Maintenance Planner for 1.4GW New Plant Start-Up

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

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.