Outage Manager - TX, LA

FieldCore

12d•$102,500 - $172,100

About The Position

The Outage Manager prepares, plans, leads execution, and closes complex planned and emergent outage events for gas turbine, steam turbine, and generator agreements. The role also supports the development of FieldCore’s business strategy for field fulfilment excellence. As a focal role, the Outage Manager drives consistent outage planning and execution, and the adoption of best practices and lessons learned. The manager leads complex outages for assigned countries or locations, subject to utilization needs. The ideal candidate will live within the TX/LA region; travel is required. The position manages outage events from preparation through closeout, including schedules, labor, tooling and cost planning, customer communications, mobilization, execution, and financial reconciliation. It leads onsite execution with large teams, tracks costs and productivity, manages execution risks, and supports customer operations during shutdown, startup, operation, and performance testing. The role also develops project quotations, oversees execution documentation, coordinates labor, tooling, and vendors through web applications, responds to forced outages, and works to improve processes. The annual salary range is $102,500 to $172,100. This is an exempt-from-overtime position. FieldCore benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement savings, health and wellness reimbursement, and a bonus or incentive program. Benefit eligibility is governed by the applicable plan.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering, or equivalent experience (four years) in the power generation industry.
At least 8 years of applicable experience and demonstrated knowledge or success in gas or steam turbine or generator maintenance, depending on business needs.
At least 3 years of specialized or industry experience in outage planning and execution for gas or steam turbine generators and auxiliary systems.
English proficiency.
Ability and willingness to work holidays, weekends, and overtime as required by field assignments.
Willingness to travel.

Nice To Haves

Project management and planning skills; familiarity with Primavera scheduling tools is preferred.
PC proficiency and experience with web applications, including advanced Excel skills.
Ability to interface effectively with all organizational levels and external customers.
Strong verbal and written communication and influencing skills.
Strong technical and maintenance knowledge of gas or steam turbines and generators.
Team leadership ability in dynamic, energetic, and complex customer-site environments.
Ability to work under high pressure and time constraints while remaining committed and process-oriented.
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work effectively in cross-functional teams.
Ability to influence stakeholders to deliver customer and business needs.
FEP graduate.

Responsibilities

Engage with internal and external customers throughout commercial, planning, execution, closeout, and financial reconciliation phases.
Manage complex planned, emergent, and upgrade outage events from preparation through closeout, including schedule development, labor, tooling and cost planning, customer meetings, mobilization, execution, and closeout.
Lead onsite execution as site lead during assigned outages, managing large teams and ensuring Fulfilment-5 goals and requirements are met.
Track job costs and productivity, manage execution risks and FMEA, and address NU/Service warranty matters.
Improve on-time delivery, outage cost, and productivity; maintain accurate tracking files; and control labor-hour cost and pacing.
Lead project quotation development, including work scope, site-condition checks, and preliminary safety and risk analysis.
Support customer operations teams during shutdown, startup, running, and performance testing of turbine, generator, and auxiliary systems.
Ensure field, quality, EHS, and customer outage documentation is prepared, used, reviewed, stored, and delivered appropriately.
Use web systems applications for labor allocation, preparation, planning, forecasting, and vendor management.
Respond promptly to forced outages and emergencies, attend site when needed, and investigate or escalate issues to restore units to operating condition.
Support the Customer Service Leader with technical communications to customer staff during outage execution.
Improve and optimize existing processes and identify opportunities to simplify them.
Work holidays, weekends, and overtime as required by field assignments; travel as required.
Perform other duties as assigned to support FieldCore’s vision and organizational core values.