Primary purpose:

This position will be responsible for leading the Planning and Scheduling team, providing maintenance coordination and planning across Tallgrass Natural Gas, Crude Oil, and CO2 assets. This team provides the planning, scheduling, and coordinating of all facility preventative and planned maintenance tasks. This role will also work closely with Operations Control, Operational Technology, Reliability, Commercial, Field Operations, Engineering and Project Management to ensure outages and maintenance activities are planned, coordinated, and communicated to ensure the work is performed safely and minimizes the commercial impacts.

Responsibilities

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Manage a team of planner schedulers and maintenance coordinators to successfully support all Tallgrass Assets, maintaining well organized team that continuously improves availability and efficiency.
• Collaborate with Reliability engineering to continuously improve maintenance strategies.
• Mentor the team members to foster continuous growth and capabilities within the group.
• Develop resource planning to accommodate growth and service capabilities within the team.
• Coordinate with Operations Technology (OT) and Operations departments to create, manage, and execute preventative and planned maintenance work and activities.
• Work closely with OCC personnel, scheduling, commercial, field operations, engineering and projects to ensure outages and maintenance activities are planned, coordinated, and communicated to ensure the work is performed safely and minimizes the commercial impacts.
• Oversee and maintain processes to create and manage Work Orders (WO), Job Plans, Critical Spares lists, and the Master Equipment List (MEL).
• Develop and track KPI’s pertinent to maintenance planning, resource utilization, and asset performance.
• Lead development of training for the team and pertinent maintenance personnel to ensure consistency of maintenance and tracking across assets.
• Identify and develop opportunities for improvement of related technologies and associated processes.
• Communicate application problems and issues to key stakeholders, including management, affected teams, end users, and OT Systems.
• Periodically travel to operating sites to obtain insight regarding current processes and develop continuous improvement of maintenance planning through participation in IMs, PMs, etc.
• Responsible for the leading development and maintenance of user manuals and guidelines.
• Collaborate with procurement to develop processes that align maintenance strategies with procurement processes.
• Establish and maintain equipment parts catalog, history, storeroom, and minimum/max levels.
• Ensure processes are developed and followed to inform appropriate teams of upcoming maintenance activities.
• Receive and process daily schedule and late work reports from the previous day.
• Maintain the integrity of the PM program, i.e., checklists, trigger, frequency, compliance, and schedules using Maximo.
• Compile weekly compliance reports.
• Coordinate with central shops/project schedule
• Identify recurring maintenance problems.

Qualifications

Minimum requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field) preferred. Extensive planning
• 8+ years of CMMS/Maximo maintenance planning experience may be substituted for degree

Experience/Specific Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of maintenance planning and coordination for pipeline transmission assets.
• Experience successfully coordinating complex maintenance activities involving multiple stakeholders and departments.
• Direct work experience developing, implementing, planning, and scheduling preventative and planned maintenance workflows.
• Strong organizational skills and background developing written procedures and documentation related to maintenance planning.
• Development of KPI’s and metrics to measure and optimize performance maintenance planning and asset reliability.
• Proven ability to mentor and guide team members to foster employee growth and productivity.
• High proficiency level in Microsoft Office Suite applications that may include but are not limited to Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, Power BI and Outlook.
• Familiarity with IBM Maximo system and functionality.
• Good record of safe work practices.
• Knowledge of company policies and practices, and regulatory and tariff requirements.
• Ability to complete work assignments with minimal supervision in an acceptable time frame.
• Demonstrated experience in working independently.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to support multiple teams/users.

Certifications, Licenses & Registrations:

• May be required to achieve and maintain certifications, as required, to perform job duties.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and a driving record satisfactory to the company and its insurers (for travel).

Competencies, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong organizational and process development skills.
• Perform all work in compliance with Company standards, procedures, regulatory and Company tariff requirements.
• Foster a positive open work environment, systems approach, and disciplined execution of all assigned tasks.
• Manage personnel-related matters, including providing performance-based feedback, providing support, and completing administrative paperwork as needed.
• Demonstrate and enforce the highest professional integrity, ethics, and safety discipline.
• Demonstrate and reinforce a culture of regulatory compliance.
• Deal with various people with tact, courtesy, and professionalism.
• Speak clearly, both in person and by telephone, using a high level of verbal skills and listening carefully.
• Maintain regular, dependable attendance and a consistently high level of performance.
• Will work non-traditional hours as needed.
• Maintain a high regard for personal safety, for the safety of employees, company assets, and the public.
• Other daily, weekly, monthly, or special project duties as identified and defined.

Physical Demands:

All physical requirements listed below may be necessary for an employee to perform this job's essential functions successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions:

• Sitting; standing; walking or moving throughout the facility; driving; talking; seeing (Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus); hearing; feeling; bending or stooping; squatting or crouching; reaching; kneeling; pushing; pulling; lifting up to 25 lbs.
• Minimal safety hazards; general office working conditions.
• Must be able to sit for prolonged periods.
• The employee is regularly required to use their hands to type, touch, handle, or feel. The employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Working Conditions:

• Overnight travel 10-25% may be required.
• 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 a credit report for certain positions, after an offer has been extended and prior to being employed.

Supervisory Responsibility:

Yes

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, CERTIFICATIONS, COMPETENCIES, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:

Above_ the minimum requirements, not required but advantageous in this position:_

• None

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed. This position may perform other duties as assigned.

Compensation

The salary for this role is $140,000-$174,000/yr.

About UsTallgrass 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

Application Deadline: Recruiting timelines vary by position; however, all Tallgrass positions accept applications for at least five business days from the posting date. This position is open and still accepting applications.

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.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $140,000.00 - $174,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person