Power Plant Outage Manager

job summary:
Large utility company is looking for a Power Plant Outage Manager in West olive, MI. This role requires a highly experienced professional with 10+ years in power plant or industrial maintenance to lead the full-cycle planning and execution of plant outages by leveraging expert-level skills in Primavera P6, SAP, and budget management, while holding a Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent industry experience. This is a contract position estimated to last 12 months, possible extension, possible temp to perm. Apply Now!

location: West Olive, Michigan
job type: Contract
salary: $102.14 - 107.14 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors


responsibilities:

• Collaborate in full-cycle planning, scheduling, execution, and closeout of plant outages, including development of outage scope, critical path schedules, and resource plans.

• Coordinate and direct Consumers Energy internal resources, contractors, OEM field service to ensure safe and efficient execution of outage work activities.

• Develop and manage outage budgets, track costs and productivity in real time, and recommend scope or plan adjustments to maintain financial and schedule objectives.

• Ensure compliance with company safety policies, equipment tagging policies, and regulatory requirements

• Review and understand risk assessments and support the implementation mitigation plans for high-risk work.

• Lead or support pre-outage readiness meetings, daily execution meetings, and post-outage lessons-learned sessions.

• Document outcomes and drive implementation of improvement actions in future outages.

• Maintain and report outage performance indicators (safety, duration, cost, scope execution, reliability impacts) to plant and corporate leadership.

• Prepare and issue final outage reports summarizing scope, performance, lessons learned, and recommendations for future events.

Skills:

• strong safety leadership and risk management mindset, with a track record of driving safe work practices during complex, time-constrained outages.

• High proficiency in organizing, prioritizing, and decision-making under pressure, especially when managing emergent work and scope changes.

• Use of continuous improvement processes, KPIs and lessons learned to shorten outage durations (availability improvements), reduce costs, and improve reliability.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to interface effectively with plant staff, corporate leadership, OEMs, and regulators.

Education: Bachelor's degree in technical discipline, or equivalent experience in power generation, industrial maintenance, or related field

Experince:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in power plant/manufacturing/industrial operations, maintenance, or outage/project management, with direct responsibility for major maintenance events.

• Demonstrated experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and managing contractors in a heavy industrial or power generation environment.

• strong planning, scheduling, and cost-control skills, including familiarity with SAP or another ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning software (e.g., Maximo) software.

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

• Proficient in Primavera P6 scheduling software.

• Comprehensive knowledge of power plant equipment and maintenance practices (e.g., boilers, turbines, generators, balance-of-plant systems).

qualifications:

• Experience level: Experienced
• Education: Bachelors

skills: OutageSchedulingSafetySAPPrimavera


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At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact [email protected].


Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).


This posting is open for thirty (30) days.