Turbine Coordinator (Sr) - Generation Field Services - PSO /SWEPCO Service Territory

American Electric Power • Jenks, OK

5d • $98,993 - $128,688

About The Position

The Senior Turbine Coordinator plans, executes, and oversees major maintenance outages, capital projects, emergent repairs, and reliability improvement initiatives involving steam turbines, gas turbines, generators, boiler feed pumps, and associated balance-of-plant equipment across generating stations. The role serves as the primary technical and project-management lead for assigned work, ensuring safe execution, schedule adherence, budget compliance, and long-term equipment reliability. It provides technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, from scope development through commissioning and return to service.

The position coordinates outage and project work across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Supply Chain, contractors, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). It evaluates equipment condition and maintenance strategies, leads troubleshooting and risk mitigation, oversees contractor performance, and supports quality assurance and regulatory compliance. The coordinator also supports multiple stations and units, promotes standardized practices and continuous improvement, and shares lessons learned across the organization.

The posting also describes an associate coordinator role that reports to a senior coordinator, principal coordinator, or superintendent. Depending on experience, the associate may work independently, develop system-wide experience, assist with project development and resource allocation, guide supervisors and craft personnel, and help prepare work packages and outage plans. The role requires safe work practices, the ability to follow directions, and ongoing development of technical skills, inspection proficiency, and familiarity with specified work-management systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Engineering Technology, Construction Management, Business, or a related technical field; equivalent industry experience is considered.
• Minimum 8 years of power generation, turbine-generator maintenance, outage management, project management, or related utility experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading major maintenance outages and large multidisciplinary projects.
• Strong knowledge of steam turbine, gas turbine, generator, and auxiliary-system maintenance practices.
• Experience managing contractors, vendors, and OEM service organizations.
• Proficiency with scheduling, cost control, risk management, and project-planning tools.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work safely and follow directions.
• For the associate coordinator duties described in the summary: fundamental understanding of turbine and generator sets; ability to understand and participate in project development, resource allocation, and duration planning; and ability to develop knowledge of inspection procedures, documentation, and visual examinations.

Nice To Haves

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• OEM turbine-generator maintenance experience.
• Utility power generation experience.
• Experience managing multi-million-dollar outage budgets.
• Knowledge of predictive maintenance technologies, vibration analysis, and reliability-centered maintenance practices.
• Experience supporting combined-cycle, fossil, and renewable generation assets.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution of major steam turbine, gas turbine, and generator outages.
• Develop outage work scopes, schedules, milestones, and execution strategies; manage critical paths and identify schedule recovery actions.
• Coordinate outage activities among Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Supply Chain, contractors, and OEM representatives; conduct daily coordination meetings and status reviews.
• Ensure outage activities meet station goals, budgets, and performance objectives, and lead startup, commissioning, testing, and return-to-service activities.
• Serve as project manager for maintenance and capital improvement projects; develop execution plans, risk registers, and resource plans.
• Monitor project performance, expenditures, schedule adherence, and scope changes; communicate status to stakeholders and executives.
• Evaluate equipment condition and maintenance strategies for steam turbines, gas turbines, generators, boiler feed pumps, turbine valves and controls, bearings and seals, and auxiliary systems.
• Lead troubleshooting of vibration, leakage, thermal growth, alignment, performance degradation, and mechanical failures; support root-cause analyses and corrective actions.
• Review OEM recommendations and develop site-specific maintenance strategies; provide technical guidance during emergent equipment issues and forced outages.
• Assist in developing bid packages and technical scopes of work; coordinate OEM representatives and specialty contractors.
• Oversee contractor safety, quality, productivity, and schedule performance; review work plans, lift plans, quality documents, and repair procedures.
• Resolve technical issues and scope changes during project execution; validate contractor invoices and support outage financial closeout.
• Develop and maintain outage risk registers, identify risks, and lead mitigation planning for high-risk activities.
• Ensure compliance with station quality requirements and industry standards; conduct field inspections and hold-point reviews.
• Review and approve work packages, repair procedures, and critical maintenance documentation; lead Foreign Material Exclusion planning and implementation for critical equipment maintenance.
• Promote a strong safety culture; ensure compliance with OSHA, environmental, company, and contractor safety requirements; participate in job hazard analyses, pre-job briefings, and safety observations.
• Support regulatory inspections and corrective-action implementation; drive continuous improvement in outage safety performance.
• Support multiple generating stations and units; develop standardized maintenance practices and outage execution strategies.
• Review reliability data, identify improvement opportunities, support long-range maintenance planning and capital investment decisions, and share lessons learned across the organization.
• Interface with OEM engineering teams to resolve complex technical issues.
• Provide technical and project leadership during critical outages and emergent equipment events; influence decisions across Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and Management.
• Drive accountability for safety, quality, schedule, and cost; mentor less experienced coordinators, planners, and project personnel.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives that enhance fleet reliability and outage execution.
• For the associate coordinator duties described in the summary: assist with project development, resource allocation, work-package and outage-plan development; provide guidance to supervision and craft personnel; increase technical and inspection proficiency; and become familiar with the identified computer programs.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package intended to support employee well-being.
• 12% annual target bonus, with a 24% maximum, based on total earnings including overtime.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior