Power Plant Maintenance & Outage Planner

NAES Corporation; Cushing (TX); On-site; USD 45,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

NAES Corporation in Cushing, Texas, is seeking a Maintenance Planner / Outage Coordinator to support safe, reliable plant performance at the Nacogdoches Generating Facility.

You will coordinate planned outages, manage maintenance work orders in Maximo, track schedules and parts, and collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, OEMs, and vendors to minimize downtime. This on-site role requires strong planning and communication skills for timely outage execution.

Responsibilities

• 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

NAES Corporation in Cushing, Texas, is seeking a Maintenance Planner / Outage Coordinator to support safe, reliable plant performance at the Nacogdoches Generating Facility.

You will coordinate planned outages, manage maintenance work orders in Maximo, track schedules and parts, and collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, OEMs, and vendors to minimize downtime. This on-site role requires strong planning and communication skills for timely outage execution.