Maintenance Manager

Title: Maintenance Manager

Position Type: Contract

Location: Louisiana

Key Project Requirements:

• Experience improving maintenance programs, work management, and outage readiness within power generation facilities
• Strong background with CMMS platforms, PM optimization, planning/scheduling, and maintenance system development
• Ability to mentor plant maintenance leadership and help transition a newly commissioned facility into stable long-term operations

Job Summary:

NAES is supporting a combined-cycle power plant seeking a Maintenance Manager to help strengthen maintenance systems, improve outage readiness, and establish sustainable work management practices following commercial operation. The ideal candidate will bring a strong maintenance and reliability background within power generation and experience supporting PM optimization, CMMS improvement, planning/scheduling, and maintenance process development.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Evaluate existing maintenance programs, work management practices, and CMMS structure to identify gaps and improvement opportunities
• Support optimization of preventive maintenance (PM) programs, equipment hierarchies, and maintenance workflows
• Assist with planning, scheduling, and outage readiness activities in preparation for upcoming outages
• Mentor and support plant maintenance leadership, planners, and maintenance personnel
• Improve maintenance planning discipline, backlog management, and coordination between maintenance and operations teams
• Support development and standardization of maintenance procedures, job plans, and best practices
• Provide recommendations to improve plant reliability, maintenance effectiveness, and long-term operational readiness
• Work collaboratively with plant leadership to help establish sustainable maintenance processes and organizational structure

Job Requirements:

• Strong maintenance and reliability experience within combined-cycle, gas turbine, or other power generation facilities
• Experience with CMMS platforms such as SAP, Maximo, JD Edwards, or similar systems
• Knowledge of PM optimization, work management, planning/scheduling, and outage readiness processes
• Experience supporting newly commissioned facilities, plant startups, or post-COD operational transitions preferred
• Ability to assess maintenance processes and implement practical improvements within an operating facility

Education / Experience:

• 10+ years of maintenance, reliability, or plant operations leadership experience within power generation facilities preferred
• Combined-cycle, gas turbine, or utility power plant experience strongly preferred
• Prior experience in maintenance leadership, reliability engineering, outage management, or work management roles preferred