Maintenance Supervisor/Planner

Duties And Responsibilities

• Promote safety by assuring that all safety rules and regulations are followed including the coordination and supervision of equipment isolation and tagging procedures.
• Communicate and lead in accordance with company vision and core values.
• Strong competencies in communication, teamwork, interpersonal effectiveness.
• Develop and draft written maintenance plans (PM’s) for the plant.
• Conduct outage and or weekly maintenance scheduling while helping establish plant maintenance priorities in accordance with Plant Operations’ needs.
• Determine and schedule necessary resources using Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Maximo e.g., supplies, materials, parts, and special tools or equipment required to perform maintenance inspections and/or work.
• Interpret technical manuals, sketches, prints, instructions, manufacturer’s data and equipment history records while incorporating the applicable information in developing maintenance plans.
• Track and update schedule daily, communicate updates to Stakeholders, provide daily reports, and integrate Field Change Requests into schedule updates.
• Plan work. Includes costing, manpower and time-estimates, and re-evaluate estimates to reflect changing job requirements and prepare job sequence requirements for major plant projects and for specific maintenance work.
• Be able to produce concise schedule variance reports based on approved Key Performance Metrics.
• Provide Microsoft Project or Primavera P6 training to other planners as part of personnel development.
• Lead schedule review meetings with various Stakeholders in Engineering, Operations, Corporate Outage Team, and Contractors. Ensure critical path activities are optimized and WBS defined while consulting with the key stakeholders.
• Identify and resolve schedule conflicts.
• Analyze and update Maximo on actual versus estimated time, equipment, and manpower requirements.
• Establish and validate estimates for recurring maintenance work using historical knowledge and leveraging the experience of peers and Supervisors.
• Be able to establish a working relationship with OEMs to address matters concerning the servicing, assembly, or maintenance of equipment.
• Initiate / update notifications, work orders, BOM’s, PM’s and support all assigned work (including major scheduled or forced outages planning and execution) and participate in developing weekly plans.
• Collaborate with Procurement and vendors to request/receive information and to expedite the approval of documents and the delivery of materials.
• Collateral duties and special projects as assigned by the Maintenance Manager.
• Support the implementation of NRG policies and procedures.
• Develop and assist others in the development of technical / engineered work packages.
• Fill in for the Planner, Outage Coordinator, Maintenance Supervisor, or Maintenance Manager when needed.
• Participate in spare parts optimization initiatives, criticality ranking, and development of maintenance strategies.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED equivalent.
• Valid driver’s license.
• 5 years’ experience in maintenance planning and scheduling.
• 3 years of experience working with Maximo or other CMMS program.
• Associates degree in a related field preferred.
• 5-7 years’ experience working in power plants.
• Project Management experience is considered a plus.

Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrated competencies relative to this position include accountability, adaptability/flexibility, building credibility, business acumen, customer focus, empowering others, gaining commitment, problem solving, shaping strategy, teamwork and tolerance for stress.
• Strong communications and leadership ability is essential to succeeding in this position.