Job Title:Maintenance Planner - Sr.

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity:Entergy Texas Inc.-GTX

At Entergy weve been planning for the future for more than 100 years. Weve experienced a lot of change generating power first from sawdust to now splitting atoms harnessing sunlight and using abundant clean and efficient natural gas.

We are on the verge of a monumental technology convergence where reality swiftly catches up to possibility. The utility of the future does much more than keep the lights on and the gas flowing. Its knowledgeable and skillful workforce will solve challenges and fuel a brighter smarter more prosperous future for everyone.

Having the lowest retail electricity rates of any utility in the United States drives economic growth within Entergys region a key ingredient to sustained growth for any utility. We also believe a diverse workforce committed to personal and professional growth is critical to our success. We place a high priority on developing talent to meet current and future needs giving employees opportunities to grow their careers their way.

Entergys Power Generation group operates a fleet of 28 active natural gas coal oil hydroelectric and solar facilities with the capacity to generate more than 18000 megawatts and is building nearly 3000 megawatts of new natural gas generation to join its 30000 megawatts of nuclear natural gas coal oil hydroelectric and solar facilities.

*This position can be filled by a Fossil Maint Planner I II or Sr.*

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE:
Responsible for developing assigned work requests from Planning Required to Ready to Schedule status in AIMM. This process includes assessing the corrective action needed including job requirements for safety environmental unit status parts scaffolding and special support needs. This person will also develop contractor scopes of work including generate contract requisitions assist buyer in soliciting bids to support contractor maintenance planning and execution. This person may also be assigned Contract Manager to oversee contract work when needed. He or she will be required to interface with stores in materials planning. Interfaces with Process Owners to develop maintenance strategies and preventive maintenance tasks that improves reliability and/or reduces cost.
JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assures the availability of maintenance parts
• Utilizes necessary resources to properly estimate time required to complete tasks to be planned
• Optimizes the use of staging and kitting to maximize worker efficiency and productivity
• Orders all needed materials for Work Requests and/or plant support needs
• Participates in weekly schedule development meetings
• Continually monitors and manages the backlog of work orders with proper estimates of tasks
• Updates equipment and assessment documents on completion of the work
• Closing out contracts and resolving invoice issues as needed
• Participating in the accrual process as required
• Participating in the budget development process
• Manage/maintain plant vehicles
• Manage and control inventory including SOX policies
• Manage and control credit card use and reconciliation while following policies governing credit card use
• Participate in outage planning and implementation
• Conduct contractor safety orientations and oversee contractor activities. Provide contract administration when assigned. Be fully engaged in Plant Safety Committee

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum education required of the position:

• High school diploma or equivalent work experience

Minimum experience required of the position:

• At least10 years Power Plant experience
• Desired: Planning experience

Minimum knowledge skills and abilities required of the position:

• Practical working knowledge of maintenance techniques of plant systems and components
• Excellent Passport and AIMM skills
• Experience in inventory control and management
• Knowledge of CBO and RMP core processes
• Good knowledge of Internet for researching parts vendors and suppliers
• Experience in coordinating and managing multiple projects at the same time
• Excellent oral and written skills

Any certificates licenses etc. required for the position:

• None

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Primary Location: Texas-OrangeTexas : Orange
Job Function: Corporate
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option:
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 123332
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO page or see statements below.

EEO Statement:The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age disability genetic information marital status amnesty or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including but not limited to recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race color religion sex gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age genetic information disability or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

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Additional Responsibilities:As a provider of essential services Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours to work in alternate locations and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms outages emergencies or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

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WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours to work in alternate locations and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms outages emergencies or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.