Planner Prin

American Electric Power•Tulsa, OK

About The Position

The Planner Prin functions as a leader and mentor for the planning team and leads the development of detailed work plans and outage plans. The role establishes measurable goals, objectives, and requirements for areas of responsibility, including critical paths, outage plans, and maintenance work plans. It determines internal and external labor needs and uses work management systems, Business Objects, and Primavera P6 to support safe, healthy, efficient, and economical outage and project assignments. The Planner develops schedules, updates them, and produces reports from scheduling software. The position plans and manages scheduled and forced unit outages. Work scopes are based on prior outage inspection reports, predictive and preventive maintenance, lessons learned, facility health reports, long-range planning, and NDE test results. The Planner coordinates with maintenance, daily planners, supervisors, company personnel, and contractors; supports material procurement and contracting; tracks outage costs; performs project risk analysis and estimating; and provides work direction to daily planners as assigned. The role prepares and analyzes reports, detailed work plans, schedules, final outage plans, and Capital Excellence presentations. It advises management of manpower deficiencies and possible recovery plans, and ensures lessons learned and fleet safety practices are integrated into planning. The position also initiates continuous improvement items, maintains the long-range plan, and performs other assigned duties.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in a technical-related field or 7 years of maintenance-related experience.
An additional 12 years of work-related experience in outage/project planning, outage/project field work activities, and/or plant operations, or equivalent education/work experience.
Advanced proficiency in planning functions, Work Management Systems, Business Objects, Primavera P6, and applicable scheduling software.
Proficiency in scheduling techniques for budgeting and planning activities.
Ability to read and understand technical documentation.
Ability to write clear and concise technical reports.
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with craft and management personnel.
Organizational skills to maintain position-related files and documentation.
Ability to work in a team environment.

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor the planning team and develop detailed work plans and outage plans.
Establish measurable goals, objectives, requirements, critical paths, and maintenance and outage work plans.
Determine internal and external labor requirements and match labor expertise to specific jobs.
Plan and manage scheduled and forced unit outages, establishing scopes based on inspections, maintenance, lessons learned, facility health reports, long-range planning, and NDE results.
Develop, update, and report on schedules using applicable scheduling software, including Primavera P6.
Establish schedules that outline critical paths and balance-of-plant work while promoting safe, efficient, reliable plant operation.
Work with maintenance and daily planners to establish work packages.
Use applicable Business Objects reports to track outage costs.
Assist with parts orders and ensure materials are on site 30 days before an outage.
Assist in establishing Indus contracts and releases for outage vendors.
Hold pre-outage meetings in accordance with OMG-001 Generation Guidelines or the plant outage management team's desired timeline.
Work with supervisors to order long-lead-time parts for the next outage and maintain a list of outstanding materials and equipment, estimated delivery dates, and owners.
Assist maintenance with completing PDS justifications for outage projects.
Complete risk analyses for projects and prepare Capital Excellence presentations.
Initiate continuous improvement items and maintain the long-range plan.
Provide work direction to daily planners as assigned.
Organize and conduct planning meetings on estimating, planning, and scheduling assigned outages and projects with company and contract personnel.
Develop projected cost estimates for assigned outages and projects.
Prepare detailed work plans and final outage plans for assigned work.
Prepare and analyze reports and use applicable contracting methods.
Advise management of manpower deficiencies based on work planning and provide possible recovery plans.
Integrate lessons learned and best-in-fleet safety practices into work planning.
Complete lessons learned after each outage or major project.
Perform other duties as assigned.