Outage Work Management Planner / Turbine

Pleasants power station; Belmont (WV); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life ins.

Company-paid disability insurance

401(k) retirement plan with company 4%

Job summary

Pleasants power station is seeking an Outage Work Management Planner / Turbine Planner to plan, coordinate, and support maintenance and outage activities on steam turbines, generators, and related plant equipment. You will develop detailed work plans, outage scopes, resource needs, schedules, and work packages to ensure safe, on-time, and budget-conscious execution.

Collaborating with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Supply Chain, and contractors, you will identify needs, define scopes,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with 3 years’ related experience or an Associate degree with 10 years’ related experience.
• 3–5 years of power generation, industrial maintenance, turbine maintenance, outage planning, or related experience.
• Working knowledge of steam turbines, generators, valves, pumps, and auxiliary equipment.
• Experience developing maintenance work packages, job plans, and outage schedules.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, schematics, manuals, and procedures.
• Proficiency with CMMS and Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong organizational, planning, and project coordination skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate multiple priorities in a fast-paced outage environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME for Pleasants Turbines and Generator systems.
• Lead turbine floor repair during planned and forced outages.
• Provide short-notice call-out capability for forced outages.
• Potentially perform duties as back-shift Outage Supervisor.
• Provide daily system monitoring and troubleshooting support for Operations and Maintenance.
• Coordinate capital projects and routine maintenance with internal plant and contractor supervision.
• Direct contractor resources to maintain outage and project schedules and budgets.
• Prepare job plans for scheduled outages with vendors, technical support, task lists, schedules, and budgets.
• Draft and update project schedules and outage schedules for project control.
• Develop detailed job packages using Maximo and related applications in alignment with safety and environmental policies.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Project coordination

CMMS knowledge

Maximo knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Associate degree in engineering

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Maximo

FileNet

PI

Microsoft Office

Job description

Description

The Outage Work Management Planner / Turbine Planner is responsible for the planning, coordination, and execution support of maintenance and outage activities involving steam turbines, generators, and associated plant equipment. This position develops detailed work plans, outage scopes, resource requirements, schedules, and work packages to ensure outage work is completed safely, efficiently, on schedule, and within budget.

The Planner works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Supply Chain, and contractors to identify outage needs, define work scopes, procure materials, coordinate resources, and monitor work progress. This role plays a critical part in improving equipment reliability, minimizing outage duration, and maximizing plant availability.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required; bachelor's degree in an engineering field and 3yrs experience in a related field or minimum associate degree in an engineering field and 10 years’ experience in power station maintenance.


• Minimum of 3-5 years of power generation, industrial maintenance, turbine maintenance, outage planning, or related experience.


• Working knowledge of steam turbines, generators, valves, pumps, and auxiliary equipment.


• Experience developing maintenance work packages, job plans, and outage schedules.


• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, schematics, manuals, and procedures.


• Proficiency with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) and Microsoft Office applications.


• Strong organizational, planning, and project coordination skills.


• Effective written and verbal communication skills.


• Ability to coordinate multiple priorities in a fast-paced outage environment.

Responsibilities Include:

• SME for Pleasants Turbines and Generator systems


• Turbine floor repair lead during planned and forced outages


• Ability to do short notice call outs for forced outages


• May be assigned to perform the duties as back-shift Outage Supervisor


• Provide daily system monitoring and proactively identify issues that need to be addressed during outage opportunities. Provide troubleshooting support for Operations and Maintenance as needed.


• Coordinates capital projects and routine maintenance with internal plant and contractor supervision.


• Establishes priorities and directs contractor resources, as required, to ensure that forced and planned outage and project schedules and budgets are maintained


• Prepares job plans for scheduled outages including identifying vendor, technical support, detailed task lists, project schedules and budgets


• Supports project control activities through drafting and updating project schedules and forced/maintenance outage schedules.


• Reviewing and analyzing work requests to develop detailed job packages in accordance with standard company work management practices using Maximo and other related computer applications and shall be in accordance with all safety procedures and environmental policies.


• Maintaining a backlog of work and keeping assigned work requests planned in a timely fashion with emphasis placed on safety and environmental issues.


• Generating requests for contract purchase orders and managing and scheduling contract work as necessary.


• Developing and reviewing labor standard estimating guides for job packages


• Using computers and related software for the execution of the planning processes such as Maximo, FileNet, PI and Microsoft Office.


• Ability to train to a level 2 vibration technician (Proficiency in creating, maintaining vibration routes and entry level analyzing of trends)


• Owner of the Oil sampling program (Sampling and maintaining process of handling samples)


• Have an understanding of the turbine control system and assist with troubleshooting issues.


• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance coverage beginning the first day of the month following employment


• 100% company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance


• $50,000 Company-paid Basic Life and AD&D Insurance policy


• Optional Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance coverage


• 401(k) retirement plan with a4% company match after 90 days of employment


• Paid Time Off (PTO), plus eight paid company holidays annually