DCPP (Nuc) Scheduler

Requisition ID # 162818 

Job Category: Nuclear Generation 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Generation

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: Avila Beach

Department Overview 

The Outage Scheduling department is responsible for Outage and Forced Outage schedules. The Outage Scheduling department works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Project Managers to incorporate maintenance, testing, and project activities into an integrated schedule. The integrated schedules are used by plant personnel during the execution of a refueling or forced outage 

Position Summary 

The normal work schedule is a 4/10 shift, Monday-Thursday, 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. You may be required to work weekends including extended hours.  This position is a journey level scheduler position responsible for scheduling work at Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP). 

You may have to occasionally wear personal protective equipment such as hard hat, goggles, ear plugs, and gloves which is required in various parts of the nuclear power plant. You must be able to travel at least 10% of the time. 

 To obtain and maintain employment, you must be able to pass a drug and alcohol screen, a security background check for unescorted access to a nuclear plant, psychological screen, and be subject to random drug and alcohol screening in fulfillment of federal requirements.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job.  The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.  Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​

A reasonable salary range is:​​

California Minimum: $​109,212

California Maximum: $156,252

Responsibilities 

Outage Scheduling 

- Develop discipline schedules to be integrated with the overall outage plan and schedule for forced and refueling outages. 

- Execute outage reports, layouts, and histograms during outage development and execution. 

- Develop outage system and High Impact Team (HIT) schedules to be integrated with the overall outage schedule. 

- Work with planning, clearance coordination, maintenance, engineering, operations, and Work Window Managers to determine the best means to execute work windows and maximize resources during scheduled outages. 

- Analyze schedules to identify issues and recommend enhancements to schedule implementation. - Update Level 1, 2, and 3 schedules. 

- Monitor and resolve Level 2 windows to ensure work windows complete as scheduled. 

- Assist project managers and HIT teams in the scheduling and coordination of major plant maintenance and modification tasks. 

- Participate in the analysis and resolution of schedule problems. 

- Ensure resource limits are accurate in scheduling tools and provide histograms to disciplines. 

- Input man-hour changes into scheduling software; input changes to work centers and durations into SAP. 

- Monitor and clean up debugs for given scheduling assignments. 

- Adhere to Outage Scheduling guidelines. 

- Understand and update desk guides to ensure processes are accurately documented. 

- Update and ensure Forced Outage Templates are up to date. 

- Perform scheduling duties during a forced outage. 

- Determine methods for implementing various procedure improvement projects. 

Project Management Support 

- Provide layouts, reports, and histograms to assist key project team stakeholders and management in updating and monitoring status of assigned projects. 

- Develop, update, and monitor project schedules to be integrated with outage and on line schedules. 

- Set up programs and reports to aid management in critical decision making efforts. 

- May participate in an assigned Emergency Response Organization position (may be part of an on-call duty team) 

Qualifications 

Minimum: 

- 3 years of experience in scheduling, project management, operations, maintenance, maintenance planning, engineering and/or construction at PG&E or 4 years of the same experience with another company. 

Desired: 

- Knowledge and experience in commercial nuclear power plant refueling outage scheduling. 

- Knowledge of power plant Instruments and Controls systems interfaces and interactions 

- Knowledge and experience with DCPP procedure and work control programs 

- Fluent in the use of Primavera scheduling program and current company tools such as SAP Work Management modules, and Microsoft Office Suite Programs (emphasis on Excel, Word, and MS Project 

- Ability to create, update, and monitor outage, project, and online schedules. 

- Ability to prioritize work to ensure milestone and due date commitments are accomplished. 

- Ability to work with both internal and external customers/clients 

- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize work effectively 

- Problem resolution and decision making ability 

– shows initiative and good judgment in resolving issues 

- Ability to schedule and lead group meetings, influence others, and build agreement 

- Use independent judgment in selection and applying scheduling methods and techniques to determine cost effective and practical solutions 

- Ability to develop reports, Gant charts, PERT diagrams, and histograms to support customer needs 

- Assist in the resolution of technical and work process issues. 

- Strong communication and analytical skills
 

- Excellent oral and written communication skills 

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