Power Generation Maintenance Planner Engineer

Posting Information

The successful candidate will be hired as Engineer II to Professional Engineer based on qualifications.

Cover letters are strongly encouraged to help us assess candidate fit with Team PUD

Position Summary

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for developing, organizing, and coordinating maintenance work plans that support Generation operations, maintenance crews, engineering, natural resources, and contractors. This role requires advanced planning skills to anticipate labor, material, lead times, tooling, access, permitting, safety, and outage requirements before work begins. Provide coordination to align operational availability, crew resources, contractor support, vendor involvement, and equipment constraints to allow work to be completed safely, efficiently, and with minimal disruption to power supply commitments. The position also supports the adoption and refinement of maintenance strategies for generation equipment and supports long-term asset performance. A key responsibility of the position is responsible for creating complete and accurate job packages that clearly define the work scope, procedures, parts, tools, drawings, identifies safety requirements, permits, labor estimates, and schedule expectations needed for successful field execution. The role will also support the SAP transition to the cloud project as the Generation designee, helping represent Generation work management needs, maintenance planning requirements, asset data considerations, reporting needs, and user readiness during the transition.

Job Definition

Snohomish County Public Utility District No. 1 is seeking a Maintenance Planner to support the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of its Generation assets. This position plays a key role in planning, coordinating, and improving maintenance activities for hydroelectric generation facilities and related infrastructure. 

Engineers at the District successfully provide technical, engineering, and project management services related to the design, maintenance, operations, improvements of and additions to the District’s facilities and systems in a technically sound, safe, timely, and cost-effective manner to enable the District to realize its goals and objectives. Plans, organizes, assigns, and conducts work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria. Performs as project leader on medium to large projects and assignments.  Ideal candidate would have power experience, preferably generation.  

Responsibilities

• Plan preventive, predictive, corrective, and reliability-centered maintenance activities for Generation assets.
• Develop clear work packages that identify job scope, labor requirements, materials, tools, safety requirements, permits, and scheduling needs.
• Coordinate outage planning activities with operations, maintenance crews, engineering, contractors, vendors, and other internal stakeholders.
• Review work orders and asset history to identify maintenance priorities, job readiness needs, and opportunities for improved equipment reliability.
• Identify, order, track, and stage parts and materials needed to complete planned work.
• Use computerized maintenance management systems such as SAP to plan, schedule, track, and document maintenance work.
• Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, manuals, equipment drawings, and technical documentation to support accurate job planning.
• Support budgeting, KPI tracking, maintenance performance metrics, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Help resolve resource, schedule and or operational conflicts that affect maintenance execution.
• Ensure planned work identifies applicable safety procedures, lockout/tagout requirements, permit needs, and regulatory compliance expectations. 

Minimum Experience/Education

Engineer II: $104,918 - $131,148 Annually

• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering related field, AND
• Two (2) years of related engineering experience;

OR

• Six (6) years of directly related engineering experience and a Washington State Professional Engineering License (PE) in-lieu of a Bachelor's Degree.

Engineer III: $131,609 - $164,512 Annually

• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering related field, AND
• Four (4) years of related engineering experience;

OR

• Eight (8) years of directly related engineering experience and a Washington State Professional Engineering License (PE) in-lieu of a Bachelor's Degree.

Professional Engineer: $165,0901 - $206,363 Annually

• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering related field, AND
• Six (6) years of related engineering experience;

OR

• Ten (10) years of directly related engineering experience.

Required License(s) and/or Certification(s):

• Valid Washington State Driver's License with a good driving record
• Washington State Professional Engineering (PE) License*(For Professional Engineer only)

You can find the full job description for this position, including accountabilities, required skills and abilities, and physical and mental demands and working conditions, on the following pages: Engineer II, Engineer III, and Professional Engineer.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Communicate clearly and professionally, both verbally and in writing. 
• Work effectively with operations, maintenance, engineering, contractors, vendors, and management to plan and schedule work across the District’s generation assets. 
• Prepare clear job plans, work packages, schedules, material lists, and planning notes. 
• Prioritize work based on safety, reliability, compliance, operational risk, resource availability, and business needs. 
• Adjust schedules and plans when priorities, outage windows, equipment conditions, or resources change. 
• Analyze maintenance needs, identify constraints, and recommend practical solutions to support safe and efficient work execution. 
• Maintain accurate records, communicate job readiness, and follow through on assigned planning responsibilities. 

Desired Knowledge and Experience

• Professional engineer, journeyman, or supervisory background in mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and controls, or utility maintenance work.
• Knowledge of hydroelectric generation facilities, utility operations, FERC licensing requirements and NERC standards.
• Knowledge of reliability-centered maintenance principles and asset management practices.
• Strong understanding of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies.
• Experience planning work orders, estimating labor and materials costs. 
• Strong understanding of tools, equipment, and outage schedules needed to complete routine and complex maintenance activities.
• Experience with budgeting, key performance indicators, maintenance performance metrics, and reporting.
• Familiarity with union environments, collective bargaining considerations, outage planning, and field maintenance coordination.
• Working knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems such as SAP, or similar platforms.
• Experience coordinating with operations, maintenance crews, contractors, vendors, engineering, and other support groups.
• Understanding of safety procedures, lockout/tagout, permits, regulatory compliance, and job hazard planning. 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and related productivity tools. 

Preferred Background

The ideal candidate will bring a strong maintenance, engineering, leadership, or trade background and will understand the practical needs of field crews working in hydroelectric generation and utility environments. Prior experience supporting generation facilities, outage planning, asset management, maintenance scheduling, or CMMS-based work management is highly desirable.