Discipline Scheduler

Talen Energy; Berwick (Columbia County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Talen Energy seeks a Discipline Scheduler in Berwick, PA, to manage and develop detailed outage schedules. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field and at least three years of experience in outage planning or scheduling, preferably within the nuclear sector. Proficiency in Primavera P6 is essential. Responsibilities include coordination with cross-functional teams, schedule analysis, and ensuring compliance with Technical Specifications. This is a full-time role with potential extended hours during outages.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3 years in outage planning or scheduling.
• Experience with nuclear generation or heavy industry.

Responsibilities

• Develop and update resource-loaded schedules.
• Coordinate with multiple departments for schedule accuracy.
• Perform schedule analysis during outage and non-outage periods.

Skills

Nuclear plant operations

Project controls

Outage planning and scheduling

Primavera P6

Analytical and problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science, Business, or related

Tools

Primavera P6

NIMS or equivalent

Job description

Discipline Scheduler page is loaded## Discipline Schedulerlocations: Berwick, PAtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 2 Days Agojob requisition id: R0004028**Primary Responsibilities:*** Develop, maintain, and update detailed logic-tied, resource-loaded schedules for assigned outage and online work activities.* Integrate surveillance, preventive, repetitive, corrective, elective, and modification-related work into executable schedules consistent with approved scope and station priorities.* Build and maintain schedule logic, work windows, milestones, constraints, and activity sequencing in Primavera P6 or other approved scheduling tools.* Coordinate with planners, engineers, maintenance, operations, projects, radiation protection, supply chain, and vendor representatives to ensure schedule accuracy and cross-functional alignment.* Review work orders, task lists, durations, manpower estimates, prerequisites, and implementation assumptions to support schedule credibility and execution readiness.* Validate and maintain resource loading for assigned schedules and support development of manpower curves, shift strategies, and work execution assumptions.* Identify schedule conflicts, interface risks, bottlenecks, and resource constraints; elevate concerns and recommend solutions to support efficient execution.* Track and communicate known schedule restraints, including material, engineering, procedure, walkdown, vendor, clearance, approval, and field condition impacts.* Support development and maintenance of outage restraint lists, milestone schedules, readiness trackers, and other schedule governance tools for assigned disciplines.* Update schedules during outage execution to reflect actual work progress, emergent scope, revised priorities, changes in logic, and updated resource needs.* Support daily and shiftly schedule turnover by documenting changes, communicating impacts, and maintaining current schedule status for station stakeholders.* Perform schedule analysis to support path management, recovery planning, contingency development, and decision-making during outage and non-outage periods.* Support integrated schedule reviews, readiness reviews, risk reviews, outage status meetings, and other assigned scheduling forums.* Ensure assigned schedules reflect Technical Specification constraints, shutdown risk expectations, ALARA considerations, training and qualification needs, and station scheduling standards.* Participate in outage critiques, self-assessments, corrective action reviews, and lessons learned activities to support continuous improvement.* Perform additional duties as assigned, including Emergency Response Organization and execution assignments for which qualified.**Basic Qualifications:*** Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science, Business, or a related technical discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree.* Minimum of 3 years of experience in outage planning, outage scheduling, work management, project controls, maintenance planning, or a similar role in nuclear generation or a comparably regulated heavy industrial environment.* Working knowledge of nuclear plant operations, outage execution, work management processes, and schedule governance.* Working knowledge of Technical Specifications, shutdown risk management, ALARA considerations, and station procedures applicable to outage and online schedule development.* Proficiency with Primavera P6, including development and maintenance of logic-tied schedules, schedule analysis, schedule updating, and reporting.* Working knowledge of plant work management systems such as NIMS or equivalent computerized maintenance/work management platforms.* Strong written and verbal communication skills, analytical and problem-solving ability, and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.* Ability to support extended hours during outage execution and perform emergency response duties as qualified and assigned.**Preferred Qualifications:*** Experience supporting refueling, forced, or maintenance outages in a commercial nuclear generating station.* Experience updating integrated schedules during outage execution and supporting emergent work integration, schedule recovery, and contingency planning.* Experience coordinating schedule interfaces with maintenance, engineering, operations, projects, vendors, and outage support organizations.* Plant-specific qualification, certification, or equivalent demonstrated nuclear operations, maintenance, planning, or scheduling experience.**Note:**You will have an opportunity to add attachments to your application. Please use this opportunity to upload your resume, cover letter, and any relevant documents .locations: Berwick, PAtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 30+ Days Ago