Planner - Plant

Vistra Corp•Franklin, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lignite Planner plans all corrective, preventive, and condition based maintenance jobs for the plant using PR-ISM, PMMS, and other EFH databases along with appropriate technical information. The Planner visits the job-site to determine the resources needed to complete the job in the safest, most efficient, and cost effective manner.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED Equivalent.
5-7 years of fossil power plant experience in mechanical, electrical maintenance.
Operating procedures, safety procedures, auxiliary equipment, fuel handling equipment, fossil plant planning, clearance procedures, experience in computer maintenance management systems and an understanding of RCM/CBM programs.

Nice To Haves

Good understanding of SCR, carbon injection and scrubber operations and maintenance.
Good interpersonal and organizational skills.
Good computer skills using Word, Excel, Access and Outlook.
Good leadership, communication, problem solving and decision making skills.

Responsibilities

Directly evaluates the status of the running equipment in the assigned area on a daily basis and communicates with various other departments within the plant to verify potential problem areas.
Generates the appropriate actions either by creating work orders or by entering AR’s so the appropriate repairs can be planned and completed.
Creates work orders from AR’s; creates new standard job plans and revising existing standard job plans; builds, maintains, reviews, and corrects the PM database; continually monitors and corrects job estimates on repeatable jobs; closes schedules and review closed schedule comments to evaluate for any additional actions; builds and modifies bill of materials lists in the database; and generates reports as required and any other duties as set by the scheduler in order to support the area’s daily efforts.
Understands the job functions of the scheduler and will fill that position if the scheduler is away from the plant.
Understands the CBM technology and apply that technology by interpreting and utilizing the supporting data to properly plan up-coming projects.
Incorporates the latest code, safety, and regulatory changes to the current daily plans.
Personally understands all of the equipment and maintenance activities in the assigned area well enough to give an accurate work duration, a detailed description of the tools required, the materials to be used, and how the work will to be performed for a specific job.
Arranges, coordinates, provides direction, and directly supervises contracting work forces.
Accountable for controlling particular project assignments relative to work scope, safety, quality, production, and cost management.
Arranges and tracks off-site equipment repairs.
Provides a scope of work, schedule time lines, and cost control.
Ensures planning packages are complete including required permits, work instructions, materials and required notifications.
Communicates with other planners to ensure that priority of work being planned is correct and meets the plant needs.
Performs post work package reviews to ensure that work instructions were completed.
Modifies work instructions when required after performing post work reviews.
Reviews estimated versus actual man-hours for accuracy.
Maintains and updates as required work package instructions.