Planning Manager

A subsidiary of Veolia group, Veolia North America (VNA) is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. www.veolianorthamerica.com

Position Purpose:

Optimizes the efficiency of the Maintenance and Operations Departments by providing short-term, mid and long-term planning / scheduling that increases work output and overall team efficiency.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning, estimating time and specifying parts and materials, equipment, and manpower on maintenance and operations work orders, including outage and project work.
• Schedule and plan preventive, routine maintenance, outage and project work activities. 
• Responsible for managing work order backlog and data input in Maximo.
• Review and revise the effectiveness of the regulatory and best practice PM program as necessary.  
• Prepare job planning packages and fill-in for the maintenance supervisor as needed.
• Forecast contractor manpower requirements, track and report weekly manpower usage when needed.
• Provide weekly reporting on station KPI and score cards including WO and backlog report, PO and invoice report, Overtime report, and Productivity report.
• Write purchase order requisitions and contractor service agreements.
• Review work order requests and correct deficiencies.
• Communicate with operations to effectively plan and schedule work in accordance with their needs and their operating schedules.
• Complete safe work permits for contractors.
• Attend the morning meetings to get feedback, adjust priority and schedule, and be informed of emergency/break-in jobs.
• Communicates both verbally and in writing, in a clear, logical manner. Listens effectively and allows others to express their thoughts without prejudging.
• Ensures that costs are minimized through savings in time, material, and proper work procedures within the scope of the job.
• Develops personnel to achieve maximum efficiency and productivity by instructing, motivating, counseling and utilizing appropriate training.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education/Experience/Background:

• High school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) required.
• 2 years previous experience in planning / scheduling and estimating industrial maintenance work preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge of industrial materials, equipment, and tooling of Combined Cycle Plants.
• Computerized maintenance management software experience (Maximo).
• Technical training a plus.

Required Certification/Licenses/Training:

• Driver's License Required.
• Other: TWIC-Transportation Worker Identification Credential - Preferred.
• Certified Project Management (CPM) Preferred Or;
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Preferred.

Pay Range: $125000 to $135000 Per Year.

Benefits: Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.