Senior Maintenance Planner – 1,425 MW Plant

Oglethorpe Power Corp.; Forsyth (GA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match up to 6%

Company contributes 11% to 401k

Job summary

Oglethorpe Power Corp. is seeking a Maintenance Coordinator to help build and support the maintenance program for Smarr Combined Cycle.

Based in Forsyth, GA, you will plan, schedule, and coordinate maintenance across a major 1,425 MW facility, with a 24/7 operating cycle and ~30% travel. You’ll track work orders in Maximo, coordinate resources, and monitor KPIs to improve efficiency while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering preferred.
• Eight years of maintenance and outage-management experience in an operating power plant preferred.
• Maximo CMMS experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare, schedule, and coordinate maintenance work, including preventive, predictive, corrective, and special-project activities.
• Build weekly and four-week maintenance schedules, balancing labor, backlog, materials, and contractors.
• Develop work scopes, estimate craft labor needs, coordinate resources, and ensure work packages are ready before scheduling.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, outage coordination, contractors, and leadership to resolve planning issues.
• Track work orders through completion in Maximo, capturing labor, materials, costs, downtime, and data.
• Monitor maintenance KPIs and performance indicators to improve planning efficiency and execution.
• Support outage planning, including scheduling, milestones, scope and budget coordination, and post-work reviews.
• Maintain equipment records, drawings, spare parts, manuals, and PM/PP maintenance data.
• Coordinate and direct plant maintenance personnel and contractors during maintenance, troubleshooting, and rehab work.
• Promote safe work practices and compliance with policies, standards, and regulations.

Job description

Oglethorpe Power Corp. is seeking a Maintenance Coordinator to help build and support the maintenance program for Smarr Combined Cycle.

Based in Forsyth, GA, you will plan, schedule, and coordinate maintenance across a major 1,425 MW facility, with a 24/7 operating cycle and ~30% travel. You’ll track work orders in Maximo, coordinate resources, and monitor KPIs to improve efficiency while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.