The Planning Team Leader is responsible for meticulously planning and scheduling both outage and daily maintenance activities for McDonough Combined Cycle Plant. The Planning Team Leader plays a pivotal role in ensuring operational excellence and continuous improvement the entire plant.
Relocation may be available.
Key Responsibilities
- Leadership and Team Management: Effectively lead a team of individual contributor direct reports, including maintenance and CBM specialists. Foster an environment of teamwork, self-motivation, open communication, and customer support.
- Planning and Scheduling: Develop and implement a four-weekmaintenance plan utilizing Maximo - Enterprise Solutions tools. Provide effective planning, scheduling, and coordination of unit outages, ensuring adherence to the schedule and quality of work as defined in Chapter VI of the Generation Playbook. Collaborate with the Regional Planning Team to successfully execute regional planning deliverables.
- Process Documentation: Document planning processes and procedures, clearly defining daily tasks for each role. Ensure proper documentation is stored in Maximo to capture necessary historical information on equipment and facilitate knowledge transfer.
- Performance Management: Utilize key performance indicators (KPIs) to trend and measure the effectiveness of, and adherence to, the daily work plan. Ensure key performance indicators for outage planning are met.
- Resource Coordination: Work closely with the warehouse, maintenance specialists, and system owners to identify critical parts and ensure availability when needed. Administer contractor labor module and on-site contractor supplemental support.
- Continuous Improvement: Lead efforts to continuously improve maintenance strategy by ensuring full integration of equipment data, condition-based maintenance (CBM), Operations, OIS data, system owners, and subject matter experts.
- Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks to the critical path of projects, ensuring timely unit shutdowns and startups by being prepared, proactive, and following critical path milestones (CPMs).
- Communication: Provide regular updates to leaders, team members, and stakeholders on project plans, progress, and any potential issues, ensuring transparency and alignment across all levels.
- Budget Management: Develop and oversee outage O&M and capital budgets.
- Safety and Compliance: Champion safety in all activities, safely approaching every job, every day. Prioritize decisions by safety, compliance, and reliability.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Technical Proficiency: Thorough understanding and demonstrated experience in the use of Maximo, Tableau, Excel, Primavera P6, and CIMs for daily planning (Preferred).
- Operational Experience: Operations, Maintenance, and/or Planning experience (Required). Understanding of plant equipment, systems, and operations (Preferred).
- Project Management: Demonstrated experience in project management, including planning, executing, and overseeing projects to ensure they are completed on time and within budget. Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, coordinate resources, and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
- Leadership Skills: Supervisory experience, including performance management (Preferred). Combined Cycle Power Plant experience (Preferred).
- Contract Knowledge: Understanding of Long-Term Service Agreements (LTSA) and IBEW contract (Preferred).
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to make decisions and think strategically, both short-term and long-term.
- Communication Skills: Strong written and oral communication skills. Demonstrated planning and organization skills, including budget management.
Behavioral Attributes
- Values Champion: Exhibit and champion Southern Company values in all interactions and tasks.
- Safety First: Consistently demonstrating safety first, safely approaching every job, every day, always comes first.
- Team Building: Consistently demonstrate we are One Team, working to foster a culture of belonging and ensuring everyone feels valued.
- Agility: Demonstrate agility in adapting to changing circumstances and challenges, maintaining flexibility and responsiveness.
- Motivation and Initiative: Highly motivated with strong self-initiative.
- Innovation: Must be flexible, forward-thinking, and strategic-minded. Willing to challenge the status quo through innovation and continuous improvement.
Georgia Power is the largest electric subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO), America's premier energy company. Value, Reliability, Customer Service and Stewardship are the cornerstones of the Company's promise to 2.6 million customers in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties. Committed to delivering clean, safe, reliable, and affordable energy at rates below the national average, Georgia Power maintains a diverse, innovative generation mix that includes nuclear, coal and natural gas, as well as renewables such as solar, hydroelectric and wind. Georgia Power focuses on delivering world-class service to its customers every day and the Company is recognized by J.D. Power and Associates as an industry leader in customer satisfaction. For more information, visit www.GeogiaPower.com and connect with the Company on Facebook (Facebook.com/GeorgiaPower), Twitter (Twitter.com/GeorgiaPower) and Instagram (Instagram.com/ga_power).
Southern Company (NYSE: SO ) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy solutions provider with national capabilities, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation, resilience and sustainability, we are taking action to meet customers' and communities' needs while advancing our goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into economic, environmental and social progress for tomorrow. Our corporate culture has been recognized by a variety of organizations, earning the company awards and recognitions that reflect Our Values and dedication to service. To learn more, visit www.southerncompany.com .
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.
Southern Company is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Job Identification: 12673
Job Category: Power Plant Operations & Maintenance
Job Schedule: Full time
Company: Georgia Power
