Projects Planner PV (Electrical)

Arizona Public Service generates reliable, affordable and clean energy for 2.7 million Arizonans. Our service territory stretches across the state, from the border town of Douglas to the vistas of the Grand Canyon, from the solar fields of Gila Bend to the ponderosa pines of Payson. As the state’s largest and longest-serving energy provider, our more than 6,000 dedicated employees power our vision of creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona.

 

Since our founding in 1886, APS has demonstrated a strong commitment to our customers in one of the country’s fastest growing states, earning a reputation for customer satisfaction, shareholder value, operational excellence and business integrity.

 

Our present and future success depends on the creative and dedicated people of our company who demonstrate the principles outlined in the APS Promise: Design for Tomorrow, Empower Each Other and Succeed Together.  

Summary

The Projects Planner, under supervision and technical guidance, develops and completes Projects Design Change work instructions (e.g., Design Modification, Commercial Change, Design Equivalent Change, Temporary Modification, Alternate Detail and Use-As-Is Document Only Changes) to comply with Palo Verde procedure requirements, plant licensing documents, regulatory commitments, technical specifications and preventive modification and equipment qualification programs.
Provides technical guidance and work process support to Projects technicians.

Interfaces and assists various departments with the development of permanent and temporary design changes, the identification of material required for these changes and assisting in the resolution of technical discrepancies and work process implementation issues.

Participates in plant system teams in developing plant modifications.

Minimum Requirements

High school diploma/GED AND completion of applicable apprenticeship program.

OR five (5) years applicable trade experience (four years military training in a related field is acceptable).

OR two-year Associates degree AND three (3) years experience in Projects, Engineering or Plant Operations as a technician, engineer and/or operator.

OR four-year Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university.

Must meet requirements to enter Security Protected Areas and vital areas including Radiologically Controlled Area (RCA).

Nuclear Requirements
Any PVGS employee may be called upon to serve as a member of the Emergency Response Organization (ERO) and will be expected to fulfill their obligation as an ERO member.

Any PVGS employee may be called upon to support a refueling or short-notice outage.

This includes line roles and responsibilities as necessary to execute outage activities.

These are conditions of employment at PVGS.

Major Accountabilities

1) Translates complex engineering output documents into projects work task instructions while maintaining the design basis of the plant in accordance with the design configuration documents.
2) Develops complex work instructions and retest requirements to provide instructions to plant personnel to support troubleshooting activities, corrective Projects and design change implementation per Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR), technical specifications, approved vendor recommendations, engineering output documents and environmental compliance guidelines to ensure safe and efficient operation of Palo Verde. 

3) Develops instructions, including translating Design Validation Testing to implement first time/first-of-a-kind Plant Modifications while maintaining Technical Specifications and Design Basis requirements. 

4) Identifies and applies inspection steps in work instructions for Q (Quality) and QAG (Quality Augmented) applications in support of the Palo Verde Quality Assurance Program.
5) Determines required material/vendor services and prepares applicable procurement and vendor contract requests to ensure cost efficiency in support of Projects and design change packages for planned outages and online work activities.

6) Supplies procurement engineering technical field information to ensure that correct parts are procured.

7) Initiates new APS Part Number (APN) requests for new procurable and obsolete equipment/components.
8) Interfaces with personnel in Engineering, Operations, Radiation Protection, Projects and other groups as required to prepare Projects instructions and resolve technical problems to support the 12-week schedule, emergent/urgent work, short notice (SNO) and refueling outages.
9) Participates on special projects, training programs, investigations