Vistra Corp.

Major Projects - Outage Director

Vistra Corp. • $120K — $150K *
Perry, OH 44081In-Person
Energy & Utilities
11 - 15 years of experience
3 days ago
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Qualifications

  • 15 years in nuclear plant operations, maintenance, and outage management.
  • Experience as site outage director required.
  • Strong knowledge in reactor systems and outage work scope.
  • High school diploma or equivalent is mandatory.
  • Technical degree or navy nuclear program certification preferred.
  • SRO certification desired; PMP preferred or must obtain within a year.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the uprate project roadmap and mega outage integration.
  • Govern mega outage scope from start to finish using project methodology.
  • Influence peers across the fleet for safe, timely, and budget-friendly outages.
  • Drive innovation and continuous improvement during outage execution.
  • Evaluate project performance to find cost efficiencies and improvements.
  • Build and maintain industry relationships for benchmarking and information sharing.
  • Coordinate deeply with Site Directors and Fleet leadership.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits package.
  • Retirement savings plan with company match.
  • Professional development opportunities including certifications.
  • Collaborative work environment promoting diverse perspectives.
  • Opportunities to work across multiple plant locations.
Full Job Description
Job Summary
The Outage Director - Major Projects leads planning, integration, and execution of nuclear uprate projects across the Vistra Nuclear fleet. Using a major project management framework, this role governs the full uprate lifecycle from feasibility and licensing through construction and startup coordinating site leadership, engineering, supply chain, and contractors to deliver scope safely, on schedule, and within budget.

This position can be based at Perry, Davis-Besse or Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities
  • Lead fleet uprate project roadmap and integrate uprate scope into mega outage planning for safe, on-schedule delivery.
  • Apply major project methodology to govern mega outage scope from initiation through closeout.
  • Ability to lead and influence peers across the fleet to deliver safe outages on schedule and on budget.
  • Foster a culture of diverse perspectives to drive innovation, continuous improvement in uprate and mega outage execution.
  • Assess project and outage performance to identify cost efficiencies, schedule improvements, and lessons learned.
  • Maintain industry relationships that support information sharing and benchmarking.
  • Coordination with Site Directors, Site leadership, and Fleet leadership


Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements
  • 15 years of experience in nuclear plant operations, maintenance, work controls and outage.
  • Experience as site outage director required
  • Knowledge of reactor systems, turbine/balance-of-plant modifications, and integrated outage work scope required.
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • College technical degree, navy nuclear program, or equivalent certifications preferred.
  • SRO or SRO certification desired.
  • PMP preferred or able to attain in 1 year.


Key Metrics
  • Technical Conscience and Enterprise Risk
  • Outsourcing Strategy, Governance and Project Management
  • Financial planning and management
  • Project management
  • Process optimization
  • Unit capability factor
  • Unit reliability
  • Online reliability factor


Job Family
Plant Operations

Company
Vistra Nuclear Operations Company

Locations
Perry, Ohio

Ohio

About Vistra Corp.

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company that provides essential resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Based in Irving, Texas, Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability. The company safely operates a reliable, efficient, power generation fleet of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities while taking an innovative, customer-centric approach to its retail business. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Vistra Energy was ranked as the 756th-largest public company in the world. The company owns the Moss Landing Power Plant in California which currently contains the largest battery energy storage system in the world. In 2016, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, parent company of TXU Energy and Luminant, emerged from Chapter 11. TCEH was then rebranded as Vistra Energy. Vistra acquired Dynegy in 2018. In 2019, Ambit Energy was acquired, resulting in a 32% residential market share in ERCOT, with NRG Energy as its largest competitor. It also acquired Crius Energy in 2019.
Learn more about Vistra Corp.
Size
5,060 employees
Market Cap
$9,272
Industry
Energy & Utilities
5 Year Trend
+1460%
NASDAQ
VST
* Ladders Estimates

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