Principal Planning & Scheduling Specialist

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Principal Planning & Scheduling Specialist

Carty Generating Station

Boardman, OR

Commissioned in 2016, Carty Generating Station is a 440MW gas-fired power project. It is located in Boardman, Oregon.

Planning and Scheduling: In this role, you'll plan, prioritize, schedule and document all maintenance activities; you'll acquire related materials, tag-outs and permits and ensure effective coordination with plant operations.

Key Job Information: Principal Planning & Scheduling Specialist 6618 Grade 8

Career Level: P4 Specialist Professional: Individuals at this level require specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise. They interpret internal or external business issues and recommends best practices. They solve complex problems; taking a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions. They work independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations. They may lead functional teams or projects.

Key Responsibilities:

Corrective and Preventive Maintenance Planning: Discerns the need for and provides guidance and direction to colleagues on planning, analyzing, prioritizing and coordinating work activities to optimize maintenance needs of physical assets critical to electrical generation, transmission and distribution.

Maintenance Strategy: Uses maintenance management software and selects and plans maintenance strategies of broad scope that will address maintenance needs in an optimum and economical manner; analyzes effectiveness of the maintenance management program and requests needed changes; implements changes as approved by management.

Maintenance Scheduling: Leads a team or personally develops detailed schedules for corrective and preventive maintenance using a scheduling software with labor loading and leveling and critical-path determination for large scope and/or complex projects; ensures that periodic preventative maintenance plans are in place and executed in a timely manner; determines status and progress of all scheduled jobs and establishes a recovery plan for any schedule deviations; oversees site contractor work.

Materials Availability/Procurement: Monitors warehouse activities to ensure plant maintenance material requirements are being met; evaluates replacement parts, suppliers and vendor services based on costs, availability and schedule compliance; initiates procurement of materials and services needed for work orders; verifies receipt of services.

Outage Coordination: Discerns the need for and provides guidance and direction to colleagues and contractors on developing and executing outage activities in a manner that effectively utilizes staffing, materials and equipment to ensure optimum availability; ensures actions required are adhered to and outage orders are up to date; ensures support during plant outages; coordinates with Generation Coordination/Power Operations.

Maintenance Procedures:

Reviews existing maintenance procedures and makes recommendations to improve or replace them; proposes new maintenance procedures; implements maintenance procedures requirements into job plans and work packages; maintains, implements and refines the predictive/preventative maintenance program

Education/Experience/Certifications:

Education: Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Experience: Typically eight or more years in plant maintenance or operations in an industrial environment or related field.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

Functional Competencies:

• Advanced knowledge of policies, procedures, principles and practices required for operating and maintaining an electric generating plant
• Advanced knowledge of plant mechanical, electrical and control systems and equipment
• Advanced skill in using maintenance management software
• Advanced knowledge of the electric utility industry and technology
• Advanced knowledge of contracting and procurement processes and procedures

General Competencies:

• Advanced analytical thinking skills
• Advanced decision-making skills
• Advanced interpersonal skills
• Advanced meeting facilitation skills
• Advanced negotiation skills
• Advanced project management skills
• Advanced written and oral communication skills

Physical and Cognitive Demands Cognitive Level Substantial: Consistent use of logic or scientific thinking to define problems, collect information, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.

Cognitive:

• Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks Ability to follow accuracy standards
• Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks
• Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress
• Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change
• Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback
• Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement
• Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks
• Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization
• Demonstrates sound memory
• Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks

Schedule/Attendance:

• Ability to adhere to pre-established schedule, including start/stop time and break/lunch schedule
• Ability to work long hours
• Ability to work a variable schedule
• Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather
• Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance.
• Ability to work shift schedule
• Ability to work on-call schedule

Physical Capabilities:

• This position requires a driver's license and a history of safe driving practices.
• Daily Driving, travel, commute
• Occasional driving/ overnight travel or commuting outside the service territory.
• Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)
• Lifting/pushing/pulling/carrying: Up to 10 lbs.
• Unstable surfaces requiring balance:
• Elevated areas (i.e., catwalks, roofs and high buildings)
• Confined spaces
• Walking distances and surfaces (long distances and over rough, uneven or rocky surfaces)
• Stairs (over 10 steps)
• Ladders (over 10 rungs)

Environment - Indoor/Outdoor: Office, Plant

Compensation Range:

$101,925.00 - $169,875.00In addition, this position is eligible for a performance-based incentive bonus. Actual total compensation is commensurate with experience, skills, and education

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