Outage Planner/Scheduler - NRG Energy, Inc.
THOMPSONS, TX
About the Job
As an NRG employee, we encourage you to take charge of your career and development journey. We invite you to explore exciting opportunities across our businesses. You’ll find that our dynamic work environment provides variety and challenge. Your growth is key to our ongoing success—take the lead in shaping your career development, goals and future!
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
Includes, but are not limited to the following:
+ Provides detailed planning by developed scopes of work, identifying, and estimating manpower and material requirements, and identifying all associated activities required to accomplish the work.
+ Creates/develops schedules in support of Planned Inspection Outages and/or Projects as needed. Creates documents, including cost reports, memos, graphs, charts, tables. etc.
+ Coordinate and interface between various work groups.
+ Gains cooperation and action from people not under employee's direct reporting. Reviews and updates outage plans/work packages as needed.
+ Ensures resources are used in a cost-effective manner.
+ Supports and emphasizes the importance of safety and environmental policies. Recognizes problems and is proactive in helping to resolve them.
+ Initiates and tracks progress of work using work management systems (ex: routine and outage backlogs).
Working Conditions:
+ Normal office environment and power plant environment which requires working in all weather conditions around rotating and energized equipment, hazardous material, and chemicals.
+ Requires operation of a motor vehicle.
+ Work overtime and non-standard working hours as required.
Minimum Requirements:
+ High School diploma and a minimum of 8 years of related plant experience or Bachelor degree in an Engineering, Business, or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
+ 5 Years of Outage Planner/Scheduler experience.
+ Valid driver's license
Preferred Qualifications:
+ Knowledge of power plant systems and operations.
+ Knowledge of Accounting and Budgeting.
+ Strong background in SAP Work Management/Procurement and P6 preferred.
Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
+ Ability to use a personal computer and standard business software. Microsoft Office suite and working knowledge of SAP and P6 is highly desirable.
+ Knowledge of Capital vs Expense and the Accounting associated with Project Budgets.
+ Creating Requisitions to support major projects and routine outage work.
+ Basic understanding of the processes, systems, assets, resources, key personnel, and functions of the Maintenance and Engineering Department.
+ Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a team environment
+ Ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written) at all levels of the organization
+ Ability to establish and maintain a positive and professional working relationship with all individuals
+ Demonstrated sound business skills necessary to accomplish assigned tasks
+ Ability to perform as a team member or leader in a cross-functional team environment and achieve consensus decisions
+ Ability to read, create and follow written policies and procedures
+ Ability to read, write and understand English
+ Knowledge of estimating techniques
+ Ability to understand and use work management systems
+ Knowledge of applicable safety and environmental regulations
Physical Requirements:
+ Requires wearing personal protective safety equipment (respirators, safety glasses, gloves, hard hat, appropriate footwear, ear plugs, etc.)
+ Requires standing, sitting, walking, kneeling, twisting, climbing stairs and ladders, and entering plant equipment to access, inspect or collect data on plant equipment.
_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/Protected Veteran Status/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.
EEO is the Law Poster (The poster can be found at http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf)
Official description on file with Talent.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
Includes, but are not limited to the following:
+ Provides detailed planning by developed scopes of work, identifying, and estimating manpower and material requirements, and identifying all associated activities required to accomplish the work.
+ Creates/develops schedules in support of Planned Inspection Outages and/or Projects as needed. Creates documents, including cost reports, memos, graphs, charts, tables. etc.
+ Coordinate and interface between various work groups.
+ Gains cooperation and action from people not under employee's direct reporting. Reviews and updates outage plans/work packages as needed.
+ Ensures resources are used in a cost-effective manner.
+ Supports and emphasizes the importance of safety and environmental policies. Recognizes problems and is proactive in helping to resolve them.
+ Initiates and tracks progress of work using work management systems (ex: routine and outage backlogs).
Working Conditions:
+ Normal office environment and power plant environment which requires working in all weather conditions around rotating and energized equipment, hazardous material, and chemicals.
+ Requires operation of a motor vehicle.
+ Work overtime and non-standard working hours as required.
Minimum Requirements:
+ High School diploma and a minimum of 8 years of related plant experience or Bachelor degree in an Engineering, Business, or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
+ 5 Years of Outage Planner/Scheduler experience.
+ Valid driver's license
Preferred Qualifications:
+ Knowledge of power plant systems and operations.
+ Knowledge of Accounting and Budgeting.
+ Strong background in SAP Work Management/Procurement and P6 preferred.
Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
+ Ability to use a personal computer and standard business software. Microsoft Office suite and working knowledge of SAP and P6 is highly desirable.
+ Knowledge of Capital vs Expense and the Accounting associated with Project Budgets.
+ Creating Requisitions to support major projects and routine outage work.
+ Basic understanding of the processes, systems, assets, resources, key personnel, and functions of the Maintenance and Engineering Department.
+ Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a team environment
+ Ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written) at all levels of the organization
+ Ability to establish and maintain a positive and professional working relationship with all individuals
+ Demonstrated sound business skills necessary to accomplish assigned tasks
+ Ability to perform as a team member or leader in a cross-functional team environment and achieve consensus decisions
+ Ability to read, create and follow written policies and procedures
+ Ability to read, write and understand English
+ Knowledge of estimating techniques
+ Ability to understand and use work management systems
+ Knowledge of applicable safety and environmental regulations
Physical Requirements:
+ Requires wearing personal protective safety equipment (respirators, safety glasses, gloves, hard hat, appropriate footwear, ear plugs, etc.)
+ Requires standing, sitting, walking, kneeling, twisting, climbing stairs and ladders, and entering plant equipment to access, inspect or collect data on plant equipment.
_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/Protected Veteran Status/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.
EEO is the Law Poster (The poster can be found at http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf)
Official description on file with Talent.
Source : NRG Energy, Inc.
