Power Generation Maintenance Planner Engineer

Snohomish County PUD; Sultan (WA); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Snohomish County PUD is seeking a Maintenance Planner to support safe, reliable operation of hydro generation assets. The role focuses on planning, coordinating, and improving maintenance activities across generation facilities and related infrastructure.

The successful candidate will prepare detailed work packages, coordinate outages with operations, and leverage SAP CMMS to ensure safe, efficient field execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering related field, and two years of related engineering experience.
• Six years of related engineering experience and a WA PE license in lieu of a Bachelor's Degree.
• Engineer III: four years of related engineering experience; WA PE license optional.
• Professional Engineer pathway: Six or more years of related engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan preventive, predictive, corrective, and reliability-centered maintenance activities for Generation assets.
• Develop clear work packages with scope, labor, materials, tools, permits, and scheduling.
• Coordinate outage planning with operations, maintenance, engineering, contractors, and vendors.
• Review work orders and asset history to set maintenance priorities and reliability improvements.
• Identify, order, track, and stage parts and materials for planned work.
• Use SAP/CMMS to plan, schedule, track, and document maintenance work.
• Read blueprints, schematics, and drawings to support accurate planning.
• Support budgeting, KPIs, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Ensure safety procedures, lockout/tagout, and regulatory compliance for planned work.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Outage coordination

Blueprints & schematics reading

SAP/CMMS

Cross-functional collaboration

Effective communication

Budgeting & KPI awareness

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Washington State PE license (in lieu of degree)

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job ID 16773 Department Jackson Operations Employment Status Regular Type Full Time - Salaried # of Openings 1 Union Classification Non Union Work Location Office Hybrid Job Location Sultan, Washington (US-WA) Closing Date 11/13/2026 Salary/Wage $104,918.00 - $206,363.00 annually

Posting Information

The successful candidate will be hired as Engineer II to Professional Engineer based on qualifications.

Position Summary

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for developing, organizing, and coordinating maintenance work plans that support Generation operations, maintenance crews, engineering, natural resources, and contractors. This role requires advanced planning skills to anticipate labor, material, lead times, tooling, access, permitting, safety, and outage requirements before work begins. Provide coordination to align operational availability, crew resources, contractor support, vendor involvement, and equipment constraints to allow work to be completed safely, efficiently, and with minimal disruption to power supply commitments. The position also supports the adoption and refinement of maintenance strategies for generation equipment and supports long-term asset performance. A key responsibility of the position is responsible for creating complete and accurate job packages that clearly define the work scope, procedures, parts, tools, drawings, identifies safety requirements, permits, labor estimates, and schedule expectations needed for successful field execution. The role will also support the SAP transition to the cloud project as the Generation designee, helping represent Generation work management needs, maintenance planning requirements, asset data considerations, reporting needs, and user readiness during the transition.

Job Definition

Snohomish County Public Utility District No. 1 is seeking a Maintenance Planner to support the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of its Generation assets. This position plays a key role in planning, coordinating, and improving maintenance activities for hydroelectric generation facilities and related infrastructure. Engineers at the District successfully provide technical, engineering, and project management services related to the design, maintenance, operations, improvements of and additions to the District’s facilities and systems in a technically sound, safe, timely, and cost-effective manner to enable the District to realize its goals and objectives. Plans, organizes, assigns, and conducts work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria. Performs as project leader on medium to large projects and assignments. Ideal candidate would have power experience, preferably generation.

Responsibilities

• Plan preventive, predictive, corrective, and reliability-centered maintenance activities for Generation assets.
• Develop clear work packages that identify job scope, labor requirements, materials, tools, safety requirements, permits, and scheduling needs.
• Coordinate outage planning activities with operations, maintenance crews, engineering, contractors, vendors, and other internal stakeholders.
• Review work orders and asset history to identify maintenance priorities, job readiness needs, and opportunities for improved equipment reliability.
• Identify, order, track, and stage parts and materials needed to complete planned work.
• Use computerized maintenance management systems such as SAP to plan, schedule, track, and document maintenance work.
• Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, manuals, equipment drawings, and technical documentation to support accurate job planning.
• Support budgeting, KPI tracking, maintenance performance metrics, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Help resolve resource, schedule and or operational conflicts that affect maintenance execution.
• Ensure planned work identifies applicable safety procedures, lockout/tagout requirements, permit needs, and regulatory compliance expectations.

Minimum Experience/Education

Engineer II: $104,918 - $131,148 Annually

• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering related field, AND
• Two (2) years of related engineering experience;

OR

• Six (6) years of directly related engineering experience and a Washington State Professional Engineering License (PE) in-lieu of a Bachelor's Degree.

Engineer III: $131,609 - $164,512 Annually

• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering related field, AND
• Four (4) years of related engineering experience;

OR

• Eight (8) years of directly related engineering experience and a Washington State Professional Engineering License (PE) in-lieu of a Bachelor's Degree.

Professional Engineer: $165,0901 - $206,363 Annually

• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering related field, AND
• Six (6) years of related engineering experience;

OR

• Ten (10) years of directly related engineering experience.

Required License(s) And/or Certification(s)

• Valid Washington State Driver's License with a good driving record
• Washington State Professional Engineering (PE) License*(For Professional Engineer only)

Required Skills And Abilities

• Communicate clearly and professionally, both verbally and in writing.
• Work effectively with operations, maintenance, engineering, contractors, vendors, and management to plan and schedule work across the District’s generation assets.
• Prepare clear job plans, work packages, schedules, material lists, and planning notes.
• Prioritize work based on safety, reliability, compliance, operational risk, resource availability, and business needs.
• Adjust schedules and plans when priorities, outage windows, equipment conditions, or resources change.
• Analyze maintenance needs, identify constraints, and recommend practical solutions to support safe and efficient work execution.
• Maintain accurate records, communicate job readiness, and follow through on assigned planning responsibilities.

Desired Knowledge and Experience

• Professional engineer, journeyman, or supervisory background in mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and controls, or utility maintenance work.
• Knowledge of hydroelectric generation facilities, utility operations, FERC licensing requirements and NERC standards.
• Knowledge of reliability-centered maintenance principles and asset management practices.
• Strong understanding of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies.
• Experience planning work orders, estimating labor and materials costs.
• Strong understanding of tools, equipment, and outage schedules needed to complete routine and complex maintenance activities.
• Experience with budgeting, key performance indicators, maintenance performance metrics, and reporting.
• Familiarity with union environments, collective bargaining considerations, outage planning, and field maintenance coordination.
• Working knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems such as SAP, or similar platforms.
• Experience coordinating with operations, maintenance crews, contractors, vendors, engineering, and other support groups.
• Understanding of safety procedures, lockout/tagout, permits, regulatory compliance, and job hazard planning.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and related productivity tools.

Preferred Background

The ideal candidate will bring a strong maintenance, engineering, leadership, or trade background and will understand the practical needs of field crews working in hydroelectric generation and utility environments. Prior experience supporting generation facilities, outage planning, asset management, maintenance scheduling, or CMMS-based work management is highly desirable.

Benefits

In addition to a competitive compensation program, Snohomish County PUD #1 offers a comprehensive benefits package. Employees and eligible dependents may enroll in medical, dental, vison, core term life insurance, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, voluntary term life, flexible spending accounts, health savings account and retirement benefits (including PERS pension, 401(k), and a 457 plan). The Snohomish County PUD also provides a generous paid family and medical leave program, an employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement, paid time off benefits starting at 20 days a year, plus 11 paid holidays and one floating holiday. For more information on our benefits package please visit www.snopud.com/benefitoverview

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Women, Disabled and Veterans.

Our Values

We hold ourselves and every member of Team PUD to high standards. Every day we SAFEGUARD what matters, putting employee and community safety first. We have INTEGRITY. We are a TEAM. We SERVE with pride, RISE to challenges. We choose to INCLUDE all, SEEK growth, and be BOLD.