages preventive and predictive maintenance programs, coordinates projects, and works with contractors to support reliable operation of the plant's GE 7FA combustion turbines, HRSGs, and steam turbine systems. Responsibilities also include budgeting, workforce development, work management, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance plant reliability and performance.

Your scope of responsibility as Maintenance Manager will include the following primary functions:

• Provide leadership for the plant maintenance function, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient operation of combined cycle equipment while managing personnel, maintenance programs, projects, and regulatory compliance.
• Supervise maintenance personnel to ensure repair and maintenance activities are performed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with company procedures and station maintenance standards.
• Support workforce development by assisting with recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and training to maintain a skilled and properly staffed maintenance organization.
• Promote and maintain a strong safety culture by fostering a safe work environment, supporting safety initiatives, maintaining records, and ensuring adherence to the Plant Safety Manual.
• Manage the plant's preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs to support equipment reliability and timely completion of scheduled work.
• Analyze equipment failures and maintenance trends involving combustion turbines, HRSGs, steam turbine systems, and balance-of-plant equipment to improve reliability and reduce unplanned outages.
• Serve as project manager for maintenance projects by coordinating schedules, resources, and technical activities to ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and on schedule.
• Develop and manage contracts, scopes of work, budgets, and schedules for internal and external maintenance resources to support effective project execution and cost control.
• Prepare task lists, schedules, and work packages for plant and contractor personnel during normal operations, planned outages, and forced outage events.
• Ensure required parts, tools, materials, and services are available to support maintenance activities and outage execution.
• Review, track, and maintain work orders in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to ensure accuracy, completeness, and proper equipment history documentation.
• Administer and support the plant's Management of Change (MOC) process to ensure equipment, system, and procedural changes are properly reviewed, documented, and implemented.
• Continuously evaluate maintenance plans, procedures, and schedules to identify opportunities to improve equipment performance, work quality, and plant availability.
• Collaborate with plant departments, operations personnel, and the station's NERC coordinator to support maintenance planning, regulatory compliance, and accurate documentation.
• Maintain maintenance manuals, vendor documentation, inventory records, and warehouse materials while supporting plant policies, long-range planning, and positive community engagement.
• Complete additional special projects as assigned by the Plant Manager.

NAES Safe

Safety is a core value at NAES, and as a condition of employment, all employees are expected to remain mentally alert and work safely at all times. All NAES managers and supervisors have a direct and important role in ensuring that all work is performed in a healthy and safe manner. Effectiveness in carrying out this responsibility is part of the evaluation of each Supervisor's performance.

Working Relationships

The Maintenance Manager reports to the Plant Manager and supervises subordinate maintenance personnel. The Maintenance Manager coordinates with the Operations Manager, Compliance Manager, Plant Engineer, and Plant Administrator as needed in the daily operation of the plant.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

Physical requirements include standing for extended periods of time, climbing stairs and ladders, working from elevated platforms and walkways at varying heights, and routinely lifting up to 50 pounds.

Power plant environment that may involve entering confined spaces, crawling through narrow areas, and handling hazardous materials, with exposure to fumes, extreme temperatures, and noise. Work may…