Senior Nuclear Scheduler

Dominion Energy; Virginia, Northern (MN, KY); On-site; USD 91,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision benefits

401(k) contributions and matching

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Dominion Energy seeks a senior scheduler to lead outage and maintenance scheduling for plant operations. You will coordinate with Unit Outage Coordinators, Work Week Coordinators, and operations management to optimize online and outage schedules.

The role requires CPM scheduling expertise, strong analytical skills, and excellent communication. Travel up to 25% is expected as part of outage coordination and field collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in craft/ nuclear operations or equivalent.
• Associate degree may be substituted by 7+ years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of CPM scheduling and scheduling software (P6, Maximo).
• Experience with LAN-based project scheduling tools and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, scheduling, and coordination of online maintenance and outages.
• Determine outage scope and duration; support shutdown risk reviews.
• Prepare monthly KPIs and update schedules with unit/outage coordinators.
• Create time-scaled logic, bar charts, and reports for management.
• Communicate schedule impacts and provide data for fleet performance indicators.

Skills

CPM scheduling analysis

Outage scheduling

Analytical thinking

Effective communication

Project planning

Education

Associate degree

Tools

P6

Maximo

LAN-based scheduling tools

Excel

Job description

Dominion Energy is committed to providing reliable, affordable, and increasingly clean energy that powers our customers every day. If you want to work for a purpose-driven company that values safety and collaboration, we’re looking for you. You won’t just find a job here; you’ll find your career.

Military service members and veterans with ranks from E5-E9, W1-CW5, or O3-O6, plus appropriate equivalent combination of education and years of experience as outlined below will be considered for this opportunity.

Job Summary

Serves as the principal or lead scheduler in the review of station logs, reports, plant issues in helping to provide a broad overview of plant maintenance, operations focus, emergent work and outage scheduling activities. Performs a variety of tasks associated with the development, scheduling, and coordination of project schedules, daily, on-line maintenance and outage schedules. Coordinates and integrates all outage and/or on-line schedules to include the scheduling of process controls and updates for future schedules. Determines outage scope, duration and provides this information to support shutdown risk reviews. Establishes, adapts and prepares monthly station key performance indicators, monitors/graphs work order or outage completions. Provides data to management and analyzes the impact of prior forced and refuel outages. Works closely with Unit Outage Coordinators, Work Week Coordinators, and operations management to update, modify, maintain and prepare an integrated online maintenance and/or outage schedule. Schedule according to logic developed by the Outage Coordinators and Operations and adjusts schedule logic while maintaining data integrity and safe plant operations. Updates the daily or outage schedule, including daily and weekly status reports. Continuously monitors and revises scheduled activities for work departments , Work Week Coordinators, and Unit Outage Coordinators . Utilizes scheduling techniques, practices and established criteria to develop, maintain, analyze, and evaluate station schedules. Develops and implements trending of critical and near critical path activities and makes recommendations. Produces resource histograms as required. Analyzes critical path impacts based on schedule changes. Supports operations by creating and updating time scaled logic and bar chart diagrams, customized schedules and reports. Provides data needed to support Fleet and station performance indicators. Serves as an active member of the Outage Focus Team (OFT) and, in an outage capacity, assists the Unit Outage Coordinator with preparation of OFT and Outage Integration Team (OIT) meetings.

The knowledge, skills, abilities and experience required for entry into this job include the following:

• 5 years of relevant experience demonstrating advanced knowledge of a craft specialty and/or nuclear operations, including Maintenance, Operations, or Work Management, with experience developing and managing preventive maintenance (PM), corrective maintenance (CM), and outage schedules.
• In lieu of preferred related Associate's degree, may substitute High School diploma/GED and 7+ years of directly related experience.
• Considerable knowledge and work experience in project planning and work management.
• Knowledge of company software and systems used for scheduling outages.
• Proficiency in Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule analysis, with considerable experience in the use of a computer, spreadsheet applications and scheduling software (I.E P6, Maximo).
• Proven ability to prepare and present technical information and data in a variety of formats.
• Previous experience working with LAN-based project scheduling tools.
• Excellent organizational skills, ability to prioritize work of self and others, and ability to work in a fast paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills and demonstrated experience through effective interaction with various levels of employees and management.
• Demonstrates strong analytical and abstract thinking skills, good problem solving skills, and skill in determining the impact of changing variables on plant operations.
• Ability to process information and make decisions quickly in a fast paced environment.
• Detail-oriented.

Education Requirements

Degree or an equivalent combination of education and demonstrated related experience may be accepted in lieu of preferred level of education:

Associate

Preferred Discipline(s): Technical Studies

Other disciplines may be substituted for the preferred discipline(s) listed above.

Licenses, Certifications, or Quals Description

Working Conditions

Travel Up to 25%

Other Working Conditions

Test Description

No Testing Required

Export Control

Certain positions at Dominion Energy may involve access to information and technology subject to export controls under U.S. law. Compliance with these export controls may result in Dominion Energy limiting its consideration of certain applicants.

What You'll Get

Expected Hiring Base Salary Range:

$90900 - $118100

The expected hiring base salary range is the range we anticipate hiring within for this position. The actual salary offered may vary based on factors such as the selected candidate’s qualifications, skills, experience, and work location. This is not intended to represent the full salary range for the position or limit future compensation growth.

Employees are rewarded with a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package which includes:

• health, dental, and vision benefits with coverage for families and domestic partners, vacation, retirement plans including 401k contributions and matches, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, bonus eligibility, sick leave, and disability insurance.

Dominion Energy is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin and/or status as a protected veteran or individual with a disability.

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