Maintenance Specialist- Plant Miller (Contract Maintenance Department)

Southern Company•Quinton, AL

About The Position

The Maintenance Specialist supports the Contract Maintenance Department at Plant Miller. The role focuses on daily contract maintenance planning and coordination, supporting established metrics, outage and project planning for all units, and advancing the department’s maintenance strategy through job plan development, preventive maintenance administration, department processes, and procedure development. The position supports planned, maintenance, and forced outages, which may require night shifts, weekends, or holidays as needed, and includes some travel within the Generation fleet.

Requirements

Typically 5+ years of relevant industrial maintenance and operations experience; experience planning and coordinating maintenance activities is preferred.
Knowledge of generating plant technology, maintenance, and operations related to major outage and routine activities.
Strong organizational, administrative, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
Experience and knowledge using personal computers, with the ability to learn software applications for work order management, planning and scheduling, and budgeting.
Experience or knowledge with Maximo is required.
Ability to work with vendors and contractors while representing Southern Company’s best interests.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to support planned, maintenance, and forced outages, including night shifts, weekends, and holidays as needed.
Ability to travel within the Generation fleet.

Nice To Haves

Experience planning and coordinating maintenance activities.

Responsibilities

Incorporate safety into operations and maintenance planning for all work activities.
Work with LOTO coordinators to ensure equipment is properly tagged and matches Maximo equipment descriptions.
Administer the Maximo work order management system by processing prioritized work orders, updating equipment records, and maintaining equipment history, including bills of materials.
Develop and implement a Maximo planning process, including producing work packages for contract maintenance crews.
Develop, update, and maintain contract maintenance procedures.
Work with contractor leadership to improve productivity by creating and maintaining detailed job plans, coordinating material procurement and staging, and maintaining communications between work groups.
Develop outage work packages and plans for planned, forced, and maintenance outages for maintenance personnel and external contractors as required.
Coordinate and oversee contract labor needs, such as equipment rebuilds and parts refurbishment, and recommend cost-effective solutions.
Support the Maintenance Strategy program, including use of fleet-level job plans and comprehensive preventive maintenance work packages.
Optimize and organize spare parts, material, and equipment stocking levels and inventories, including obsolete inventory management.
Work with other Maintenance Specialists to maintain consistency in procedures, Maximo implementation, and outage planning.
Support training on procedures and processes.
Support established metrics, outage planning, and project planning for all units.