Plant Manager

About the Role

Acwa is seeking a Plant Manager to provide overall leadership and direction for plant operations in Saudi Arabia. This full-time role is responsible for ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient operations and maintenance, optimizing resource utilization, and achieving production and performance targets. The Plant Manager will be accountable for the plant’s operational, financial, contractual, people, HSE, IMS, supply chain, and stakeholder performance, while ensuring compliance with company standards and contractual obligations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement plant strategy and operational plans in alignment with the company’s O&M strategy, monitoring plant performance and providing comprehensive operational, financial, manpower, and performance reporting to senior management and the Board.
• Lead overall operations and maintenance functions, production planning, plant availability, operating efficiency, technical performance, and resolution of operational and maintenance issues to achieve approved production targets.
• Manage the plant operating budget and financial performance, including cost control, productivity, resource optimization, profitability, and compliance with project financial and contractual obligations.
• Lead workforce planning and people management, including recruitment, performance management, objective setting, talent development, coaching, mentoring, and succession planning to maintain a competent and motivated plant organization.
• Provide technical and operational direction on plant performance, root cause analysis, investigations, risk areas, major and minor plant changes, and reliability improvement initiatives, ensuring appropriate actions are implemented.
• Oversee supply chain and contractor activities, including inventory requirements, purchase requisitions and orders, strategic spares, materials, services, equipment, manpower, and contractor performance in accordance with approved authority and HSSE requirements.
• Ensure effective implementation and compliance of SAP processes, IMS objectives and programs, HSE requirements, applicable legislation, policies, procedures, controls, audits, and corrective actions across the plant.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with the Project Company, Board, shareholders, OEMs, contractors, vendors, local authorities, auditors, and other stakeholders, while driving continuous improvement, operational excellence, and technological advancements.

Experience and Qualifications

Candidates should possess a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in plant management or a similar leadership role within the industry.

Work Environment

This is a site-based role located at a remote power plant.