Job Description
Job Summary
This role is responsible for the planning, scheduling, executing, and overseeing, and leading multiple teams internal and external to complete all work activities for planned outages and forced outage activities for a specific assigned facility. This role has the capability to fill in for the Supervisor-Power Generation Outage role and direct DE planners along with necessary contractors to see the successful completion of outage work. Work with the Station Production Coordinators and Station Maintenance Coordinators to ensure Work Order readiness.
Work with Operations and the Outage Schedulers to develop the outage logic with emphasis on Station Safety, Personnel Safety, Equipment Safety, and schedule efficiency. Ensure that milestone status, performance Indicators, and other readiness indicators are communicated to appropriate station personnel including Supervisor of Outage, Station Managers, and Directors and Executive Management. Ensure accurate compilation and tracking of open actions for readiness. Coordinate and conduct pre-outage readiness meetings, executive meetings, and planning meetings.
Ensure that Outage Group milestones are met and on schedule. Coordinate pre-outage activities for meeting deadlines and schedules. Monitor the readiness of the various station groups, to include projects, station planning and High Impact Teams. Schedule and facilitate outage challenge meetings. Fulfill a leadership role during outage execution such as the Supervisor-Power Generation Outage and/or Outage Contractor Lead. Provide day-to-day guidance to Outage Schedulers, Outage Planners, DE contractors, and Outage Leads during the planning, execution, & closeout of the outage. Identify and implement outage improvements. Develop 5-Year outage plans. This position may have non-Dominion Energy workers reporting to them in their span of control.
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience
The knowledge, skills, abilities and experience required for entry into this job include the following:
- 7+ years of Power Plant Outage Planning, Project Management, Maintenance Planning, Maintenance Coordinator Role, Outage Planner Role, or related power station experience.
- Must have all expert knowledge of the Outage Planner role. For example, includes safety, environmental, planning policies & procedures, SAP use.
- Must have knowledge of software systems used for scheduling outages, have excellent planning and organizational skills, and experience interfacing with all levels of management and staff.
- Demonstrated team building skills and effective negotiating skills, strong verbal and written communication skills, including presentation skills are required.
Preferred: Maintenance Planning and Outage Planning Experience
Education Requirements
Education Level: Degree or an equivalent combination of education and demonstrated related experience may be accepted in lieu of preferred level of education: Bachelors
Disciplines preferred: Engineering
Other disciplines may be substituted for the preferred discipline(s) listed above.
Licenses, Certifications, or Quals Description
Working Conditions
Other Working Conditions
Test Description
No testing required.
