Planner / Scheduler

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Job Summary :

The Planner / Scheduler position is intended for an individual with experience in scheduling / planning of maintenance activities.This knowledge can be gained through prior experience or a combination of college / technical / military training and experience. Detail oriented, self-starter with problem solving experience and capability.

Essential Duties / 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.
• Work with Maintenance and Operations departments coordinating planning activities.
• Develop and draft written maintenance plans (PM's) for the plant.
• Conduct weekly and daily maintenance scheduling while helping establish plant maintenance priorities in accordance with Plant Operations' priorities.
• Provides detailed planning by developing scopes of work, identifying, and estimating manpower and material requirements, and identifying all associated activities required to accomplish the work.
• Determine and schedule necessary resources using Primavera P6, PasTA, SAP e.g., materials, 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 changes into schedule updates
• Coordinate and interface between various work groups.
• Gains cooperation and action from people not under employee's direct reporting.
• Reviews and updates job plans / work packages as needed.
• Provides training to other team members as part of personnel development.
• Participates in daily Plan Of the Day meetings and End Of Day updates.
• Lead schedule and backlog review meetings with various Work Management stakeholders. .
• Identify and resolve weekly schedule conflicts.
• Analyze and update SAP on actual versus estimated time, equipment, and manpower requirements.
• Initiate / update notifications, work orders, BOM's, PM's, Task Lists and support all assigned work (including major scheduled or forced outages planning and execution) and participate in developing weekly plans.
• Coordinate 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 O&M Manager.
• Support the implementation of NRG policies and procedures.
• Development of technical / engineered work packages.
• Participate in spare parts optimization initiatives, criticality ranking, and development of maintenance strategies.

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Please Note : Salary offered will be commensurate with the successful candidate's education and / or experience and consistent with the job location's market pay rate.

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M / F / Vet / Disability. Level, Title and / or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

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