Talen
Cycle Manager
Berwick, PA
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 27 days ago
Supply ChainAR/VRLeadershipCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- The Cycle Manager is responsible for safe, effective, and risk-informed development, maintenance, and execution readiness of the integrated station schedule across all modes of operation.
Responsibilities
- Maintain the long-term rolling station schedule that provides the backbone for integrated station schedule development and routine work execution.
- Balance station risk, divisional weeks, equipment availability, resource loading, clearances, operational windows, qualifications, and work-release decisions to support safe and efficient execution.
- Own and facilitate the station Surveillance program and ensure surveillance, preventive, repetitive, and routine activities are incorporated into the schedule and ready for execution.
- Maintain schedule-of-opportunities processes to identify windows for opportunistic work, bundled scope, resource leveling, and improved station productivity.
- Own or support work order screening, initial prioritization, deficiency coding, and schedule impact evaluation to ensure work is appropriately challenged before inclusion in the schedule.
- Support CAP and ActionWay disposition, action assignment, closure review, and CR/AR screening to ensure schedule-related corrective actions are timely, assigned, and aligned with station expectations.
- Manage and report work order backlog performance, identify adverse trends, and drive backlog reduction strategies with line organizations.
- Own or support recurring performance inputs and assessments associated with online work management, including T+1 reports, T-5/T-2 oversight, PIC data, INPO inputs, and station performance dashboards.
- Develop, revise, and improve work management procedures, training materials, and process documents.
- Lead the Cycle Scheduling team and mixed-discipline station working committees in a manner that builds ownership, accountability, teamwork, and conservative decision-making.
Requirements
- Valid Pennsylvania driver's license required.
- Ability to physically respond and have unescorted access to SSES.
- Extensive knowledge of nuclear plant operations in the form of
- Senior Reactor Operator license, Shift Technical Advisor, plant specific certification, maintenance, engineering, or equivalent plant experience.
- Lead the seasonal readiness scheduling process, including incorporation and coding of winter preparedness and other seasonal commitments prior to required completion dates.
- Basic Qualifications
- Ability to maintain Emergency Plan position qualifications.
Nice to have
- Previous or current Senior Reactor Operator or Reactor Operator License or Certification, OR +5 years non-licensed operating experience with demonstrated leadership.
- +5 years of supervisory experience in one of the following departments: Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Work Management (or equivalent experience)
- BS/BE (or Equivalent Experience)
- Proficiency with P-6 - Develop work windows, logic ties and resource manpower loading
- capable of obtaining various P-6 reports for both outage and on-line periods.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to translate schedule risk, performance data, and corrective actions into clear leadership-level messages.
- Proficiency or ability to develop proficiency in station work management and reporting systems such as Oracle, NIMS, PRA, Syntempo, QLIK, ActionWay, DLAP, and related scheduling/performance tools.
- Strong understanding of nuclear work management (INPO AP-928), online schedule development, station schedule execution, routine work scheduling, and nuclear plant risk management.
Benefits
- Manage work schedule health, including surveillances, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, modifications, corrective and elective work, seasonal readiness scope, and other station commitments.
- Use data from station systems and reporting tools such as QLIK, Syntempo, Oracle, ActionWay, DLAP, and T+1 products to identify learning, performance gaps, and corrective actions.
- Develop and deliver work management training and learning sessions for station users, including Online Work Management T&L, Syntempo/process training, and targeted training for functional groups.
- Serve as a primary alternate for the Online Manager in core station leadership forums as assigned, including station health, corrective action, and schedule/production readiness meetings.
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