Projects Planner PV (Electrical)
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Date: Jun 6, 2025
Location: TONOPAH, AZ, US, 85354
Company: APS
Arizona Public Service generates reliable, affordable and clean energy for 2.7 million Arizonans. Our service territory stretches across the state, from the border town of Douglas to the vistas of the Grand Canyon, from the solar fields of Gila Bend to the ponderosa pines of Payson. As the state's largest and longest-serving energy provider, our more than 6,000 dedicated employees power our vision of creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona.
Since our founding in 1886, APS has demonstrated a strong commitment to our customers in one of the country's fastest growing states, earning a reputation for customer satisfaction, shareholder value, operational excellence and business integrity.
Our present and future success depends on the creative and dedicated people of our company who demonstrate the principles outlined in the APS Promise: Design for Tomorrow, Empower Each Other and Succeed Together.
Summary
The Projects Planner, under supervision and technical guidance, develops and completes Projects Design Change work instructions (e.g., Design Modification, Commercial Change, Design Equivalent Change, Temporary Modification, Alternate Detail and Use-As-Is Document Only Changes) to comply with Palo Verde procedure requirements, plant licensing documents, regulatory commitments, technical specifications and preventive modification and equipment qualification programs.
Provides technical guidance and work process support to Projects technicians.
Interfaces and assists various departments with the development of permanent and temporary design changes, the identification of material required for these changes and assisting in the resolution of technical discrepancies and work process implementation issues.
Participates in plant system teams in developing plant modifications.
Minimum Requirements
High school diploma/GED AND completion of applicable apprenticeship program.
OR five (5) years applicable trade experience (four years military training in a related field is acceptable).
OR two-year Associates degree AND three (3) years experience in Projects, Engineering or Plant Operations as a technician, engineer and/or operator.
OR four-year Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university.
Must meet requirements to enter Security Protected Areas and vital areas including Radiologically Controlled Area (RCA).
Nuclear Requirements
Any PVGS employee may be called upon to serve as a member of the Emergency Response Organization (ERO) and will be expected to fulfill their obligation as an ERO member.
Any PVGS employee may be called upon to support a refueling or short-notice outage.
This includes line roles and responsibilities as necessary to execute outage activities.
These are conditions of employment at PVGS.
Major Accountabilities
1) Translates complex engineering output documents into projects work task instructions while maintaining the design basis of the plant in accordance with the design configuration documents.
2) Develops complex work instructions and retest requirements to provide instructions to plant personnel to support troubleshooting activities, corrective Projects and design change implementation per Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR), technical specifications, approved vendor recommendations, engineering output documents and environmental compliance guidelines to ensure safe and efficient operation of Palo Verde.
3) Develops instructions, including translating Design Validation Testing to implement first time/first-of-a-kind Plant Modifications while maintaining Technical Specifications and Design Basis requirements.
4) Identifies and applies inspection steps in work instructions for Q (Quality) and QAG (Quality Augmented) applications in support of the Palo Verde Quality Assurance Program.
5) Determines required material/vendor services and prepares applicable procurement and vendor contract requests to ensure cost efficiency in support of Projects and design change packages for planned outages and online work activities.
6) Supplies procurement engineering technical field information to ensure that correct parts are procured.
7) Initiates new APS Part Number (APN) requests for new procurable and obsolete equipment/components.
8) Interfaces with personnel in Engineering, Operations, Radiation Protection, Projects and other groups as required to prepare Projects instructions and resolve technical problems to support the 12-week schedule, emergent/urgent work, short notice (SNO) and refueling outages.
9) Participates on special projects, training programs, investigations and corrective actions to expeditiously achieve the desired results when requested.
10) Acquires/maintains 10CFR50.59 applicability determination training to assist engineering with maintaining plant configuration.
11) Develops and maintains a high level of awareness concerning Licensing issues, Industry Events (OE) and Palo Verde Design Basis.
12) Attends training for technician level activities as appropriate to support the front-line work groups in the field to obtain outage and non-outage scheduled goals.
13) Performs field walk-downs as required to identify related as-built configuration issues as well as provide craft personnel resolutions to installation challenges.
Export Compliance / EEO Statement
This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates ('Pinnacle West') maintain a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, recruiting, hiring, promoting, compensating, reassigning, demoting, transferring, laying off, recalling, terminating employment, and training for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, disability, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other classification or characteristic protected by law.
For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to EEO is the Law poster. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of every person hired to work in the United States, refer to E-Verify poster. View the employee rights and responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
In compliance with the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988, the Company is committed to a work environment that is free from the effects of alcohol and controlled substances, and free from the abuse or inappropriate use of prescribed and over-the-counter medications. The Company requires employees to be subject to drug and alcohol testing that is job-related and consistent with business necessity, regulatory requirements and applicable laws.
Hybrid Role:
This position combines working in the office and at home, based on the needs of the business. The schedule will be determined with the hired employee and leadership, but the ultimate decision is the company's.
Any PVGS employees may be called upon for random Fitness for Duty (FFD) testing during scheduled working hours. Employees, if off-site, must report to FFD at Palo Verde as soon as reasonably practicable, but no more than 120 minutes after being notified. Employees who are onsite when notified will have no more than 60 minutes to report after being notified.
