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applicable reliability, safety, and regulatory requirements.\nHelp ensure planned work is reviewed for compliance, operational risk, cybersecurity, and site access considerations.\nCoordinate with compliance and operations leadership to ensure required documentation and evidence are retained where needed.\nEscalate scheduling conflicts, planning risks, readiness gaps, and high-impact operational concerns in a timely manner.\nAccountabilities: Stakeholder Communication\nOutcome:\nMaintain planning logs, schedules, trackers, and records related to maintenance, outages, derates, testing, and operational changes.\nPrepare summaries, dashboards, and reports on planned work, schedule adherence, backlog, and execution performance.\nEnsure planning documentation is complete, organized, and audit-ready where required.\nSupport the development and continuous improvement of procedures, checklists, planning templates, and coordination processes.\nAssist with lessons learned reviews following major 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