Outage Planner
ActalentJob Title: Outage Planner / Senior Nuclear PlannerJob Description
The Outage Planner / Senior Nuclear Planner develops comprehensive work packages for maintenance, modification, and surveillance activities at nuclear power facilities. This role combines advanced planning expertise with deep technical knowledge of nuclear systems to ensure work is executed safely, efficiently, and in full complian
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ce with regulatory and plant requirements. The position also provides technical leadership, mentors less experienced planners, and plays a key role in outage and online work planning.
Responsibilities
• Develop detailed work order task descriptions that include clear, step-by-step instructions, material requirements, tool lists, and post-maintenance testing requirements.
• Plan complex maintenance activities, including work governed by applicable nuclear codes and standards, in-service inspection (ISI) and in-service testing (IST) programs, and modification packages.
• Ensure all work packages comply with regulatory requirements, technical specifications, and plant procedures.
• Coordinate clearance requirements and equipment isolation strategies with Operations to support safe work execution.
• Identify and resolve technical issues during the planning phase to prevent field delays and rework.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to less experienced planners and planner associates to support their development.
• Lead planning initiatives for both outage and online work activities, ensuring alignment with plant priorities and schedules.
• Participate in work week planning meetings and provide expert planning input to optimize resource utilization and schedule adherence.
• Develop and deliver training content for planner development programs, sharing best practices and lessons learned.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for planning processes, tools, and standards within the work management organization.
• Interface with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Work Management, and Supply Chain to optimize work execution and minimize schedule risk.
• Participate in pre-job briefs and post-job critiques to continuously improve planning quality and work package effectiveness.
• Coordinate with Radiation Protection and Chemistry to incorporate radiological and chemical hazard controls into work packages.
• Support outage planning activities, including milestone development, tracking, and critical path management.
• Ensure all work packages meet Quality Assurance requirements and applicable regulatory standards.
• Incorporate operating experience (OE) and lessons learned into planning products to improve safety, reliability, and efficiency.
• Maintain configuration control and ensure accurate documentation of as-built conditions following maintenance and modification activities.
• Support the corrective action program by addressing planning-related issues and implementing corrective measures.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning processes, tools, and standards to enhance efficiency and consistency.
• Develop and maintain planning templates, work standards, and best practices to support high-quality work packages.
• Participate in benchmarking activities and industry working groups to stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies.
• Support implementation and effective use of new planning technologies and systems, including work management platforms such as NextEra One and NAMS.
Essential Skills
• Minimum of an Associate's Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical field, or equivalent of 10 years of plant experience in a technical field.
• Minimum of 7+ years of nuclear power plant experience.
• At least 4 years of experience in maintenance planning or an equivalent technical role.
• Demonstrated progression in planning responsibilities and increasing complexity of work assignments.
• Nuclear experience in outage planning, including at least 7+ years of mechanical outage planni