Meeting/Event Planner jobs in North Las Vegas, NV

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Job Summary:

The Schedular / Planner position is intended for an individual with experience in scheduling / planning of maintenance activities.This knowledge can be gained through prior experience or a combination of college/technical/military training and experience.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Promote safety by assuring that all safety rules and regulations are followed including the coordination and supervision of equipment isolation and tagging procedures.
• Communicate and lead in accordance with company vision and core values. Strong competencies in communication, teamwork, interpersonal effectiveness.
• Work with Maintenance Manager coordinating outage planning activities.
• Develop and draft written maintenance plans (PM's) for the plant.
• Conduct outage and or weekly maintenance scheduling while helping establish plant maintenance priorities in accordance with Plant Operations' needs.
• Provides detailed planning by developing scopes of work, identifying, and estimating manpower and material requirements, and identifying all associated activities required to accomplish the work.
• Determine and schedule necessary resources using Primavera P6, PasTA, SAP e.g., supplies, materials, parts, and special tools or equipment required to perform maintenance inspections and/or work.
• Interpret technical manuals, sketches, prints, instructions, manufacturer's data, and equipment history records while incorporating the applicable information in developing maintenance plans.
• Track and update schedule daily, communicate updates to Stakeholders, provide daily reports, and integrate Field Change Requests into schedule updates
• Coordinate and interface between various work groups.
• Gains cooperation and action from people not under employee's direct reporting. Reviews and updates job plans/work packages as needed.
• Provide Primavera P6 training to other planners as part of personnel development.
• Lead schedule review meetings with various Stakeholders in Engineering, Operations, Corporate Outage Team, and Contractors. Ensure critical path activities are optimized and WBS defined while consulting with the key stakeholders.
• Identify and resolve schedule conflicts.
• Analyze and update SAP on actual versus estimated time, equipment, and manpower requirements.
• Initiate / update notifications, work orders, BOM's, PM's and support all assigned work (including major scheduled or forced outages planning and execution) and participate in developing weekly plans
• Coordinate with Procurement and vendors to request/receive information and to expedite the approval of documents and the delivery of materials.
• Collateral duties and special projects as assigned by the Maintenance Manager.
• Support the implementation of NRG policies and procedures.
• Develop and assist others in the development of technical / engineered work packages.
• Participate in spare parts optimization initiatives, criticality ranking, and development of maintenance strategies.

Working Conditions:

• Normal office environment and power plant environment which requires working in all weather conditions around rotating and energized equipment, hazardous material, and chemicals.
• Requires operation of a motor vehicle; Valid State Driver's License.
• Able to perform occasional travel to corporate locations and other company plants
• Requires wearing personal protective safety equipment (respirators, safety glasses, hard hat, appropriate footwear, ear plugs, fall protection etc.)
• Requires working around rotating and energized equipment, hazardous materials, and chemicals.
• Requires operation of a personal computer.

Minimum Requirements:

• High School diploma or GED equivalent.
• Valid driver's license.
• 3 years' experience in maintenance planning and scheduling
• 2-3 years of experience working with SAP or another CMMS program

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of power plant systems and operations.
• Strong background in Mechanical, Instrumentation and/or Electrical maintenance preferred.

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to use a personal computer and standard business software. Microsoft Office suite and working knowledge of SAP and PaSTA highly desirable.
• Basic understanding of the processes, systems, assets, resources, key personnel, and functions of the Maintenance Department.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a team environment
• Ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written) at all levels of the organization
• Ability to establish and maintain a positive and professional working relationship with all individuals
• Knowledge of applicable safety and environmental regulations

Physical Requirements:

• Requires wearing personal protective safety equipment (safety glasses, gloves, hard hat, appropriate footwear, ear plugs, etc.)
• Ability to work around rotating and energized equipment, hazardous materials, and chemicals.
• Requires standing, sitting, walking, kneeling, twisting, climbing stairs and ladders, and entering plant equipment to access, inspect or collect data on plant equipment.

Please Note: Salary offered will be commensurate with the successful candidate's education and/or experience and consistent with the job location's market pay rate.

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