Work Week Planner

Longenecker & Associates (L&A), a Geosyntec Company, is a trusted partner enabling critical missions across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex for more than 30 years. We contribute to DOE’s nuclear security and environmental remediation enterprise by providing the highest-caliber staff and experts. We are seeking a motivated Work Week Planner to contribute to our mission supporting our work at Centrus Energy in Oak Ridge, TN.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

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The position provides planning of work week activities under the Work Control Program, which is utilized to plan and execute maintenance of plant equipment and construction activities in a safe, regulatory compliant, and efficient manner.  The Work Control Program is designed to maximize schedule stability, while allowing the flexibility to manage emergent equipment failures.  The objective of Work Control is to integrate the inter-group efforts necessary to maximize safety, system reliability and overall plant efficiency, thereby maximizing plant production.  This is accomplished through a structured planning and review process, which utilizes input from numerous site organizations.  The Work Week Planner (WWP) guides the Work Control planning process by coordinating with representatives from all organizations necessary to safely conduct work activities at the site.  The primary responsibility of the WWP is to function as the single-point-of-contact for all issues and activities associated with the designated work week.  This entails performing inter-group coordination, providing an interface with management, and addressing specific issues that arise.

Essential Responsibilities: 

• The WWP works within the Work Control process and is responsible for development of the necessary planning products to support the program. The WWP implements policies, procedures and checks for current training of all personnel performing work.  The position performs Work Week Scheduling and also acts as Applications Administrator for our computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), ensuring compliance with regulatory and procedural requirements and company policy.
• The WWP owns the Work Week Plan and authorizes all changes to the week’s scope for the execution week and the three weeks prior to execution week.  The WWP reviews the Work Week Plan, ensuring it can be successfully executed, and gains approval from the Maintenance Manager.  The review includes validation of necessary logic ties, verification that Preventive Maintenance activities are scheduled and completed according to program requirements, and ensuring the schedule is appropriately levelized.
• The WWP functions as the single-point-of-contact during execution week.  The WWP maintains/controls the “big picture” of all activities occurring during the week.  The WWP also closely monitors all facility impairments to ensure work is performed as scheduled and therefore returning the plant to full operation as soon as possible.
• The WWP serves as the central point of contact for the Daily Plan of the Day Meeting and Weekly Work Planning Meeting.  The WWP compiles requests for Emergent and Routine work.  In addition, the WWP assists in the performance of post-work week critique of significant evolutions.  The WWP will develops, publishes and presents performance indicators for the work week.
• The WWP ensures traceability control of critical system components, monitors any vendor-managed inventories and coordinate with plant shipping and receiving activities.
• The WWP performs the function of the Applications Administrator for the plant Maintenance and Scheduling software applications.  This includes controlling data consistency and integrity, tracking of preventive maintenance activities in support of regulatory compliance requirements, and administration of Predictive, Preventive, and Corrective maintenance activities. 
• The WWP is responsible for ensuring that maintenance activities performed in a high-quality, cost-efficient manner, ensuring budgetary compliance for the organization.  
• The WWP is also responsible for incorporation of measures to include in work packages that ensure compliance with safety and health programs.
• The WWP may be assigned other duties as determined by management.

• Associates degree in a related Technical discipline or Physical Science field. (required)

• At least 4 years of relevant industry experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• 4+ years of work planning experience.
• DOE and/or NRC experience preferred.
• Due to federal contract security requirements, this position requires U.S. Citizenship. 
• Due to federal contract security requirements, candidates must be able to successfully pass a federal background investigation to secure and maintain DOE Q security clearance.
• Successful candidates will be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. This job posting reflects management’s assignment of essential functions and the descriptions listed do not restrict management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing required.

Please note that marijuana remains a Schedule III controlled substance under Federal Law. Federal contractors must follow Federal drug-free workplace rules, which prohibit marijuana use, even if medical or recreational use is permitted under State Law. 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & LOCATION DETAILS:

• DOE and/or NRC experience.
• Centrus Energy – Oak Ridge, TN.