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Manager, Coal Plant Operations/Maintenance

LCRA
LCRA Salary
La Grange, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 4/18/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/17/2026
Here's The Role

Do you thrive with leading safe, reliable coal-fired power plant operations? If so, we are seeking to find a Coal Plant Operations/Maintenance Manger to oversee maintenance, engineering, and outage planning. In this role, you will set strategic priorities, oversee the hiring process, maintain performance management, and foster a culture rooted in safety and compliance. A successful candidate would have the ability to manage budgets, outage schedules, and environmental performance. As a key plant operations leader, you will build strong rapport and maintain consistent operational excellence!

How You’ll Contribute

  • Drive team success by recruiting, mentoring, and fostering a supportive environment that address employee needs and ensure transparency in communication.
  • Maintain and enforce plant safety and environmental programs to ensure regulatory compliance.
  • Provide technical expertise to streamline scheduling, planning, quality assurance, and project completion for critical outrages.
  • Strategize and execute comprehensive scopes of work, budgets, and schedules forced maintenance and planned outages.
  • Administer company policies and procedures with consistency and care.
  • Build collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders to support the overarching goals of the facility.

How You’re Qualified

  • Nine or more years of experience in power plant operations, maintenance, engineering, work management, planning, business support, environmental services or construction or other relevant experience, including three or more years' experience preparing and managing budgets and supervising employees.
  • A degree(s) in power generation, engineering, business, science, math or relevant field may be substituted per LCRA guidelines for certain years of experience.

How You’ll Stand Out

  • Proficient in streamlining operations and managing schedules.
  • Experience operating within a high-volume industrial environment.
  • Experience in cultivating a high-performing team that fosters a culture of ownership.

How We’ll Support You

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Equal Opportunity Employer

  • LCRA provides equal employment opportunities and a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at LCRA are based on business need, job requirement and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veteran status in accordance with applicable federal and state legal requirements governing nondiscrimination in employment.
  • LCRA is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can contact LCRA Human Resources (512) 578-4004 or email lcra.benefits@lcra.org. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

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