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Wartsila Energy leads the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future. We help our partners to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys through our market-leading technologies and power system modelling expertise. These cover decarbonisation services, future-fuel enabled balancing power plants, hybrid solutions, energy storage and optimisation technology, including the GEMS Digital Energy Platform.

Did you know Wartsila has delivered 79 GW of power plant capacity and more than 130 energy storage installations in 180 countries around the world?

In this fast changing world of energy, we are constantly on the lookout for future-oriented talent to join our team and to work towards enabling sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services - together. Want to join the ride?

Plant Manager

We are looking for a Plant Manager to join our Power Plant team in Pecos, Texas.

What will you be doing

As a Plant Manager, you will be accountable to plan and manage plant activities and lead the team at the plant to ensure customer satisfaction and to reach set contractual quality, financial, cost and time targets.

The ideal candidate for this position will have at least 5 years of experience managing power plant operations and maintenance, strong team leadership abilities and excellent customer relationship management skills.

As a Plant Manager, you will focus on these responsibilities:

• Plan, lead and manage agreement management team, tasks, operation and maintenance activities
• Ensure customer satisfaction and to reach set contractual quality, financial, cost, EHS and time targets.
• Primary point of contact for Customer at site, ensuring excellent communication and coordination
• Ensure that the Agreement manager is adequately and timely informed on Customer expectations, requirements, risks & opportunities.
• Continuously focus on how to create value for customers business
• Acting as a Wartsila Ambassador, creating team spirit with direct and indirect stakeholders to create good communication, harmony, and cooperation.

To be successful in this role, we expect you to have:

• 5-10 years' experience in power plant operation and maintenance
• Strong Leadership skills, with a proven track record of leading a team to achieve corporate objectives
• Excellent communication and customer relationship management skills
• Mature Quality and Health & Safety mindset

Why you and us

You will be a part of a global organization with local presence and work in an exciting and dynamic working environment with highly motivated and skilled co-workers. We offer interesting and challenging work tasks, as well as personal and professional development in a great team. 

If you feel excited by being a part of this working environment and think your personal skills and qualities match the job requirements, we look forward to receiving your job application.

Last application date: 02/09/2026 

Candidates for regular U.S and Puerto Rico positions must be a U.S. citizen, national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee with valid work permit or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255a(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H1B, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Individuals hired for positions that require on-site customer interactions and/or in-person travel may be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or other country-specific vaccinations, unless otherwise prohibited by law.Wartsila North America values our employees. We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Wartsila North America is an EOE/AA employer.

At Wartsila we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities.Effective January 2025, Wartsila companies in the USA have implemented a new hybrid work model. Most employees who live within 40 miles of an office will work 2 days per week in office. This model will provide our employees the flexibility of working from home, while also providing the benefits of in-person collaboration twice a week. We will be happy to provide more information during your interview process. 

Please note that according to Wartsila policy, voluntary consent for a security check may be required from candidates being considered for this position, depending on the applicable country.

This is Wartsila Wartsila is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 18,300 professionals, in more than 230 locations in 77 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com.