Wind Turbine Job Planner

DTE Energy; Breckenridge (MI); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

DTE Energy is seeking a Maintenance Planner to plan and schedule multi-week outage and maintenance work. You will coordinate with internal teams, vendors, and contractors to develop work packages that maximize efficiency and minimize costs using Maximo, SAP, Documentum, and scheduling tools.

Strong planning, estimating, and communication skills are essential as you manage activity sequencing, safety documentation, and procurement tasks across multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Education and experience options for the role (engineered discipline degree or equivalent experience).
• Experience in estimating, scheduling and planning in power/utility settings or similar heavy industrial environments.
• Knowledge of safety and project management standards and Maximo usage.

Responsibilities

• Identify root causes and define work scope for daily and project tasks.
• Develop accurate time and resource estimates for schedules.
• Create detailed job plans with step-by-step instructions.
• Validate estimates against actuals to improve data quality in Maximo.
• Create and maintain multi-week schedules with milestones for major projects.
• Prepare complete work packages including safety notices and walk-downs.
• Coordinate with engineering, project management, and vendors to execute work.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Coordination

Process improvement

Change management

Education

Associate's degree in engineering

High school diploma + 3 years experience

High school diploma + 7 years experience

Tools

Maximo

SAP

Documentum

EBS

Scheduling software

Office 365

Job description

DTE is one of the nation’s largest diversified energy companies. Our electric and gas companies have fueled our customer's homes and Michigan’s progress for more than a century. And as Michigan’s largest source of renewable energy, we’re creating a cleaner, healthier environment to power our future. We’re also serving communities beyond Michigan, where our affiliated businesses offer renewable energy, emission control technologies, and energy services to industries in 19 states.

Testing Required: Not Applicable

Hybrid Role

This role is hybrid, with an established schedule of in-person work required at an assigned work location. Any remote work is expected to be performed from an employee’s primary residence, unless allowed (or prohibited) through the Company’s remote work guidelines.

Emergency Response

Yes – Must be available to perform a primary assignment in support of DTE’s emergency response to storms or other events that impact service to our customers.

Job Summary

Plans and prepares work orders for multi-week schedule for all groups involved in equipment outages, corrective and preventive maintenance, capital and operating/maintenance modifications. Works with internal resources, vendors, and contractors to develop and execute work packages maximizing efficiency and minimizing costs. Utilizes the following systems to create and track optimal sequencing of work orders and work completion: Maximo, SAP, Documentum, EBS, scheduling software, and Office 365. Requires strong coordination and planning, scheduling, and estimating skills to ensure maintenance is performed in a timely and efficient manner with verifiable metrics. Span of control: 0; individual contributor.

Key Accountabilities

• Identifies root causes of problems and establishes work scope for daily and project work
• Develops accurate time and resource estimates that require appropriate levels of productivity
• Develops accurate job plans that provide step by step process to complete work scope efficiently
• Validates resource and job plan estimates against actuals to improve Maximo data
• Creates or supports accurate, complete multi-week schedules, including milestone dates for major projects
• Builds complete packages, including safety notices, which are validated through walk-downs
• Manages backlog consolidation requests
• Completes required purchasing and procurement tasks as necessary
• Develops and maintains and supports the management of preventive maintenance work
• Recommends the most effective use of both internal and external resources including the use of data analytics
• Utilizes the appropriate tools to create, plan and execute the work, including Maximo, Documentum, scheduling software, and Office 365
• Creates and maintains effective daily interactions with engineering, project management, various levels of job supervisors, specialty vendors and contractors
• Provides oversight of employees and contractors as needed

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

This is a multi-track base requirement job; education and experience requirements can be satisfied through one of the following three options:

• Associate’s degree in an engineering discipline (or have completed two years of a four-year accredited engineering program) and two years of mechanical, electrical, or instrument experience working on equipment typically found at a electric or gas utility; OR
• High school diploma and three years of estimating, scheduling and planning experience in a power plant, electric utility, heavy industrial or heavy construction setting; OR
• High school diploma with seven years of experience working on equipment typically found in a power generating station, electric utility, heavy industrial or heavy construction setting in either a skilled trade or certified operating position

Other Qualifications

• Prior supervisory experience and/or working as a technician on wind or solar projects.
• Experience working with and developing work scope schedule.
• Knowledge of LOTO and or hazardous energy control, and the tie to work management.
• Prior experience working in the Maximo system.

Other Requirements

• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to act independently and accept new responsibilities
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to interpret P&ID’s, blueprints, drawings, schematics, measuring devices, and rigging and lifting equipment
• Estimating skills predicated on reasonable, critical and documented assumptions and reflect appropriate productivity from crew
• Ability to coordinate information from various sources and interface with multiple customers to complete tasks
• Problem solving skills utilizing a formal methodology
• Knowledge of cost analysis regarding work orders
• Ability to understand the business implications of decisions
• Acts as a change agent through involvement in process improvement
• Initiates new ideas and approaches; challenges prevailing practices and approaches with reasonable sound alternatives
• Will consider candidates who would be interested in working from the downtown Detroit location.

Additional Information

Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities, and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned. This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents in this job. It is not intended as an all-inclusive list of accountabilities or responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit the rights of supervisors or management representatives to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.

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