Supervisor Outage Planning & Scheduling
Berwick, PA - USA
Job Summary
Primary Responsibilities:
- Supervise and develop outage scheduling personnel including performance management coaching work prioritization and individual development planning.
- Own the development maintenance and publication of integrated logic-tied resource-loaded outage schedules for Unit 1 and Unit 2.
- Lead schedule integration for refueling forced and maintenance outages including pre-outage execution and post-outage schedule development.
- Partner with station organizations to develop outage strategy scope integration system windows work sequencing and implementation plans for maintenance surveillance corrective elective and modification work.
- Ensure outage schedules reflect plant risk Technical Specification constraints Maintenance Rule requirements shutdown safety expectations equipment out-of-service time ALARA considerations and available resources.
- Review and challenge activity durations logic ties critical path assumptions and resource estimates to maintain schedule credibility resiliency and execution readiness.
- Establish and maintain outage restraint lists schedule assumptions and readiness trackers including material engineering procedure walkdown vendor and emergent issue interfaces with assigned owners and due dates.
- Lead integrated schedule review meetings readiness reviews and cross-functional alignment meetings; communicate schedule risks recovery options and critical decisions to station leadership.
- Support outage risk assessments and PRA-informed shutdown risk management activities including the evaluation of emergent work impacts to both outage and online units.
- Provide execution support during outages by updating schedules resolving schedule conflicts controlling emergent scope integration and maintaining alignment between the approved plan and field execution.
- Validate work execution strategies and manpower loading profiles including shift strategies and resource curves needed to support outage scope.
- Drive continuous improvement by supporting outage critiques self-assessments corrective action reviews and lessons learned for future outages.
- Serve as an active participant or leader in outage governance meetings and station committees including Outage Core Team outage improvement meetings daily outage meetings and other assigned forums.
- Perform additional duties as assigned including Emergency Response Organization and execution assignments for which qualified.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in engineering Science or a related technical discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in outage planning outage scheduling work management project controls or a similar role in nuclear generation or a comparably regulated heavy industrial environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading coordinating or supervising cross-functional work teams planners or schedulers.
- Working knowledge of nuclear plant operations outage execution work management processes and schedule governance.
- Working knowledge of Technical Specifications Maintenance Rule requirements shutdown risk management and station procedures applicable to outage planning and scheduling.
- Proficiency with Primavera P6 including development of logic-tied resource-loaded schedules schedule analysis and reporting.
- Working knowledge of plant work management systems such as NIMS or equivalent computerized maintenance/work management platforms.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills meeting facilitation capability and sound analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to support extended hours during outage execution and perform emergency response duties as qualified and assigned.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous supervisory experience leading outage planners schedulers or work management personnel.
- Senior Reactor Operator license Shift Technical Advisor qualification plant-specific certification or equivalent demonstrated nuclear operations experience.
- Experience supporting multiple refueling outages and/or dual-unit outage coordination.
- Experience with outage readiness reviews critical path management schedule health metrics and post-outage performance analysis.
- Experience coordinating vendor interfaces contract scope integration and outage execution support activities.
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About Company
Talen Energy is a leading independent power producer and infrastructure company focused on safe, reliable power generation while delivering the most value per megawatt of energy we produce.