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# Operations & Maintenance [O&M] Manager at Antora Energy

- **Company:** Antora Energy
- **Location:** Pratt, KS
- **Posted:** 2026-08-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/antora/jobs/6161963004

## Job description

Antora Energy delivers affordable, reliable energy to industry, data centers, and the grid. Our thermal batteries turn low-cost electricity into always-on heat and power, without supply-constrained critical minerals or multi-year construction timelines.

We are growing our company with people who put team and mission first, value connection through laughter and joy, and work with humility and openness. We are committed to building a diverse, passionate, and creative team dedicated to a future powered by abundant, clean, low-cost energy.

## About The Role

The Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Manager is responsible for the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of Antora Energy’s thermal energy storage facilities.  This hands-on leadership role oversees daily plant operations, maintenance activities, contractor management, and continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring compliance with all safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.

The O&M Manager will lead field personnel responsible for operating and maintaining high-temperature thermal energy storage systems, electrical distribution equipment, process systems, rotating equipment, instrumentation, and controls.  This position plays a critical role in achieving facility performance, reliability, and availability targets.

This role will be located onsite full time in our Pratt, Kansas location.

## What You'll Do

Safety Leadership

- Champion Antora’s safety culture by modeling safe work behaviors and holding team members accountable.
- Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations, NFPA standards, environmental regulations, and company safety policies.
- Lead pre-job briefings, and safe work processes.
- Conduct routine safety observations, audits, and incident investigations.
- Promote Human and Organizational Performance principles throughout operations.

Operations Management

- Oversee daily plant operations to maximize system reliability and availability.
- Monitor plant performance using SCADA and operational data systems.
- Coordinate startup, shutdown, commissioning, and normal operating activities.
- Develop and implement standard operating staffing.
- Respond to plant emergencies and abnormal operating conditions.
- Being the champion of Antora’s LOTO policy and ensuring compliance.
- Other duties as assigned.

Maintenance Management

- Develop preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs.
- Manage maintenance planning and scheduling through the CMMS.
- Prioritize work orders based on operational risk and equipment criticality.
- Coordinate outages and major maintenance activities.
- Drive continuous improvements in equipment reliability.

Leadership

- Supervise Operations and Maintenance Supervisors.
- Assist with recruiting, training and development of field personnel.
- Conduct performance evaluations and coaching sessions.
- Forster a collaborative, high-performing team environment.
- Promote accountability and professional development.

Contractor Management

- Coordinate contractors and service providers.
- Verify contractor compliance with site safety requirements.
- Review contractor work quality and performance.
- Manager contractor schedules and budgets.

Compliance

- Maintain regulatory compliance documentation.
- Support environmental reporting requirements.
- Ensure permits, inspections, and certifications remain current.
- Participate in internal and external audits.

Budget & Planning

- Work closely with the Site Manager to help develop annual maintenance and operation budgets.
- Monitor operating and maintenance expenses.
- Manager spare parts inventory.
- Forecast maintenance resource needs.
- Support capital improvements planning.

## What We're Looking For

Required Experience

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of industrial operations and maintenance experience.
- 3+ years of supervisory or management experience.
- Experience operating industrial process facilities, power generation, manufacturing, or energy facilities.
- Strong understanding of electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, and process systems.
- Experience using CMMS software.
- Knowledge of OSHA regulations and industrial safety practices.
- Ability to read P&IDs, electrical drawings, and technical documentation.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Ability to travel to project sites as required and work days, nights, weekends and on-call as needed.

## Preferred

- Experience with energy storage systems.
- Power generation or utility operations experience.
- High-voltage electrical systems experience.
- PLC, DCS, or SCADA operational knowledge.
- Predictive maintenance experience.

Technical Skills

- Industrial electrical systems
- High-temperature process equipment
- Mechanical systems
- Pumps, motors, compressors, and rotating equipment
- Instrumentation and controls
- PLCs and SCADA systems
- CMMS software
- Google workspace
- Familiarity with artificial intelligence programs

Leadership Competencies

- Safety leadership
- Decision-making under pressure
- Team development
- Conflict resolution
- Communication
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Planning and organization
- Accountability
- Continuous improvement mindset

Physical Requirements

- Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions.
- Ability to climb ladders.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to wear required PPE.
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods.
- Ability to work around industrial equipment and elevated temperatures.
- Ability to respond to emergencies outside normal business hours.

Work Environment

This position is primarily field based and requires regular presence at Antora Energy operation facilities.  The role includes working in industrial environments around energized electrical equipment, high-temperature thermal systems, construction activities, and rotating machinery. Antora Energy is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.  We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply

Work Location: Pratt, Kansas USA

Salary Range: $126-152k USD

Salary Basis:

Please note that the salary range listed above reflects Antora Energy's estimated pay for this position. The actual salary offered will be within the posted range and determined based on several factors including but not limited to a candidate's experiences, credentials and expertise, as they pertain to the position's requirements.

In addition to a competitive base salary, Antora Energy’s Total Rewards program includes equity compensation in the form of stock options, a premium health benefits package with life and disability insurance, a 401K plan with employer contributions, flexible spending accounts, and an industry leading paid-time-off policy that features flexible and inclusive holiday observance, as well as paid volunteer time off. https://diversityjobs.com/employer/top-diversity-employers?utm_campaign=TopEmployer&utm_medium=badge  When it comes to stopping climate change, we need everyone. We believe that having a diversity of backgrounds and experiences strengthens all of us, and we strive to create an environment where every one of us is empowered to create meaningful change.

## About Antora Energy

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Antora Energy manufactures and deploys modular thermal batteries that convert low-cost, intermittent clean electricity into reliable, always-on heat and power for global industrial facilities and data centers.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: San Jose, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Justin Briggs, Andrew Ponec, David Bierman

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Renewable Energy Power Generation, Thermal Energy Storage, Industrial Decarbonization
- **Target customers**: Large-scale industrial energy users (biofuels, refining, pulp & paper, steel & iron, chemicals, mining, concrete & lime, food & beverage) and data center operators (B2B, Enterprise).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “We are here to power global industry with clean energy.” The company aims to make cheap, clean energy the standard that powers global industry.

## Products & Services
- **Thermal Battery System**: A modular, factory-built energy storage system that uses solid carbon (one of the safest, most stable materials on earth) to store surplus clean electricity as heat. It delivers always-on heat and power for industrial operations, scales from megawatts to gigawatts, and is designed for low cost, rapid deployment, and massive scale.
- **Project Big Stone**: One of the largest battery storage systems in the world, deployed in under 12 months for POET, the world’s largest biofuels producer. It delivers affordable, reliable energy and serves as a proof-of-concept for the company’s giga-scale deployment model.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$220.0M** across 10 rounds, including a $150M Series B led by Decarbonization Partners (Feb 2024). Annual revenue estimated at **$7.7M**.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Decarbonization Partners, National Science Foundation, California Energy Commission. Key partner: POET (biofuels).
- **Growth Signals**: 197 employees (+36.6% YoY), 31,700 LinkedIn followers (+42.9% YoY), active job postings up 140% YoY. The company is building gigawatt-hours of thermal batteries annually at its U.S. factory and has a presence in Spain.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary Technology**: Uses solid carbon thermal storage—a simple, safe, and low-cost material—to provide both heat and power, differentiating from chemical battery or molten salt solutions.
- **Modular & Factory-Built**: Modules are manufactured in a U.S. factory, enabling rapid deployment, seamless integration, and operational redundancy at any scale.
- **Speed to Market**: Project Big Stone advanced from an empty lot to energy delivery in under 12 months, demonstrating a fast deployment model that can be replicated globally.
- **Multi-day Storage**: Provides reliable energy for industrial operations where downtime is not an option, solving the intermittency problem of renewables.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale and Replicate**: Replicating the Project Big Stone model at factories and data centers across the U.S. and globally.
- **Giga-scale Manufacturing**: Expanding factory capacity to produce gigawatt-hours of thermal batteries each year, with a focus on American manufacturing.
- **Market Expansion**: Targeting hard-to-abate industrial sectors (steel, cement, chemicals) and data centers, while expanding internationally (e.g., Spain).
- **Cost Leadership**: Driving down costs to make cheap, clean energy the standard for global industry.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Work**: The company’s north star is to power global industry with clean energy, offering employees a chance to work on one of the most urgent climate challenges.
- **Culture**: Values include “Build with Humility & Openness,” “Team & Mission First,” and “Joy & Laughter Connect Us.” The company emphasizes kindness, collaboration, and learning from setbacks.
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid/remote-friendly with “Home Week” each quarter to bring in-person and remote team members together. Offices in San Jose, CA; Big Stone City, SD; and remote roles in the U.S.
- **Benefits**: Competitive salary, stock options, 401k match, 16 weeks paid parental leave, comprehensive medical/vision/dental, HSA with employer contribution, subsidized backup childcare/senior care/petcare, mental health support, on-site gym, healthy snacks, and volunteer time off.
- **Engineering & Impact**: Teams work on cutting-edge thermal storage, manufacturing, and field engineering. The company is growing fast (36% headcount growth) and offers the chance to shape a new industry.

## Sources
1. [antora.com](https://www.antora.com/)
2. [antora.com/company](https://www.antora.com/company)
3. [antora.com/careers](https://www.antora.com/careers)
4. [linkedin.com/company/antora-energy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/antora-energy)
5. [cbinsights.com/company/antora-energy](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/antora-energy)

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