Outage Scheduler Lead - Plant Farley Columbia, AL

Southern Company • Columbia, AL

4d • Onsite

About The Position

It's an exciting time to be part of our growing organization. Southern Nuclear, headquartered in Birmingham, AL, operates Southern Company's eight nuclear reactors at three locations in Georgia and Alabama: four reactors at Plant Vogtle, near Waynesboro, GA; two reactors at Plant Hatch, near Baxley, GA; and two reactors at Plant Farley, near Dothan, AL. If a new and significant challenge is what you have been longing for, and if you are energized, positive, committed, and desiring to make a difference, then we are looking for YOU to join our team! Job Summary: Responsible for directing the development of detailed schedules for forced, planned, and refueling outages while ensuring shutdown safety, ALARA practice, Technical Specifications and plant procedures adherence. Directly supervises the schedulers and is considered the "Owner" of all schedule logic. Oversees/approves all schedule changes during outage execution. Crosses all organizational boundaries working with all departments and designated team leaders for pre-outage preparation and execution.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years overall nuclear power plant experience required
• Possess at least three years exempt plant maintenance, scheduling, planning, or work management experience.
• Experience directing operations activities or planning/scheduling maintenance resources in at least 2 refueling outages desired
• Personal computer (PC) knowledge
• Intradepartmental communication skills (verbal and written)

Nice To Haves

• FLS/managerial experience desired
• Experience with ESOMs & Maximo desired
• Significant experience and knowledge with Primavera P6 strongly preferred
• 5+ years in a work scheduling role strongly desired.
• Current or previous SRO license
• Shutdown Safety Program knowledge
• Technical BS Degree
• Working and teaching knowledge of mainframe and PC based scheduling tools

Responsibilities

• Works directly with the Outage Specialists to coordinate the detailed schedule and outage plan development for the upcoming unit outage to ensure technical specification compliance and maintain shutdown safety in a manner consistent with station procedures, processes, and goals.
• Provides supervisory function over the outage schedule group. Mentors, coaches, trains and develops schedulers to ensure a consistent approach to scheduling, IAW the guidance of the fleet.
• Provide direction to all departmental planners, schedulers, and specialized teams for the outage plan and schedule preparation and execution.
• Direct the development, implementation, and communication of the Shutdown Safety Program.
• Direct the development, reviews and communication of the outage schedule progression development.
• Direct the outage plan and schedule execution ensuring technical specification compliance while maintaining shutdown safety consistent with station procedures, processes and goals.

Benefits

• Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being.
• This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s).
• A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf .
• Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees