Plant Manager

The Tejas Power Generation Facility is a 247 MW simple-cycle gas-fired facility, featuring three LM6000 PC units totaling approximately 126 MW. It also includes a Siemens 501 D5 gas turbine with 121 MW capacity, equipped with automatic generation control (AGC), evaporative cooling, water injection for NOx control, and a selective catalytic reduction unit. Using Allen‑Bradley PLC controllers, the plant plays a critical role in supporting peak energy demands within the Houston Zone of ERCOT.

The Plant Manager plays a critical role in overseeing the safe, reliable, and cost‑effective operation of a 247 MW simple‑cycle gas‑fired electric generating facility, ensuring compliance with all agreements, regulations, and owner directives. This position provides decisive leadership to all plant personnel, managing employee selection, training, and qualification maintenance while upholding safety, environmental, and contractual obligations.

In addition, the Plant Manager serves as a key liaison between the facility, the community, and the industry, fostering positive relationships to enhance the plant's reputation and profitability. Charged with maximizing plant profitability, they implement strategic measures to optimize operational efficiency and financial performance, ensuring sustained success for both the organization and the broader community.

• Administer the plant's Safety, Operations, NERC Compliance, Maintenance, Administrative, Training, Chemistry, and Environmental QA/QC programs to ensure the plant operates safely, efficiently, and reliably.
• Implement training and qualification programs to ensure that all plant personnel understand and properly follow plant procedures.
• Direct the sourcing, screening, and hiring of new or replacement personnel as needed to maintain a skilled and capable workforce.
• Determine plant training objectives and employee development needs, collaborating with the plant management team to provide coaching, career counseling, and development opportunities.
• Verify that the certification status of operations and maintenance personnel is current and in compliance with all relevant standards.
• Maintain high levels of morale and motivation among plant personnel at all times.
• Ensure alignment between plant personnel and objectives with client requirements to achieve seamless operations.
• Manage and oversee the planning, budgeting, contracting, and execution of planned and unplanned plant outages to optimize production, minimize costs, and enhance plant profitability.
• Apply sound business principles, best practices, and prudent utility techniques to maximize plant profitability.
• Direct or perform all commercial activities, including budgeting, procurement, administration of major plant contracts (e.g., power sales, fuel purchase, long‑term service agreements), and plant‑level financial reporting.
• Oversee the preparation of required client and utility reports, budgets, environmental compliance reports, and other documentation to ensure regulatory and contractual compliance.
• Promote and enhance the plant's image as a responsible community member, encouraging plant staff involvement in community activities.
• Conduct periodic reviews of plant policies and procedures to ensure they reflect current operating requirements and best practices.
• Carry out and complete additional special projects and tasks as needed.

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.

The Plant Manager reports to the Operations Director and supervises the plant personnel. The Plant Manager is the single point of contact between NAES Corporation and the Owner on all matters pertaining to the operation and maintenance of the plants.