Outage Specialist Supervisor - Plant Farley

Outage Specialist Supervisor-Plant Farley Job Summary

Responsible for directing the overall development of detailed schedules for forced, planned, and refueling outages while ensuring shutdown safety, ALARA practice, Technical Specifications and plant procedures adherence. Directly supervises other Outage Specialist to ensure schedule logic are correct. This position coordinates the efforts of the station across all organizational boundaries, working with all departments/contracting firms, and designated team leaders for pre-outage scoping, preparation and execution. This position requires a self-starter that can make decisions, influence others outside their organization, lead teams, and demand results from others.

This individual oversees/approves the schedule work performed by department schedulers and those individuals brought in to support contractors or projects.

Minimum Job Requirements:

- Experience directing operations, maintenance, or project management activities in at least 4 refueling outages

- Personal computer (PC) knowledge

- Intradepartmental communication skills (verbal and written)

- Minimum of 7 years overall nuclear power plant experience or equivalent industry experience.

Preferred

- 5+ years of scheduling experience preferred

- Current or previous RO/SRO license or certification (preferred to be at that site or similar site, i.e. PWR/BWR)

- Shutdown Safety Program knowledge

- Technical BS Degree

- Working knowledge of mainframe and PC based scheduling tools

- Experience with ESOMs / Maximo / P6

- FLS / managerial experience

Major Job Responsibilities

- Supervises other Outage Specialist to coordinate the detailed schedule and outage plan development for the upcoming unit outage to ensure technical specification compliance and maintain shutdown safety in a manner consistent with station procedures, processes, and goals. As a working supervisor, they lead various teams in scope determination and scope control for the upcoming unit outage by reviewing commitments, long range plan, modification schedule, technical specification, preventive maintenance backlogs, and operating department priorities.

- Provides supervisory function over the department schedulers (SPOCs) and other schedulers brought in to support contractors or projects. Mentors, coaches, trains and develops these individuals to ensure a consistent approach to scheduling, IAW the guidance of the fleet. Communicate, enforce, and adhere to pre-outage execution milestones.

- Provide direction to all departmental planners, schedulers, and specialized teams for the outage plan and schedule preparation and execution. Coordinate the outage plan and schedule execution ensuring technical specification compliance while maintaining shutdown safety consistent with station procedures, processes and goals.

- Direct the development, implementation, and communication of the Shutdown Safety Program.

- Direct the outage plan and schedule execution ensuring technical specification compliance while maintaining shutdown safety consistent with station procedures, processes and goals.

Southern Nuclear

, a subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO), is a leader among the nation’s nuclear energy facility operators and an innovator in advanced nuclear technologies. Southern Nuclear is an essential part of Southern Company’s energy portfolio, operating over 8,200 MW across eight nuclear energy units in Alabama and Georgia at the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant near Dothan, Ala., the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant near Baxley, Ga., and the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near Waynesboro, Ga.

The company recently achieved commercial operation on Vogtle Units 3&4, representing an historic achievement for the nuclear industry and the country. Vogtle Units 3&4 are the first new nuclear units to reach commercial operation and be built in the United States in the last three decades. Southern Nuclear is a recognized leader in the industry in nuclear and fuel innovation, having been the first to deploy Accident Tolerant Fuels and winning over 10 consecutive Top Innovative Practice (TIP) Awards and eight EPRI awards.

For more than 40 years, Southern Nuclear has operated nuclear energy facilities at the highest levels of safety and reliability, generating carbon-free electricity for millions of homes and businesses. The company’s headquarters is in Birmingham, Ala.

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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: 14402

Job Category: Power Plant Operations & Maintenance

Job Schedule: Full time

Company: Southern Nuclear