Maintenance Coordinator – Smarr Combined Cycle

Oglethorpe Power Corporation; Forsyth (GA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Oglethorpe Power is seeking a Maintenance Coordinator in Georgia to design and support the maintenance program for the Smarr facility and the adjacent Smarr Peaking Plant. You will plan, schedule, and coordinate preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance for a major 1,425 MW facility entering commercial operation in 2029.

Responsibilities include building maintenance schedules, coordinating labor and resources, managing work packages, and tracking progress in Maximo.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering preferred.
• Eight years of maintenance and outage-management experience preferred.
• Experience with a computerized maintenance management system; Maximo strongly preferred.
• Two-year technical degree with 10 years related power-plant maintenance/management experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare, schedule, and coordinate maintenance work including preventive, predictive, corrective, and outage-related activities.
• Build weekly and four-week maintenance schedules balancing labor, backlog, materials, contractors, and equipment.
• Develop work scopes, estimate labor needs and durations, coordinate resources, and ensure work packages are ready before scheduling.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, outage coordination, contractors, and leadership to resolve planning and scheduling issues.
• Track work orders through completion in Maximo and capture data on labor, materials, costs and downtime.
• Monitor maintenance KPIs and performance indicators to identify efficiency improvements.
• Support outage planning including scheduling, milestones, scope, budget coordination, and post-work critiques.
• Maintain equipment records, drawings, spare parts information, manuals, and PM/CM program data.
• Coordinate and direct plant maintenance personnel and contractors during maintenance, troubleshooting, and rehabilitation work.
• Promote safe work practices and compliance with policies, reliability standards, and environmental and safety regulations.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

Maximo

Work coordination

Safety compliance

Outage coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering

Two-year technical degree with related experience

Tools

Maximo

Job description

Macon, GA

Oglethorpe Power is seeking a Maintenance Coordinator to help build and support the maintenance program for the new Smarr Combined Cycle Energy Facility, a 1,425 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle plant scheduled to begin commercial operations in June 2029. This role will also support the adjacent, operating Smarr Peaking Plant.

The Maintenance Coordinator will play a key role in planning, scheduling, and coordinating preventive, predictive, corrective, and outage-related maintenance. This is an opportunity to help establish the maintenance processes, work controls, and team routines for a major new generation facility while supporting safe, reliable operations today.

What You'll Do

• Plan, prepare, schedule, and coordinate maintenance work, including preventive, predictive, corrective, and special-project activities.
• Build weekly and four-week maintenance schedules, balancing available labor capacity, backlog priorities, materials, contractors, tools, and equipment.
• Develop work scopes, estimate craft labor needs and durations, coordinate resources, and ensure work packages are ready before scheduling.
• Partner closely with Operations, Maintenance, outage coordination, contractors, and leadership to resolve planning and scheduling issues.
• Track work orders through completion in Maximo, ensuring labor, materials, costs, equipment downtime, cause codes, and other required data are accurately captured.
• Monitor maintenance KPIs and performance indicators to identify opportunities to improve planning efficiency and work execution.
• Support outage planning, including personnel scheduling, milestone tracking, scope and budget coordination, and post-work critiques.
• Help maintain equipment records, drawings, spare-parts information, manuals, and preventive/predictive maintenance program data.
• Coordinate and direct plant maintenance personnel and contractors during assigned maintenance, troubleshooting, modifications, equipment checkouts, and rehabilitation work.
• Promote safe work practices and compliance with applicable corporate policies, reliability standards, and environmental and safety regulations.

What We’re Looking For

• High school diploma or equivalent required; bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering, engineering technology, or a related field preferred.
• Eight years of maintenance and outage-management experience in an operating commercial power-generation plant preferred.
• Experience using a computerized maintenance management system; Maximo experience is strongly preferred.
• Candidates with a two-year technical degree and 10 years of directly related power-plant maintenance/management experience, or 12 years of directly related experience, may be considered.
• Strong knowledge of power-plant equipment and systems, including mechanical, electrical, electronic, and instrumentation and controls equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret technical manuals, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, and process documentation.
• Strong planning, organization, analytical, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to coordinate the work of multiple crafts, contractors, and internal partners while managing competing priorities.
• Valid driver's license meeting company insurance eligibility requirements.

Work Environment

This role combines office-based planning with time in an industrial generating-facility environment. Work may involve climbing stairs and scaffolding, working at heights or in confined spaces, exposure to weather, oil, grease, dirt, and high-voltage equipment, and use of required personal protective equipment. The position supports a 24/7 generating operation and includes on-call support during incidents and outages, as needed. Travel is approximately 30%.

Oglethorpe Power is an equal opportunity employer.

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Salary: $108160 - $135200 per year