Power Plant Maintenance Planner/Scheduler

Lower Colorado River Authority; Texas; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lower Colorado River Authority seeks a Power Plant Maintenance Planner/Scheduler to manage maintenance planning and scheduling for a coal-fired Fayette Power Project. You will mastermind strategies, schedules, and resource plans to maximize equipment reliability, safety, and efficiency.

You’ll work with operations, maintenance, supply chain, and engineering teams to secure parts, tools, permits, and resources for planned and outage work, monitor budgets, and drive continuous improvement through

Qualifications

• Nine or more years of experience in plant operations, maintenance or engineering.
• A degree in power generation, engineering, business, science, math or relevant field may be substituted per LCRA guidelines for certain years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed maintenance work packages, job plans, and preventive maintenance strategies for critical plant equipment.
• Prioritize, schedule, and coordinate maintenance activities to ensure efficient utilization of labor, materials, and resources.
• Manage maintenance backlogs, equipment history, regulatory compliance requirements, and work management processes using CMMS.
• Analyze equipment performance, maintenance trends, and failures to improve reliability and implement corrective actions.
• Coordinate with operations, maintenance, supply chain, and engineering teams to ensure required parts, tools, permits, and resources are available for scheduled, emergent, and/or forced outage work.
• Monitor maintenance budgets, labor forecasts, and key performance metrics to drive continuous improvement and operational efficiency.
• Serve as a technical resource and collaborates with plant leadership to support safe, reliable, and cost-effective plant operations.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

Resource coordination

Team collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Power generation/Engineering degree

Tools

Maximo CMMS

Job description

Here's The Role

We are seeking a Power Plant Maintenance Planner/Scheduler to work at Fayette Power Project (FPP)! In this role, you will work with a team that is responsible for the maintenance planning & scheduling of a coal fired power plant. We are looking for someone to drive operational excellence as an independent Maintenance Planner/Scheduler by masterminding strategies, schedules, and resource plans that maximize equipment reliability, safety, and team efficiency. Our mission is to enhance the lives of Central Texas, and our teams are dedicated to service with safety focus as top priority. Join us today!

How You’ll Contribute

• Develop detailed maintenance work packages, job plans, and preventive maintenance strategies for critical plant equipment.
• Prioritize, schedule, and coordinate maintenance activities to ensure efficient utilization of labor, materials, and resources.
• Manage maintenance backlogs, equipment history, regulatory compliance requirements, and work management processes using CMMS.
• Analyze equipment performance, maintenance trends, and failures to improve reliability and implement corrective actions.
• Coordinate with operations, maintenance, supply chain, and engineering teams to ensure required parts, tools, permits, and resources are available for scheduled, emergent, and/or forced outage work.
• Monitor maintenance budgets, labor forecasts, and key performance metrics to drive continuous improvement and operational efficiency.
• Serve as a technical resource and collaborates with plant leadership to support safe, reliable, and cost-effective plant operations.

How You’re Qualified

• Nine or more years of experience in plant operations, maintenance or engineering or other relevant experience.
• A degree(s) in power generation, engineering, business, science, math or relevant field may be substituted per LCRA guidelines for certain years of experience.

How You’ll Stand Out

• Experience in operating and maintaining conventional gas, coal, and combustion turbine facilities.
• Experience in optimizing reliability through advanced planning budget and metric tracking, predictive technologies, Maximo CMMS implementation, and data-driven root cause analysis.
• Experience leading high-performing teams to foster engagement, streamline processes, and execute successful organizational change.

How We’ll Support You

Benefits that don't just check boxes, they make life better. From healthcare to wellness to time off, we've got you covered, so you can focus on what matters.

Equal Opportunity Employer

• LCRA provides equal employment opportunities and a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at LCRA are based on business need, job requirement and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veteran status in accordance with applicable federal and state legal requirements governing nondiscrimination in employment.
• LCRA is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can contact LCRA Human Resources [phone] or email [e-mail]. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.