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Power Plant Operations Manager

at DTE Energy

📍 Stockton, CA, US Unknown 💰 $112K – $168K USD / year Posted April 16, 2026
Salary $112K – $168K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience lead
Education Not specified
Category Operations & Logistics

The Power Plant Operations Manager is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of a generating plant and direct supervision of the operations group. The role ensures daily equipment operation, maintains environmental compliance through permit implementation, and oversees maintenance management for a wood-fired stoker power plant.

  • Direct plant operations and supervise operating personnel to maintain generating requirements and plant efficiency
  • Manage daily operation of the facility to ensure environment and plant personnel are safe
  • Apply knowledge of environmental and compliance permits and how they are implemented in an operating plant
  • Provide leadership to the operations group under the general direction of the Assistant Plant Manager
  • Ensure results are achieved through set goals and adherence to policies, procedures, and practices

Oversees daily operations of generating equipment, ensuring generating requirements and plant efficiency are maintained. Applies operational knowledge of environmental and compliance permits and demonstrates maintenance management expertise for a wood-fired stoker power plant, with performance evaluated against established goals and adherence to operating procedures.

The ideal candidate is a power plant operations leader who can safely run daily operations and directly supervise the operations group under the Assistant Plant Manager. They have demonstrated maintenance management knowledge specific to a wood-fired stoker power plant and understand environmental and compliance permits and how they are implemented during operations. They focus on plant efficiency, safety, and meeting set operational goals.

safe and efficient operation and management of staff at the generating plantdirect supervision and leadership of the operations groupknowledge of all environmental and compliance permits and how they are implemented in an operating plantdemonstrated knowledge of the maintenance management function of a wood-fired stoker power plantmanaging the daily operation of generating equipment under the general direction of the Assistant Plant Manager
safe and efficient operation and management of staffdirect supervision and leadership of the operations groupdaily operation of generating equipmentknowledge of environmental and compliance permitsmaintenance management function of a wood-fired stoker power plantmanaging daily operation of the facilityensuring plant personnel safetymanaging generating requirementsplant efficiencyadherence to policies procedures and practices
safe and efficient operation of a generating plantdirect supervision of operations groupdaily operation of generating equipmentmanaging daily operation of the facilityenvironmental compliance permitsknowledge of how environmental and compliance permits are implemented in an operating plantmaintenance management function of a wood-fired stoker power plantensuring environment and plant personnel safetymanaging generating requirementsplant efficiency maintenanceadherence to policiesproceduresand practicesachievement of set goals
leadershipsupervision and coachingsafety-focused decision-makingcommunicationteam managementadherence to policies and procedures
Industry Energy
Job Function Lead power plant operations and supervise the operations team to ensure safe, efficient generating equipment performance.
Role Subtype Operations Manager
Power Plant Operations Managergenerating plantoperations groupAssistant Plant Managersafe and efficient operationgenerating equipmentplant personnel safetyenvironmental and compliance permitswood-fired stoker power plantmaintenance managementplant efficiencymanaging daily operationset goalspolicies procedures and practices

Must have demonstrated knowledge of the maintenance management function of a wood-fired stoker power plant, Requires knowledge of all environmental and compliance permits and how they are implemented in an operating plant

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