Cycle Manager

Talen Energy; Berwick (Columbia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cycle Manager at Talen Energy in Berwick, PA leads scheduling across operations to ensure safe, efficient execution of the station's long-term and near-term plans.

You will manage surveillance, maintenance, and readiness work, coach a scheduling team, and coordinate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and external stakeholders to optimize performance.

Qualifications

• Pennsylvania driver’s license required.
• Senior Reactor Operator or equivalent nuclear experience preferred.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead cycle scheduling to balance risk, resources, and station priorities.
• Oversee surveillance, preventive maintenance, and seasonal readiness in the schedule.
• Screen work orders, prioritize tasks, and manage backlog with stakeholders.
• Develop and improve work management procedures and training materials.

Skills

Nuclear plant operations

Leadership

Schedule management

Risk assessment

Cross-functional coordination

Communication skills

Education

BS/BE or equivalent

Tools

Oracle

NIMS

Syntempo

QLIK

ActionWay

DLAP

Job description

Berwick, PA

Full time

R0004095

The Cycle Manager is responsible for safe, effective, and risk-informed development, maintenance, and execution readiness of the integrated station schedule across all modes of operation. The position maintains the long-term rolling station schedule, integrates routine work such as surveillances, preventive and repetitive maintenance, corrective and elective work, modifications, predictive maintenance, seasonal readiness items, and clearance-dependent activities, and ensures work is properly prepared for successful execution.

The Cycle Manager controls schedule scope and risk from long-range development of the online schedule through near-term turnover to the Work Week Manager, ensuring work is appropriately challenged, prioritized, coded, resourced, and aligned with station risk, plant availability, equipment reliability, radiation exposure, equipment availability, qualification needs, and resource availability. The role leads the Cycle Scheduling team and facilitates cross-functional alignment with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Work Week Managers, Outage, Supply Chain/Materials, Performance Improvement, Station Leadership, and External Stakeholders.

The Cycle Manager facilitates work-order screening and schedule-of-opportunities processes, oversees schedule-related corrective-action and performance inputs, and provides training and coaching to strengthen station ownership of the work management process. The Cycle Manager serves as a primary alternate for the Online Manager as assigned, and supports emergency plan positions, outage roles, and additional functions as assigned.

Schedule Development, Control, and Risk Management

• Maintain the long-term rolling station schedule that provides the backbone for integrated station schedule development and routine work execution.

• Manage work schedule health, including surveillances, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, modifications, corrective and elective work, seasonal readiness scope, and other station commitments.

• Control schedule scope changes from long-range development through execution handoff, including T-26 through T-10 schedule windows.

• Balance station risk, divisional weeks, equipment availability, resource loading, clearances, operational windows, qualifications, and work-release decisions to support safe and efficient execution.

Routine Work, Surveillance, and Seasonal Readiness

• Own and facilitate the station Surveillance program and ensure surveillance, preventive, repetitive, and routine activities are incorporated into the schedule and ready for execution.

• Lead the seasonal readiness scheduling process, including incorporation and coding of winter preparedness and other seasonal commitments prior to required completion dates.

• Maintain schedule-of-opportunities processes to identify windows for opportunistic work, bundled scope, resource leveling, and improved station productivity.

• Coordinate with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, System Engineering, Electrical, Finance/Business, and other stakeholders to align identified work with execution windows and station priorities.

Work Screening, Prioritization, and Backlog Management

• Own or support work order screening, initial prioritization, deficiency coding, and schedule impact evaluation to ensure work is appropriately challenged before inclusion in the schedule.

• Support CAP and ActionWay disposition, action assignment, closure review, and CR/AR screening to ensure schedule-related corrective actions are timely, assigned, and aligned with station expectations.

• Manage and report work order backlog performance, identify adverse trends, and drive backlog reduction strategies with line organizations.

Performance Assessment, Reporting, and Continuous Improvement

• Own or support recurring performance inputs and assessments associated with online work management, including T+1 reports, T-5/T-2 oversight, PIC data, INPO inputs, and station performance dashboards.

• Use data from station systems and reporting tools such as QLIK, Syntempo, Oracle, ActionWay, DLAP, and T+1 products to identify learning, performance gaps, and corrective actions.

• Develop, revise, and improve work management procedures, training materials, and process documents.

Leadership, Team Development, and Station Integration

• Lead the Cycle Scheduling team and mixed-discipline station working committees in a manner that builds ownership, accountability, teamwork, and conservative decision-making.

• Train, mentor, and qualify Cycle Scheduling personnel, including development of expectations, working files, cross-training, and succession strength.

• Provide coaching and oversight to Work Week Managers, Discipline Schedulers, and other process users to improve schedule preparation, turnover quality, and execution performance.

• Develop and deliver work management training and learning sessions for station users, including Online Work Management T&L, Syntempo/process training, and targeted training for functional groups.

Governance, Interfaces, and Assigned Support

• Serve as a primary alternate for the Online Manager in core station leadership forums as assigned, including station health, corrective action, and schedule/production readiness meetings.

• Represent Work Management in station committees and review boards as assigned, such as PHC/PHSC, SRMOC, MREP, MRC, CARB/PIRB, control tower/materials readiness, and other governance forums.

• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders such as Talen Marketing, PJM, commercial/customer interfaces, Supply Chain, and assigned scheduling/data-platform points of contact.

• Fill emergency plan and outage assignments and online/outage interface needs.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Valid Pennsylvania driver's license required.

• Ability to physically respond and have unescorted access to SSES.

• Ability to maintain Emergency Plan position qualifications.

• Extensive knowledge of nuclear plant operations in the form of; Senior Reactor Operator license, Shift Technical Advisor, plant specific certification, maintenance, engineering, or equivalent plant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous or current Senior Reactor Operator or Reactor Operator License or Certification, OR +5 years non-licensed operating experience with demonstrated leadership.

• +5 years of supervisory experience in one of the following departments: Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Work Management (or equivalent experience)

• BS/BE (or Equivalent Experience)

• Proficiency with P-6 - Develop work windows, logic ties and resource manpower loading; capable of obtaining various P-6 reports for both outage and on-line periods.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to translate schedule risk, performance data, and corrective actions into clear leadership-level messages.

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams, facilitate challenging meetings, and drive alignment across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Supply Chain, Work Management, and station leadership.

• Proficiency or ability to develop proficiency in station work management and reporting systems such as Oracle, NIMS, PRA, Syntempo, QLIK, ActionWay, DLAP, and related scheduling/performance tools.

• Strong understanding of nuclear work management (INPO AP-928), online schedule development, station schedule execution, routine work scheduling, and nuclear plant risk management.

• Ability to coach others, hold standards, prioritize competing work, and make risk-informed decisions in a high-accountability nuclear environment.

Talen is a leading independent power producer and energy infrastructure company dedicated to powering the future. We own, operate, and optimize high-quality power infrastructure across the United States. Our generation portfolio includes 15 generation locations capable of producing approximately 15.6 GW of power. Talen’s fleet generates electricity using a diverse mix of fuels, ranging from zero-carbon nuclear energy—including the Susquehanna nuclear facility—to natural gas, coal, and oil. We produce and sell electricity, capacity, and ancillary services into wholesale power markets across the United States, with generation assets located in key power markets.

Our team is committed to generating power safely and reliably and delivering the most value per megawatt produced. Talen is also powering the digital infrastructure revolution. We are well-positioned to capture this growing industry, as artificial intelligence data centers increasingly demand more reliable, clean power.

We have an inclusive, diverse, respectful, and collaborative workplace, and a strong commitment to innovation, teamwork, and integrity. Talen is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Talen Energy is committed to providing a safe, drug and alcohol-free workplace. Consistent with applicable law and any collective bargaining agreements, positions may be subject to pre-employment, random, post-accident, and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing.

Talen Energy is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to diversity and the strength it brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, disability, perceived disability, or any other protected characteristic as may be defined by applicable law.

For more information visit www.talenenergy.com .