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Plant Planner - Cunningham/Maddox Station

Organization:
Xcel Energy, Inc.
Region:
United States, New Mexico, Hobbs
End of contest:
November 10, 2019
  This job posting has expired
Type:
Full time
Category:
Planning
Description
Position Summary
Standard Operations Position. Assembles, groups, and prioritizes work orders, orders materials and parts, assigns long-term and near-term schedule dates for maintenance crews, and assigns work order operations to work orders. Selects and manages contractors, assists in developing the critical path for overhauls and outages, and tracks completion. Prepares monthly maintenance and various equipment reports as required. Develops cost estimates for outages and large projects, and assists in developing plant budget. Estimates labor requirements on equipment repairs, tracks actual time spent, and effectively manages cost. Tracks backlog and maintenance re-works. Develops and implements maintenance procedures and programs.

Essential 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.

Minimum 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 essential.
  • Good communication both oral and written, leadership, human relations and technical skills are required.
  • Demonstrate ability to lead people and manage projects.
  • Must have excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office. Knowledge of "Lockout/Tagout Processes".
  • Experience with budgeting and cost control required

Requisition Number: 19406

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Contact

Xcel Energy, Inc.

414 Nicollet Mall

Minneapolis

Minnesota United States

www.xcelenergy.com


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