Mechanical Planner

Job reference

1283265

Location

Richland, Washington, United States

Sector

Energy - Power

Function

Planning / Scheduling

Employment type

Contract

Date published

November 11, 2026

Job Title: Mechanical Planner

Duration: short-term

Schedule: 4/10 and 6/12 schedule during outage

Location: Richland, WA

This opportunity supports project execution within a complex nuclear power generation environment, with responsibility for planning and preparing mechanical work packages for construction and project management activities. The role focuses on safe, reliable, and efficient delivery of maintenance, modification, and surveillance work, working closely with operations, engineering, supply, and work management teams. Candidates with experience in outage support, valve-related work, work package development, and commercial nuclear plant operations will be well aligned to this position.

Key responsibilities:

• Plan and prepare work instructions that provide direction to Mechanical - Electrical and contract maintenance organization implementation of preventative and corrective maintenance.
• Select and approve purchases or make procurement recommendations for all materials needed for work package execution.
• Conduct field walkdowns to identify and analyze maintenance, modification, and surveillance activities and to provide input for refining and improving work package quality.
• Interface and collaborate with Work Management, Supply, Operations, and Engineering to identify and resolve work package issues.
• Define procedures, drawings, equipment, and materials required to perform planned work packages.
• Facilitate package preparation by preparing and/or submitting RWPs, plant barrier impairments, fire impairments, operability impact statements, radiological support tasks, regulatory/code documentation, quality hold points and other requests.
• Verify work instructions are adequate and comply with all applicable station procedures including NEC codes and standards.
• Approve and review all required work packages to ensure safety, high quality, technical rigor, and 10CFR50.59 screening or evaluation (if required).
• Develop, revise, and review maintenance procedures to facilitate and enhance work package development, maintain compliance with codes, standards, and vendor recommendation, and maintenance direction.
• Participate in work control/scheduling meetings, planning feedback/craft interface time, detailed contract requisition reviews, complex troubleshooting, maintenance risk, clearance order reviews, planner peer reviews, and system interaction reviews to ensure applicable station processes and applicable changes are supported.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree in business, or equivalent commercial nuclear power plant experience

Required Experience:

• Commercial nuclear power plant experience supporting maintenance, modification, and surveillance activities
• Experience planning and preparing mechanical work packages for large and small scale projects
• Experience conducting field walkdowns to identify scope, materials, procedures, drawings, and equipment requirements
• Experience interfacing with work management, supply, operations, and engineering to resolve work package issues
• Experience reviewing and supporting outage work, including overtime-based outage support environments
• Experience with valve-related work; candidates with strong electrical planner background may also be considered
• Experience levels aligned to planner grade structure: 4+ to 8+ years with a bachelor's degree, or 6+ to 10+ years without a bachelor's degree

Required Skills:

• Work package planning and preparation for mechanical maintenance and project activities
• Knowledge of applicable station procedures, codes, and standards including ASME Code and NEC codes and standards
• Ability to define procedures, drawings, equipment, and materials needed for planned work
• Ability to prepare and support RWPs, operability impact statements, fire impairments, quality hold points, and regulatory or code documentation
• Ability to review work packages for safety, technical rigor, and 10CFR50.59 screening or evaluation where required
• Maintenance procedure development, revision, and review
• Participation in work control and scheduling meetings, clearance order reviews, planner peer reviews, system interaction reviews, and complex troubleshooting
• Passport experience
• Primavera experience
• Preparation of weld records

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP certification

About Airswift:

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.

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