Plant Planner (Power Plant)

Xcel Energy•Burnsville, MN

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is a Standard Operations Position within Xcel Energy. The role involves assembling, grouping, and prioritizing work orders, ordering necessary materials and parts, and assigning long-term and near-term schedule dates for maintenance crews. It also includes assigning work order operations to work orders, selecting and managing contractors, assisting in developing critical paths for overhauls and outages, and tracking completion. The role prepares monthly maintenance and various equipment reports, develops cost estimates for outages and large projects, and assists in developing the plant budget. Additionally, it estimates labor requirements for equipment repairs, tracks actual time spent, manages costs effectively, tracks backlog and maintenance re-works, and develops and implements maintenance procedures and programs.

Requirements

Three to five years of power plant experience or equivalent experience in heavy industry.
Formal relevant technical education and/or military/service/training may be substituted for years of experience on a one-for-one basis up to four years.
An understanding of maintenance and operations practices and procedures is required.
Good communication skills both oral and written.
Leadership and human relations experience required.
Demonstrate ability to lead people and manage projects.
Must have excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office.
Knowledge of "Lockout/Tagout Processes".
Ability to be able to analyze data/reports, conduct research, assist in implementing recommendations, and occasionally supervise/evaluate the performance of others.
Must be able to develop plans, achieve goals, present information to others, and work under pressure to meet deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Experience with budgeting and cost control preferred.
Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
An extensive working knowledge of SAP is strongly preferred.
Technical drawing experience and familiarity with interpreting P&IDs, mechanical/electrical/structural/civil, and instrumentation diagrams.
Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail, accuracy, and timeliness.
Ability to anticipate and accept changes in the organization and adapt to meet new requirements.

Responsibilities

Plans daily and weekly maintenance work.
Creates and prioritizes work orders, checks on availability of parts and materials, and develops work schedules for maintenance crews.
Assigns work order operations to work orders.
Plans and oversees overhauls and outages.
Performs long term and near term outage scheduling and critical path functions to reduce the duration of planned outages.
Schedules and manages contractors, orders parts, develops and updates work schedules, and tracks work completion during the overhaul/outage.
Reallocates resources as needed during outages to meet business needs.
Prepares final outage report.
Owns various work processes, trending and tracking programs, administrative systems and plant systems in support of engineering.
Prepares monthly maintenance/operations report, outage reports and various equipment reports as required.
Prepares reports on maintenance back-log and equipment re-works including fuel reports, and other monthly reports as needed.
Plans large maintenance projects.
Estimates cost, required resources, and evaluates contractor proposals.
Evaluates and selects contractors based on quality, timeliness and cost, as appropriate.
Serves as coordinator and site contact for contractors performing work in the plant.
Develops cost estimates for outages and large equipment repair jobs.
Assists in preparing plant budget.