PPL believes the future belongs to energy companies that understand customer needs and are focused on deliberate growth that maximizes shareowner value. This approach has led us to the coast of England and the big sky of Montana. And we continue to invest in Pennsylvania, where our company began nearly nine decades ago.
Headquartered in Allentown, Pa., PPL controls or owns more than 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets, and delivers electricity to about 4 million customers in Pennsylvania and the United Kingdom.
Outage Manager
Corporation Summary
Tracing its roots to Thomas Edison himself, PPL Corporation has been empowering economic vitality and the quality
of life for the communities it serves for nearly a century. The people of PPL Corporation provide reliable, safe,
competitively priced energy to our customers and competitive returns to our shareowners. PPL has grown from a
company with customers and facilities in one region of Pennsylvania to a diverse, super-regional energy company with
more than 10 million customers in the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as about 19,000 megawatts of
generating capacity from the East Coast to the Pacific Northwest. PPL provides energy for millions of customers while
providing challenging and rewarding careers for thousands of employees around the United States and abroad. Be
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Position Summary
1. The position will report to the plant manager and will have overall responsibility for outage planning and execution.
He will have budget and cost control for the outages and provide detailed reports on both schedule and fiscal
performance for all outages. Outages include:
a. Planned Outages
b. Mini Outages
c. Forced Outages
d. Coal Yard/Stack Rake Outages
2. The position oversees planned outage for over 1500MW of base load generation. Including contractors, the total
workforce engaged in an outage, that must be coordinated and supervised will exceed 1,000.
3. This position has 2 direct reports. During the actual outage, the outage control center staff reporting to the Outage
Manager will exceed 6 people.
Primary Responsibilities
1. Prepares detailed schedules for all plant outages with a combined capital and maintenance budget of over 60M
dollars.
2. Conducts all meetings related to plant outages to report on schedule details and financial reporting against
established targets.
3. Conducts lesson learned reviews to develop and track action items to completion, as appropriate, to address
problems and issues.
4. Coordinates with the Technical Manager on the implementation of plant/system projects including all capital
expenditures.
5. Responsible for all outage milestone planning and execution.
6. Works with other station leaders to develop and maintain long-range plans for installation/completion of capital
projects.
Candidate Qualifications
Candidates must meet the basic qualifications to receive consideration.
Basic Qualifications
1. BS in Engineering Field is preferred.
2. 5 years power plant experience in the planning and execution of work/outages.
3. Scheduling experience with appropriate planning software.
4. Extensive knowledge and experience with work planning software.
5. Budget and planning experience related to power plant operation and maintenance.
6. Demonstrated written, listening and oral communication skills.
7. Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate others.
8. Demonstrated commitment to continuous performance improvement.
9. Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with external customers in difficult and sensitive situations.
10. Ability to promote teamwork and model team behavior.
11. Demonstrated PC literacy and keyboard skills.
Preferred Qualifications
1. Certification as a Project Manager.
2. Boiler Engineer experience.
- Company:
PPL Corporation - Location:
York Haven, PA - Status:
Full Time
Employee - Education:
Bachelor's Degree - Career Level:
Manager (Manager/Supervisor of Staff) - Industry:
Energy and Utilities - Job Category:
Manufacturing/Production/Operations - Work Experience:
5+ to 7 Years - Occupations:
General/Other: Production/Operations - Salary/Wages:
competitive
- Company:
PPL Corporation - Reference Code:
20120095
