Outage & Material Planner

AES Corporation; Guayama (PR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

AES Puerto Rico, located at the Guayama power plant, seeks an experienced Planning and Maintenance professional to coordinate outages and maintenance programs. You will work with the maintenance team to ensure system integrity and reliability, aligning OT plans with budgets and departmental goals.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering, PE or equivalent certification, OSHA and CMMS credentials, and strong English communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering required.
• PE License or equivalent certification preferred.
• OSHA and CMMS certifications desired.
• PMI PMP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all planned maintenance outages with internal and external entities.
• Collaborate across groups to resolve outage planning issues.
• Maintain a comprehensive 5-year outage plan/schedule.
• Develop outage management data tools and KPIs.
• Create and manage maintenance plans for routine and major activities.
• Prepare purchase requirements for Opex budget and assign to work orders.
• Create work orders for CapEx and service parts.
• Lead annual review and improvement of outage management roles.

Skills

Maintenance Planning

Outage Planning

Performance Analysis

Project Management

Drawing Interpretation

English Proficiency

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

PE License

OSHA Certification

CMMS Certification

PMI PMP Certification

Tools

CMMS

Job description

The primary responsibility is to assist and work with the maintenance team to coordinate AES Puerto Rico outages in the Guayama power plant, while maintaining system integrity and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all planned transmission, generation and interconnection system maintenance and construction projects/outages with both internal and external entities.
• Collaborate across multiple groups and departments as necessary to resolve operational and outage planning issues.
• Look for opportunities to combine outages to optimize system availability, reliability, safety and economy.
• Communicate outage information in accordance to Standards and Procedures.
• Maintain a comprehensive 5-year outage plan/schedule.
• Develop, maintain and present outage management data analysis tools and key performance indicators.
• Create and manage maintenance plans for both routine and maintenance activities.
• Create requisitions for stock items, material and services related to routine, major maintenance and CapEx tasks.
• Participate in CapEx Committee meetings review and support in providing updates of investments.
• Lead the annual review and improvement of outage management roles and responsibilities.
• Lead the development of tools to increase the efficiency of outage planning, scheduling, reporting and data entry.
• Prepare the purchase requirements related to Opex budget for plant maintenance, in accordance with the specifications of the internal customer and assign them to the corresponding work order for subsequent management.
• Create work orders for capital investments and requirements for services or parts, in accordance with the requirements of the internal client.
• Estimate the costs of the activities considered in the project portfolio, as well as of the activities in the reconditioning of equipment of high importance in the plant.
• Control the budget allocated to capital projects, major or annual maintenance (whether Opex or Capex), to estimate the costs of planning the activities.
• Participate in emergency response efforts as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
• 1–3 years of experience in Planning and/or Maintenance.
• Professional Engineer (PE) License or equivalent professional certification.
• OSHA Certification.
• Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) Certification.
• (Preferred) Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification issued by the Project Management Institute (PMI).
• (Preferred) Intermediate to Advanced English proficiency.

Skills

• Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
• Corrective Maintenance.
• Maintenance Planning.
• Outage Planning.
• Performance Analysis.
• Physical Asset Management.
• Predictive Maintenance.
• Proactive Maintenance.
• Project Management.
• Drawing Interpretation.