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Job Description
The Planning & Scheduling Manager is responsible for leading all maintenance planning, scheduling, and outage coordination activities at the Tallgrass Cheyenne Energy Center-an off-grid, large-scale AI-dedicated critical power, multi‑unit generation campus that is planned to produce approximately 2.5 GW of initial capacity with expansion capability up to 10 GW from a fleet of simple‑cycle gas turbines and combined‑cycle gas turbine (CCGT) technologies. This role ensures that maintenance work is effectively scoped, planned, scheduled, and executed to support operational reliability, regulatory compliance, and long-term asset health across a multi‑unit generation facility.
The Planning & Scheduling Manager owns rework reduction through planning quality, with direct accountability for clear work scopes, accurate and complete job plans, correct material identification, realistic labor and duration estimates, and outage readiness. This role establishes planning standards that enable right‑the‑first‑time execution and reliable schedule performance during both routine maintenance and major outages.
Performance is measured through defined work management KPIs, including but not limited to, rework rate attributable to planning deficiencies, schedule adherence (weekly and outage), PM/PdM plan accuracy, first‑pass yield of planning evolutions, and planning backlog health. The Planning & Scheduling Manager uses KPI trends and Human Performance insights to continuously improve planning effectiveness, execution readiness, and schedule realism.
The Planning and Scheduling Manager establishes and sustains Human Performance (HP) principles and Tallgrass culture expectations across all plant planning and scheduling disciplines. The manager ensures HP principles and Tallgrass values are integrated into all planning, scheduling, and outage coordination activities. The role ensures job plans and schedules account for task complexity, critical steps, human‑machine interfaces, error precursors, and appropriate time and resource allocation to reduce execution risk. The manager sets a culture to ensure job close out includes execution feedback, using lessons learned to improve planning standards, documentation quality, and work package consistency for reliable and repeatable execution.
The Planning & Scheduling Manager works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Procurement, Reliability Engineering, Supply Chain, EHS, and the O&M Contractor to meet Tallgrass Energy’s safety, regulatory, environmental, and mission‑critical data center commercial objectives. The role requires extensive experience with IBM Maximo, Primavera P6, and Autodesk tools within a thermal power generation environment.
Responsibilities
Essential Duties & Responsibilities Planning & Scheduling Leadership
Required Qualifications
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed. This position may perform other duties as assigned.
About Us
Tallgrass was named one of the 2023 Top Workplaces USA and highlighted in Colorado's Top Workplaces for the past seven consecutive years. Tallgrass is a leading energy infrastructure company focused on safely, reliably, and sustainably delivering the energy and services that power our nation and enable our quality of life.
At Tallgrass, we value our teams and strive to create an environment where employees feel respected, and their contributions are valued. We aim to support employees' physical, mental, and financial well-being through a comprehensive Total Rewards Program.
Compensation: Compensation ranges are provided in good faith based on what we anticipate when researching wages for this position at the state and national levels. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.
Notice to External Search Firms: Tallgrass does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Tallgrass property; therefore, Tallgrass will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral. Approved vendors may be invited to refer talent for specific positions at Tallgrass's request only. A fully executed agreement with Tallgrass must be in place and current in these cases.
EEO Statement: Tallgrass complies with all Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) affirmative action laws and regulations. Tallgrass does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender Identity and expression, disability, veteran status, pregnancy status, or other status protected by law.
The Planning & Scheduling Manager is responsible for leading all maintenance planning, scheduling, and outage coordination activities at the Tallgrass Cheyenne Energy Center-an off-grid, large-scale AI-dedicated critical power, multi‑unit generation campus that is planned to produce approximately 2.5 GW of initial capacity with expansion capability up to 10 GW from a fleet of simple‑cycle gas turbines and combined‑cycle gas turbine (CCGT) technologies. This role ensures that maintenance work is effectively scoped, planned, scheduled, and executed to support operational reliability, regulatory compliance, and long-term asset health across a multi‑unit generation facility.
The Planning & Scheduling Manager owns rework reduction through planning quality, with direct accountability for clear work scopes, accurate and complete job plans, correct material identification, realistic labor and duration estimates, and outage readiness. This role establishes planning standards that enable right‑the‑first‑time execution and reliable schedule performance during both routine maintenance and major outages.
Performance is measured through defined work management KPIs, including but not limited to, rework rate attributable to planning deficiencies, schedule adherence (weekly and outage), PM/PdM plan accuracy, first‑pass yield of planning evolutions, and planning backlog health. The Planning & Scheduling Manager uses KPI trends and Human Performance insights to continuously improve planning effectiveness, execution readiness, and schedule realism.
The Planning and Scheduling Manager establishes and sustains Human Performance (HP) principles and Tallgrass culture expectations across all plant planning and scheduling disciplines. The manager ensures HP principles and Tallgrass values are integrated into all planning, scheduling, and outage coordination activities. The role ensures job plans and schedules account for task complexity, critical steps, human‑machine interfaces, error precursors, and appropriate time and resource allocation to reduce execution risk. The manager sets a culture to ensure job close out includes execution feedback, using lessons learned to improve planning standards, documentation quality, and work package consistency for reliable and repeatable execution.
The Planning & Scheduling Manager works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Procurement, Reliability Engineering, Supply Chain, EHS, and the O&M Contractor to meet Tallgrass Energy’s safety, regulatory, environmental, and mission‑critical data center commercial objectives. The role requires extensive experience with IBM Maximo, Primavera P6, and Autodesk tools within a thermal power generation environment.
Responsibilities
Essential Duties & Responsibilities Planning & Scheduling Leadership
- Develop, coordinate, and optimize daily, weekly, and long-term maintenance schedules for simple-cycle and CCGT units.
- Manage work order planning within IBM Maximo, ensuring accurate job plans, labor forecasts, and material requirements.
- Maintain the site’s Primavera P6 master schedule, including outage planning, resource loading, and critical-path analysis.
- Coordinate equipment outages with Operations to align with production goals and reliability objectives.
- Oversee engineering drawing workflows using Autodesk tools, including updates, revisions, and as-built documentation.
- Lead integrated planning and scheduling for combined‑cycle maintenance activities across gas turbines, HRSGs, steam turbines, and balance‑of‑plant systems.
- Develop outage plans that align gas turbine inspections with HRSG and steam turbine maintenance to optimize outage duration and execution efficiency.
- Ensure job plans and schedules account for combined‑cycle constraints, including cooldown times, steam system readiness, and startup sequencing.
- Coordinate long‑range maintenance plans considering cycling duty, startup frequency, and combined‑cycle degradation mechanisms.
- Ensure Primavera P6 schedules and Maximo job plans reflect integrated combined‑cycle work scopes, resource loading, and critical‑path activities.
- Drive rework reduction by improving planning quality for combined‑cycle maintenance tasks with high execution risk.
- Build, optimize, and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance programs for plant equipment.
- Collaborate with reliability engineering to integrate condition-monitoring data, failure analysis, and performance insights into maintenance planning.
- Drive consistency and standardization in job plans, asset hierarchies, and CMMS workflows.
- Lead all aspects of outage planning, including combustion inspections, hot gas path inspections, and major turbine overhauls.
- Create detailed outage schedules in Primavera P6 with contractor integration, resource leveling, and milestone tracking.
- Coordinate pre-outage readiness reviews, material staging, contractor mobilization, and onsite execution tracking.
- Lead and develop a team of planners, schedulers, and document control personnel.
- Facilitate multi‑department scheduling meetings to ensure alignment across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Supply Chain.
- Provide regular reporting on maintenance backlogs, schedule compliance, KPIs, and resource utilization.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives aligned with Tallgrass Energy’s asset management strategy.
Required Qualifications
- 7–10 years of maintenance planning and scheduling experience in a large-scale thermal power GT and CCGT generation environment.
- Expert proficiency with IBM Maximo, Primavera P6, and Autodesk tools.
- Strong understanding of gas turbine, HRSG, steam turbine, generator, and balance‑of‑plant systems.
- Proven experience developing and managing major turbine outage plans.
- Demonstrated leadership experience with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience in a large (1 GW) or multi‑unit generating station.
- Professional certifications such as PMP, CMRP, or CPM.
- Knowledge of ISO‑based asset management programs.
- Experience enhancing CMMS workflows and planning processes.
- Safety: TRIR, LOTO compliance, permit quality, safety audit findings closure.
- Reliability: Equivalent Availability Factor (EAF), Forced Outage Rate (FOR), MTBF, MTTR.
- Work Management: PM/PdM compliance %, schedule adherence, backlog optimization metrics.
- Human Performance & Culture: HP events, Tallgrass culture surveys.
- Financial: Budget adherence, outage cost vs. plan, inventory accuracy, critical spare stockouts.
- Environmental: Emissions compliance, CEMS readiness, environmental audit results.
- Data Quality: CMMS work order completeness, asset history quality, MOC documentation accuracy.
- Industrial environment requires presence during planned and unplanned outages, including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
- Ability to respond to after‑hours callouts and support emergent operational needs.
- Ability to work at heights, in confined spaces, and with required PPE.
- Participation in emergency response and abnormal operating condition management.
- Travel 10–20% for training, vendor visits, and corporate meetings.
- Required to carry a cell phone and be available to respond during working and non-working hours. The successful candidate will be required to clear a drug screen and a complete background check, including credit report for certain positions, after an offer has been extended and prior to being employed.
- Yes, responsibility for supervisory personnel.
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed. This position may perform other duties as assigned.
About Us
Tallgrass was named one of the 2023 Top Workplaces USA and highlighted in Colorado's Top Workplaces for the past seven consecutive years. Tallgrass is a leading energy infrastructure company focused on safely, reliably, and sustainably delivering the energy and services that power our nation and enable our quality of life.
At Tallgrass, we value our teams and strive to create an environment where employees feel respected, and their contributions are valued. We aim to support employees' physical, mental, and financial well-being through a comprehensive Total Rewards Program.
- Industry competitive pay
- Health insurance package options that include Flexible Spending & Health Savings Accounts
- Infertility Coverage
- Parental Leave
- 401(k) with up to a 6% match that vests immediately plus an employer discretionary contribution of up to 4%
- Wellness Programs and Mental Health Resources
- Employer-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage
- Critical Illness & Accident Insurance
- Vacation, sick days, paid caregiver leave, volunteer and bereavement paid time off
- Identity theft protection
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Generous Tuition Reimbursement Program
- Company-paid holidays and floating holidays
- Company vehicle (if applicable)
- Employee discounts; vehicles, tires, cellular plans, and more
- Networking and employee engagement events
- Personal development to grow your career with us based on your strengths and interests
Compensation: Compensation ranges are provided in good faith based on what we anticipate when researching wages for this position at the state and national levels. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.
Notice to External Search Firms: Tallgrass does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Tallgrass property; therefore, Tallgrass will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral. Approved vendors may be invited to refer talent for specific positions at Tallgrass's request only. A fully executed agreement with Tallgrass must be in place and current in these cases.
EEO Statement: Tallgrass complies with all Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) affirmative action laws and regulations. Tallgrass does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender Identity and expression, disability, veteran status, pregnancy status, or other status protected by law.