Cycle Scheduling Lead, Nuclear Plant Operations

Talen Energy; Berwick (Columbia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Talen Energy is seeking a Cycle Manager at Berwick, PA to lead safe, effective development and execution readiness of the integrated station schedule across all operating modes. You will maintain the long-term rolling schedule and align work with station priorities, coordinating with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and external stakeholders.

The role leads the Cycle Scheduling team, screens work orders, drives backlog reduction, and supports performance reporting and continuous improvement

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Leadership

Schedule risk management

Education

BS/BE (or Equivalent Experience)

Tools

Oracle

NIMS

PRA

Syntempo

QLIK

ActionWay

DLAP

Job description

Talen Energy is seeking a Cycle Manager at Berwick, PA to lead safe, effective development and execution readiness of the integrated station schedule across all operating modes. You will maintain the long-term rolling schedule and align work with station priorities, coordinating with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and external stakeholders.

The role leads the Cycle Scheduling team, screens work orders, drives backlog reduction, and supports performance reporting and continuous improvement