Maintenance Planner / Outage Coordinator

NAES Corporation; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 61,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

NAES Corporation is seeking a Maintenance Planner / Outage Coordinator for the Nacogdoches Generating Facility in Texas. The role focuses on coordinating planned outages, maintenance scheduling, and reliability improvements to ensure safe, efficient plant operation.

Responsibilities include developing maintenance plans, managing outages, and interfacing with operations, OEMs, and vendors to optimize performance and minimize downtime.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage maintenance and outage plans for the BFB boiler, steam turbine generator, fuel-handling systems, electrical equipment, and balance-of-plant systems.
• Coordinate planned outages from scope development through execution and closeout, including schedules, work priorities, labor and contractor requirements, materials, work packages, and key milestones.
• Develop and maintain outage schedules using Microsoft Project, coordinating Operations, Maintenance, contractors, OEMs, and vendors while tracking progress and communicating schedule changes.
• Lead maintenance and outage planning meetings to establish priorities, identify resource and schedule constraints, coordinate work activities, and ensure readiness for safe and efficient execution.
• Manage preventive and predictive maintenance and inspection programs based on equipment condition, run hours, OEM guidance, outage opportunities, and reliability objectives.
• Establish maintenance priorities and contingency plans for forced outages and equipment failures to support timely recovery and minimize downtime.
• Support reliability improvements through equipment performance analysis, reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), Root Cause Analyses (RCAs), and corrective actions.
• Administer Maximo CMMS, maintaining work orders, preventive maintenance records, equipment history, outage work scopes, inspection data, inventory information, and maintenance metrics.
• Use CMMS data to identify trends, develop maintenance and outage scopes, optimize schedules, and support equipment reliability and plant performance.
• Manage critical spare parts and outage material requirements to ensure components, consumables, tools, and resources are available for planned and unplanned maintenance.
• Coordinate with OEMs, contractors, suppliers, and vendors to obtain technical support, procure materials and services, schedule specialized work, and develop scopes for RFIs, RFPs, and bid packages.

Job description

Maintenance Planner / Outage Coordinator

Job Category: Maintenance, Instrumentation & Electrical

Requisition Number: MAINT008011

• Posted : September 10, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

Locations

Showing 1 location

Cushing, TX 75960, USA

• Pay or shift range: $43.92 USD to $55.21 USD
  The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

Description

The Nacogdoches Generating Facility, located in Cushing, Texas, approximately 20 miles northwest of Nacogdoches, is a 105 MW biomass power plant utilizing a bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) boiler and steam turbine generator (STG). The facility provides efficient, reliable generation while supporting regional energy needs and sustainable power production.

Opportunity Summary

The Maintenance Planner supports safe, reliable plant performance through effective maintenance and outage planning at the Nacogdoches Generating Facility. This position coordinates planned outages, preventive maintenance, work schedules, contractors, materials, and critical spare parts while managing Maximo activities and working closely with Operations, Maintenance, OEMs, and vendors to improve reliability and minimize downtime.

Your scope of responsibility as Maintenance Planner will include the following primary functions:

Maintenance & Outage Planning

• Develop and manage maintenance and outage plans for the BFB boiler, steam turbine generator, fuel-handling systems, electrical equipment, and balance-of-plant systems.
• Coordinate planned outages from scope development through execution and closeout, including schedules, work priorities, labor and contractor requirements, materials, work packages, and key milestones.
• Develop and maintain outage schedules using Microsoft Project, coordinating Operations, Maintenance, contractors, OEMs, and vendors while tracking progress and communicating schedule changes.
• Lead maintenance and outage planning meetings to establish priorities, identify resource and schedule constraints, coordinate work activities, and ensure readiness for safe and efficient execution.
• Manage preventive and predictive maintenance and inspection programs based on equipment condition, run hours, OEM guidance, outage opportunities, and reliability objectives.
• Establish maintenance priorities and contingency plans for forced outages and equipment failures to support timely recovery and minimize downtime.
• Support reliability improvements through equipment performance analysis, reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), Root Cause Analyses (RCAs), and corrective actions.
• Administer Maximo CMMS, maintaining work orders, preventive maintenance records, equipment history, outage work scopes, inspection data, inventory information, and maintenance metrics.
• Use CMMS data to identify trends, develop maintenance and outage scopes, optimize schedules, and support equipment reliability and plant performance.
• Manage critical spare parts and outage material requirements to ensure components, consumables, tools, and resources are available for planned and unplanned maintenance.
• Coordinate with OEMs, contractors, suppliers, and vendors to obtain technical support, procure materials and services, schedule specialized work, and develop scopes for RFIs, RFPs, and bid packages.

Cost, Safety & Plant Support

• Support maintenance and outage budgeting, cost tracking, contractor coordination, and cost-effective work execution while maintaining safety and reliability requirements.
• Coordinate with Operations on equipment availability, isolations, LOTO, and return-to-service requirements during maintenance and outages.
• Support outage closeout, including work completion, documentation, schedule and cost review, lessons learned, follow-up work, and improvements to future maintenance plans.

NAES Safe

Safety is a core value at NAES, and as a condition of employment, all employees are expected to remain mentally alert and work safely at all times. Employees must also adhere to all safety warnings and posted signs while on company property. Additionally, they are required to follow all NAES safety rules and procedures. Adherence to these safety responsibilities is one of the key factors in the evaluation of each employee’s performance.

Working Relationships

The Maintenance Planner reports to the O&M Manager and receives general direction from the Plant Manager. This position also coordinates with all plant personnel to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the plant and its related processes.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

Physical requirements include standing for extended periods of time, climbing stairs and ladders, working from elevated platforms and walkways at varying heights, and routinely lifting up to 50 pounds.

Power plant environment that may involve entering confined spaces, crawling through narrow areas, and handling hazardous materials, with exposure to fumes, extreme temperatures, and noise. Work may include high heat near equipment and varying outdoor weather conditions.

Some duties may require the use of protective equipment, which can include hard hats,