Maintenance Manager

About ContourGlobal

ContourGlobal, a KKR Company, led by CEO Antonio Cammisecra, is an established Independent Power Producer (IPP) developing, acquiring, and operating electricity generation and storage assets worldwide. The company currently manages 5.3 GW of installed capacity across different power generation technologies and asset categories, with an additional 1 GW of renewables under construction and a further 9.8 GW under development.

The operational footprint of the company extends to 18 countries across Europe, Africa, Asia, North and South America. The company has committed to speed up the decarbonization of its portfolio with a sustainable transition of its thermal fleet, the repowering of existing renewable assets and the organic development of new renewable projects. ContourGlobal boasts 20 years of strong collaboration with communities, institutions, and customers that benefit from its electricity supply through long-term contracts or innovative PPAs, coupled with energy management solutions.

 

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Maintenance Manager

Hobbs, NM

Job Summary:

As Maintenance Manager, you will join our Operations team at the ContourGlobal Hobbs Generating Station. In this role, you will report to the Plant Manager and lead all maintenance activities at our 604-MW, 2x1 combined-cycle gas-turbine (CCGT) facility in Hobbs, New Mexico. The plant is equipped with two Mitsubishi M501F gas turbines, a GE D11 reheat steam turbine, and two heat-recovery steam generators (HRSGs), delivering firm capacity to Xcel Energy under a long-term power purchase agreement. You will own the plant’s preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs—driving asset reliability, regulatory compliance, and safe execution of routine work and major outages. This role balances hands-on technical leadership with the planning, budgeting, and team development required to keep a high-availability merchant asset performing at the top of its class.

Key Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for:

Maintenance Program Leadership

• Direct the plant’s preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs across gas turbines, steam turbine, HRSGs, generators, balance-of-plant (BOP) rotating equipment, switchyard, and DCS controls, in line with OEM recommendations and EPRI/ASME/NERC best practices.
• Build and maintain long-range maintenance plans aligned with Mitsubishi M501F combustor inspection (CI), hot-gas-path inspection (HGPI), and major inspection (MI) intervals, GE D11 steam-turbine overhaul cycles, and HRSG inspection schedules.
• Own the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), ensuring accurate equipment hierarchy, work-order quality, PM compliance, spare-parts inventory, and reliable maintenance history records.
• Develop and execute the annual maintenance O&M and minor-capital budgets, controlling labor, contractor, and spare-parts spend to within ±3% of plan.

Outage Planning & Execution

• Plan, schedule, and execute scheduled outages and major inspections on gas turbines, steam turbine, generators, and HRSGs—coordinating OEM service teams (Mitsubishi Power, GE Vernova), specialty contractors, and internal crews against an integrated critical-path schedule.
• Lead outage work-scope reviews, long-lead parts procurement, contractor mobilization, and quality holds; manage LTSA/CSA service agreements, warranty claims, and contractor performance.
• Drive root-cause analysis (RCA/RCFA) on forced outages and equipment failures, implementing durable corrective actions to improve Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) and reduce Equivalent Forced Outage Rate (EFOR).

Safety, Environmental & Regulatory Compliance

• Champion the plant’s safety culture by enforcing Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), confined space, hot work, fall protection, NFPA 70E electrical safety, and other OSHA programs across all maintenance activities; target zero recordable injuries (TRIR) and zero Lost Time Incidents.
• Ensure compliance with EPA, NMED, and other federal/state environmental permits—including Title V air permits—through disciplined maintenance of emissions-critical equipment (DLN combustors, SCR/CO catalysts, CEMS).
• Maintain NERC reliability compliance (PRC, MOD, FAC standards) for testing and maintenance of generators, protection systems, and primary plant equipment; support regulatory audits, EHS reporting, and incident investigations.

Team Leadership & Performance Management

• Lead a team of 10–20 maintenance professionals (mechanical, electrical, and I&C technicians, planner/schedulers, and front-line supervisors); re