Outage Project Manager

The Linden Cogeneration Plant is a 980 MW natural gas combined-cycle cogeneration facility located within a major refinery in Linden, NJ. In addition to generating electricity, the plant supplies process steam to the refinery. The facility features five GE 7EA gas turbine generators and one GE 7FA gas turbine generator, each exhausting into an HRSG. The HRSGs feed a common steam header supplying three steam turbines and the adjacent refinery.

Opportunity Summary

The Outage Project Manager leads major maintenance outages at the Linden Cogeneration Plant, ensuring safe, reliable, and cost-effective outage execution while minimizing downtime and maintaining compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.

Working closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Supply Chain, OEMs, contractors, and vendors, this position is responsible for outage planning, scheduling, execution, contractor management, budgeting, reliability improvements, and capital project support.

Your scope of responsibility as Outage Project Manager includes the following primary functions:

• Lead and manage planned and forced outages for combined-cycle and cogeneration plant systems, ensuring safe, reliable, and cost-effective execution.
• Develop outage schedules, manpower plans, resource strategies, and critical path activities to optimize execution and minimize plant downtime.
• Coordinate outage activities among Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Supply Chain, contractors, vendors, and OEM representatives to maintain alignment throughout planning and execution.
• Manage outage budgets, cost forecasting, performance metrics, and schedule adherence while identifying opportunities to improve reliability and reduce maintenance costs.
• Lead outage planning meetings, coordination sessions, and risk assessments to resolve technical issues, communicate priorities, and maintain project milestones.
• Oversee contractor and vendor performance, ensuring compliance with plant safety procedures, technical specifications, and contractual requirements.
• Coordinate outage logistics, including procurement, tooling, material staging, contractor access, scaffold management, and field support activities.
• Ensure outage activities comply with OSHA, NERC, ASME, environmental regulations, and all applicable plant safety and operational standards.
• Support root cause analysis investigations and integrate inspection findings, predictive maintenance recommendations, corrective actions, and reliability improvements into future outage planning.
• Oversee the Management of Change (MOC) process and maintain outage documentation, including work packages, turnover packages, technical reports, lessons learned, and final outage closeout records.
• Provide leadership, technical guidance, and effective communication throughout outage execution while supporting timely decision-making, issue resolution, and continuous improvement.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Plant Manager in support of safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations.

NAES Safe

Safety is a core value at NAES, and as a condition of employment, all employees are expected to remain mentally alert and work safely at all times. All NAES managers and supervisors have a direct and important role in ensuring that all work is performed in a healthy and safe manner. Effectiveness in carrying out this responsibility is part of the evaluation of each Supervisor’s performance.

Working Relationships

The Outage Project Manager reports to the Plant Manager and works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, contractors, and OEM representatives to support safe and efficient outage execution.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

Physical requirements include standing for extended periods of time, climbing stairs and ladders, working from elevated platforms and walkways at varying heights, and routinely lifting up to 50 pounds.

Power plant environment that may involve entering confined spaces, crawling through narrow areas, and handling hazardous materials, with exposure to fumes, extreme temperatures, and noise. Work may include high heat near equipment and varying outdoor weather conditions.

Some duties may require the use of protective equipment, which can include hard hats, safety glasses, and eye protection, air masks/respirators, ear protection, chemical suits, flame-resistant clothing (FRC), hot gloves, high-voltage protective gear, and fall protection. Fit testing for respirators may be required. Strict smoking restrictions apply in and around the facility.

Fitness for Duty

All personnel will participate in the Fitness for Duty Program, which includes a post-offer physical examination, drug screening, and post-employment random drug screening.

Work Schedule

The Outage Project Manager typically works a Monday through Friday day shift schedule. Extended hours, flexible schedules, weekends, holidays, and periodic on-call responsibilities may be required to support outage schedules, workload demands, and plant conditions.

Some travel may be involved to participate in Manager, Owner, User Group, or other offsite meetings.

Compensation

This position offers an annual base salary ranging from $176,900 to $206,200 and includes eligibility for an annual performance bonus.

Professional Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related technical field preferred. Equivalent technical training and applicable power generation, industrial, or military experience may be considered.
• Demonstrated experience leading planned and forced outages in utility-scale combined-cycle power plants or large industrial facilities with a strong focus on safety, quality, and schedule performance.
• Proven experience managing major maintenance outages involving gas turbines, steam turbines, HRSGs, generators, and associated balance-of-plant systems.
• Strong knowledge of outage planning, scheduling, manpower coordination, critical path management, outage logistics, and maintenance execution.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional outage activities involving Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, contractors, OEM representatives, and third-party service providers.
• Working knowledge of OSHA, NERC, ASME, and environmental compliance requirements with the ability to ensure adherence to plant safety and regulatory standards.
• Experience managing contractors and vendors, including bid evaluations, contract administration, mobilization, safety oversight, and field performance throughout outage execution.
• Proficiency with outage scheduling and maintenance management software such as Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Maximo, SAP, or equivalent systems used in power generation.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with experience supporting root cause analysis, corrective actions, equipment reliability improvements, and outage cost management.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, provide clear direction, and support efficient outage execution in a fast-paced plant environment.
• Must possess a valid, unrestricted U.S. driver’s license and ensure it remains in good standing at all times.

About NAES

NAES Corporation is a leading provider of operations, maintenance, and engineering services for energy facilities. We serve clients across the power generation, oil and gas, and renewable energy sectors throughout North America and internationally, supporting the full life cycle of power generation and other industrial facilities.

NAES is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Employment decisions are based on merit and qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, USERRA-protected status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.