Maintenance Planner

Maintenance Planner

Situated on the west bank of the Hudson River in West Haverstraw, NY, the Bowline Point Generating Station comprises two dual-fuel natural gas and oil-fired boilers, along with two GE steam turbine units, providing a combined capacity of 1100 megawatts. The plant has been a significant source of electricity for the region and has undergone upgrades to meet environmental regulations, ensuring its continued role in maintaining grid stability.

The Maintenance Planner at Bowline Point Generating Station plans, schedules, and coordinates maintenance activities to support safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations. This role manages weekly maintenance and outage planning, administers the Maximo CMMS, coordinates parts and materials, oversees contractors, and supports equipment reliability. The position works closely with Operations, Maintenance, plant management, suppliers, and OEMs and serves as a backup supervisor as needed.

Your scope of responsibility as Maintenance Planner includes the following primary functions:

Planning & Scheduling

• Develop and manage preventive, corrective, and long-term maintenance plans for critical plant equipment, including turbines, generators, condensers, and associated systems.
• Plan and schedule major outages, establish work priorities, allocate resources, and track execution using Microsoft Project.
• Manage weekly maintenance schedules and coordinate labor, contractors, materials, equipment availability, and operational requirements.
• Lead planning meetings with plant management and other stakeholders to align maintenance priorities, schedules, and resource needs.
• Develop detailed job plans and assist with scopes of work for Requests for Information (RFIs) and Requests for Proposals (RFPs).
• Establish maintenance priorities and contingency plans for forced outages and other emergent work to support rapid response and minimize downtime.

Maintenance & Reliability

• Administer the plant's Maximo CMMS, maintaining accurate maintenance data, work histories, schedules, and reports to support planning and reliability improvements.
• Manage preventive maintenance programs and perform or coordinate equipment inspections based on operating conditions and duty cycles.
• Partner with Operations to establish safe work conditions, equipment isolations, and clearances for planned maintenance.
• Coordinate and oversee onsite contractors to ensure work meets safety, quality, scope, and schedule requirements.
• Support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and reliability-centered maintenance initiatives to identify recurring equipment issues and improve long-term performance.
• Support maintenance of high-voltage electrical systems and perform or coordinate control loop tuning to improve equipment and process performance.

Procurement, Inventory & Budget

• Obtain vendor quotes, prepare purchase requisitions, and coordinate procurement of parts, materials, and services.
• Maintain appropriate levels of critical spare parts and consumables and work with suppliers and OEMs to ensure availability of parts and technical support.
• Assist with developing and monitoring maintenance budgets to support cost-effective execution without compromising safety, quality, or reliability.

Leadership, Training & Documentation

• Serve as backup supervisor as needed, providing oversight of plant operations and maintenance activities to support safe and continuous operations.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, performance metrics, and reports for management review.
• Support training and development of Mechanical and IC&E personnel and maintain applicable procedures, training materials, and maintenance documentation.
• Maintain required Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) qualifications and support ongoing LOTO training and compliance.

NAES Safe

Safety is a core value of NAES and as a condition of employment, all employees are expected to be mentally alert and work safely at all times. Additionally, employees are required to adhere to all safety warnings and posted safety signs whenever on company property. Furthermore, employees must follow all NAES safety rules and procedures. Effectiveness in carrying out this responsibility is part of the…