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Electrical Discipline Scheduler

Talen Energy · Berwick, PA · 4 days ago
ManagementFull-time

About the role

The Electrical Discipline Scheduler develops, coordinates, optimizes, and maintains detailed work schedules for maintenance activities supporting nuclear power plant operations, outages, online maintenance, and capital projects. This position collaborates closely with Work Management, Planning, Operations, Engineering, Radiation Protection, Supply Chain, and Maintenance departments to ensure maintenance work is scheduled safely, efficiently, and in compliance with nuclear regulatory requirements, station goals, and industry best practices.

Responsibilities

  • Support Cycle Managers in preparing, reviewing, and maintaining the 2-year cycle schedule for both units.
  • Support Modification preparation and scheduling meetings as assigned.
  • Participate in T-26 PM Review Meetings (T-26 through T-16):
    • Review the Initial Target Week Scope, evaluating and coordinating scope, support requirements, preliminary logic ties, and implementation strategy for all System/FEG work activities.
    • Review and validate initial resource estimates and schedule durations for all work activities identified for the target week.
    • Interface with system engineers to identify and evaluate opportunities to bundle and optimize work scope.
    • Identify and assign activity calendars to scheduled activities per Station Procedures.
    • Identify work activities representing ALARA challenges.
    • Provide initial resource curves for available personnel to support target week work.
    • Attend T-Week meetings, provide input, and gather feedback on process improvements.
  • From T-15 through T-10:
    • Review, adjust, refine, and optimize the target week scope and schedule.
    • Coordinate scope, preliminary logic ties, and implementation strategy for all System/FEG work activities.
    • Resolve restraints to support work week preparation and meet stability, adherence, and survival rate performance goals.
    • Help identify contingencies for scheduled work.
    • Review and validate final resource curves for available personnel.
    • Attend T-Week meetings, provide input, and gather feedback on process improvements.
  • Other duties for Discipline Schedulers:
    • Develop and implement System Outage Windows as assigned, including coordination meetings.
    • Perform duties of an Evolution Coordinator as assigned, ensuring constructive relationships with maintenance, engineering, and other work groups.
    • Approve revisions of routine task activities, interfacing with Station Engineering to support PM Scope and Frequency changes.
    • Own the review and scheduling of their Discipline’s Work Order Backlog.
  • Outage Support: Perform outage duties as assigned.
  • Emergency Plan Support: Perform NERO duties and responsibilities as qualified and assigned.
  • Maintain and improve qualifications and proficiency for Discipline Scheduler duties.
  • Actively use Corrective Action and Self-Assessment processes, including resolution of assigned action items and support of RCA teams and Self-Assessments (e.g., After-Action Reviews).
  • Perform other duties assigned to support the Station.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • Minimum 5 years of nuclear power plant experience in operations, maintenance, engineering, work management, scheduling, or program management.
  • Proficiency with computerized work management and scheduling tools (or demonstrated ability to learn them quickly).
  • Eligible to obtain/maintain unescorted access and meet fitness-for-duty requirements; valid driver’s license.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Competent understanding of existing Company Policies and Station Procedures.
  • Electrical Maintenance background (e.g., Maintenance Electrician, Supervisor) or equivalent experience demonstrating strong judgment and plant risk awareness.
  • Established communication and demonstrated leadership skills.
  • Familiarity with:
    • Nuclear Information Management System (NIMS)
    • Oracle or other similar Work Order Reporting tools
    • Primavera Scheduling Software

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