Planning Team Leader

Southern Company • Atlanta, GA

10d

About The Position

The Plant McDonough Planning Team Leader position is responsible for leading the daily planning organization and meticulous planning and scheduling of daily maintenance and any necessary FOMO activities. This position is accountable for team development, technical direction, performance management, optimizing employee productivity, managing resources, managing work priorities, and other related maintenance goals as identified in the plant business plan. This position must be forward thinking, open to seeking efficiencies and improvements utilizing an innovative approach leveraging and applying new technologies to improve plant performance. The Planning Team Leader position will partner with site contractors and facility planning groups to maximize value and productivity in the execution of daily work scopes.

Requirements

• A minimum of five (5) years of power generation and or related industry experience is required.
• Thorough understanding and demonstrated experience in the use of Maximo, Tableau, Excel, Primavera P6, and CIMs for daily and outage planning is highly preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Operations, Maintenance, and/or Planning experience are highly preferred.
• Experience in relevant roles such as a system engineer, system owner, planner, coordinator, or team leader is preferred.
• Understanding of plant equipment, systems, and operations is preferred.
• Experience in multiple Southern Company generating plants, operating companies, and or departments is considered a plus.
• Outage and project management experience is preferred.
• Experience in developing, tracking, and managing budgets is preferred.
• Supervisory experience, including performance management, is preferred.
• Additional degrees or certifications are preferred.
• Knowledge of contract administration and Southern Company's policies regarding contractors is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Effectively lead a team of direct reports.
• Foster an environment of teamwork, self-motivation, open communication, and customer support.
• Lead a team that provides planning, coordination, scheduling, and execution for daily activities.
• Demonstrate the ability to achieve business results through individuals and teams across a diverse workgroup.
• Provide coaching through performance management for each member of the team seeking to develop the employees' skills for future opportunities.
• Develop and implement a detailed four-week maintenance plan utilizing Enterprise Solutions tools.
• Provide effective planning, scheduling, and execution of daily activities for plant maintenance and labor rate contractors.
• Utilize key performance indicators (KPIs) to trend and measure the effectiveness of maintenance planning processes.
• Ensure key performance indicators for outage planning are met.
• Provide metrics reporting of planning efficiency to management.
• Be the plant technical resource for Enterprise Solutions tools and provide support (Maximo, Tableau, Primavera P6, and CIMs).
• Lead efforts to continuously improve maintenance strategies.
• The management of Temporary Modifications, Force/Maintenance Outages (FOMO), and Critical Issues Lists.
• Develop and oversee O&M and capital budgets.

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
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees