Outage Manager, Coal & Gas Fired Boilers

Vistra Corp.

Outage Manager overseeing maintenance and scheduling for Coal and Gas Fired Boiler Plants. Ensuring environmental compliance and safety at fossil power production facilities.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeIrving • Illinois, Ohio, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide outage management support for major projects and scheduled outages at each of the Coal and Gas Fired Boiler Plants
Serve as Outage Manager for all scheduled outages at assigned plant(s)
Planning and execution of non-scheduled outages will be managed and executed by the plant Maintenance staff
Provide supplementary Construction Management support for outages at other plants, as available and with concurrence from management of normally assigned plant(s)
Ensure execution of project/outage activities meet the desired objectives of cost, schedule, quality, craft health and safety, and environmental compliance in accordance with the Vistra Outage Playbook

Requirements

What you’ll need

High school diploma/GED equivalent required
5+ years experience in the management of unit outages for maintenance and repair of fossil power production equipment
15 to 20 years of experience in the maintenance and repair of fossil power production equipment
Knowledge of fossil power plant equipment disassembly/reassembly techniques, particularly steam turbine, combustion turbine, and boiler components
Experience in interfacing with contract craft personnel and equipment manufacturer field representatives
Working knowledge of fossil power plant operations, work processes, RCM diagnostic tools/techniques, and personnel
Working knowledge of safety, health, and environmental requirements in fossil power plants
Experience with directing multiple large projects concurrently
Experience with critical path schedules and working knowledge of scheduling software
Experience with detailed cost tracking, cost projections, and budgeting
Experience with detailed planning, scheduling, work order development, and other work process controls

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

outage managementmaintenance and repairfossil power production equipmentdisassembly techniquesreassembly techniquessteam turbinecombustion turbineboiler componentsscheduling softwarecost tracking

Soft Skills

project managementplanningexecutioninterfacingdirecting multiple projectscommunicationleadershiporganizational skillsproblem-solvingteam collaboration

Certifications

high school diplomaGED equivalent