Maintenance Planner Power Production

Department:
Thermal Generation Management

Sacramento, CA, US,

Minimum Pay Rate: $

Maximum Pay Rate: $

Apply by Date: 10/21/2026

Posting Type: Open

For over 75 years, SMUD has proudly powered Sacramento as a community-owned utility. Our clean energy vision blends a diverse mix of hydro, solar, wind, thermal, and natural gas sources to deliver reliable, affordable power today, and build a greener future.

Our thermal plants and gas pipelines play a vital role in this vision. They keep the grid stable, provide on-demand power, and back up renewable energy when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing.

We're seeking a Maintenance Planner Power Production to join our Power Generation team and oversee maintenance planning and coordination for our gas pipeline operations supporting thermal assets. You'll keep everything running smoothly by creating work plans, schedules, and work packages for all maintenance activities and making sure materials, permits, and documentation are ready when needed.

Plan, organize and execute maintenance planning and outage coordination activities for Power Generation assets. Develop and implement integrated maintenance plans and work packages contributing to safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective operations. Improve, continuously, work management processes to enhance asset performance and operational efficiency. Document preventive and corrective maintenance, modifications or additions, and inspection and testing for power generation assets to ensure a technically sound and cost-effective maintenance program that provides high work force productivity, work quality and minimal SMUD asset outage.

Serve as an advanced journey-level resource utilizing advanced decision-making, discretion, and technical expertise. Plan, coordinate, and prioritize work management, outage activities, and operational tasks balancing operational priorities, maintenance requirements, regulatory compliance and resource availability to ensure safe, reliability and efficient operations. Works on one's own on projects of moderate complexity. May lead or supervise, overseeing efforts across multiple work groups, assessing work outcomes, and providing guidance and training.

• Lead the development, coordination, and maintenance of preventive, predictive, corrective, and outage maintenance plans for assigned Power Generation assets, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Create integrated work plans, work packages, and maintenance schedules to support safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective operation of Power Generation assets, with a focus on ensuring operational readiness and excellence.
• Manage and coordinate weekly maintenance schedules and work activities to optimize inspections, maintenance tasks, regulatory compliance, and meet operational priorities across the plant.
• Lead and facilitate maintenance planning to verify all required materials, equipment, permits, operating clearances, contractor support, and documentation are available, guaranteeing operational readiness for scheduled work.
• Ensure a consistent approach to planning, authorizing and executing maintenance work for Power Generation assets by utilizing SMUD's Work Management program.
• Prepare and issue comprehensive work packages and technical documentation for planned maintenance, modifications, and additions.
• Coordinate plant and equipment outages, resources, and schedules to facilitate safe, timely, and efficient maintenance activities.
• Develop and provide detailed work instructions tailored to defined work scopes and operational requirements.
• Administer assigned maintenance and service contracts by developing task authorizations, coordinating contractor activities, monitoring contract performance, and tracking expenditures to ensure compliance and value.
• Oversee scheduled maintenance outages for Power Generation assets, collaborating with Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain, contractors, and stakeholders to maximize resource efficiency and minimize operational disruptions.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve maintenance planning and outage management processes, including asset documentation, plant clearances, work prioritization, and communication with stakeholders, to support reliable operations, regulatory compliance, and minimal downtime.
• Ensure accurate up-to-date SMUD records that reflect detailed completed maintenance in compliance with SMUD…