Senior Outage Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Outage Coordinator (Level 2)

Location: Hartford, CT (Hybrid)

Work Hours: 7am - 4pm EST

OVERVIEW:

Our client is seeking an Outage Coordinator Level 2 to support transmission and capital projects by planning, coordinating, and tracking system outages across the electric utility network. This role will work closely with project teams, operations, control centers, maintenance groups, and other stakeholders to develop outage plans, facilitate approvals, maintain outage schedules, and ensure project milestones align with operational requirements. The ideal candidate will bring extensive utility industry experience, strong coordination skills, and the ability to manage complex outage activities in a fast-paced environment.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide planning and coordination support for outages required for projects within the Capital Portfolio.

• Participates in constructability reviews with the project team

• Collaborate with Transmission Maintenance, Transmission Projects, Electric Operations, Control Centers (i.e. CONVEX, ESCC, etc.), System Operations Center (SOC), Vegetation Management, generators, and others as appropriate.

• Leading/supporting Capital Portfolio Monthly Outage Coordination Meetings.

• Attends Single Contingency Load Loss (SCLL) committee meetings and resolves committee concerns that may impact project outage requests.

• Develop and maintain outage sequence plan diagrams and schedules.

• Track progress of outage review and approvals.

• Provide timely and regular (e.g., weekly) outage schedule/status updates to Project Managers and Construction Representatives.

• Support the project team to align project schedules and scope with outage plans.

• Attend meetings and/or field visits as requested by project teams.

• Provide Outage Coordination with all post outage closeout notifications.

The Outage Planners will require access to iTOA and DCR and will not create or submit outage/permit requests in iTOA or DCR systems without successful completion of appropriate trainings or demonstration of understanding of policies and procedures, specifically, switching and tagging procedures.

Experience and Education:

10+ years of experience.