ATR Nuclear Facility Planning Manager

Develop and execute transformative operational strategies empowering world-class teams to push boundaries in energy, cybersecurity, and space systems. Your senior management leadership will fuel the nation’s energy leadership and technological breakthroughs. Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is seeking an experienced Nuclear Facility Planning Manager to lead maintenance planning activities for the Advanced Test Reactor. This role ensures maintenance work is planned, resourced, verified, and ready for safe and efficient execution in alignment with DOE, nuclear safety, and Conduct of Operations expectations. The Planning Manager leads a high-performing planning team and partners closely with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, ESH&Q, RadCon, Supply Chain, and Production Control to deliver high-quality work packages and integrated maintenance readiness. **Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:** - Lead development and coordination of maintenance plans and work packages that support safe, efficient, and compliant execution. - Oversee the Planning T-Week/Work week readiness cycle, including job walkdowns, integration meetings, material verification, and package quality reviews. - Ensure work packages are accurate, complete, field-validated, and aligned with hazard controls and technical requirements. - Oversee material procurement, staging, requisition coordination, and logistics planning. - Ensure consistent application of Work Control standards and high-quality written instructions. - Ensure planning activities align with Conduct of Operations, Conduct of Maintenance, ISMS principles, and nuclear safety expectations. - Ensure compliance with internal and DOE requirements including DOE O 433.1, DOE O 430.1B. - Support audits, assessments, surveillances, and readiness reviews. - Incorporate regulatory and procedural updates into planning processes and staff expectations. - Partner with Operations, Engineering, Production Control, ESH&Q, RadCon, and craft organizations to deliver integrated, executable plans. - Support outage planning, emergent work prioritization, and readiness verification. - Facilitate cross-discipline communication to resolve planning gaps and reduce execution barriers. - Collaborate with INL mission centers and DOE complex counterparts to benchmark performance and share Lessons Learned. - Lead, mentor, and develop planning staff; strengthen technical writing, hazard analysis, and instruction quality. - Support planning and craft qualification pathways, coaching, and staff development programs. - Promote a strong safety culture, accountability, and professional growth. - Build a pipeline for multi-discipline craft personnel to qualify and develop essential planning skills. - Drive continuous improvement in planning processes, PM/RCM development, templates, task standards, and workflow efficiency. - Track and report performance indicators: schedule adherence, backlog health, rework trends, and work package quality. - Lead improvements in CMMS data quality and digital workflow adoption. - Recommend process changes to improve planning accuracy, efficiency, and cross-functional integration. - Champion AI-enabled planning and analytical tools to improve hazard recognition, technical accuracy, and consistency across work packages. - Responsible for the effective operation of activities of major significance to our organization. Decisions impact others in the immediate team and influence methods and techniques. - Execute financials, business planning, organizational priorities, and workforce planning. Ensure that budgets, schedules, and performance standards are realistically set and attained. - Typically manage employees who perform similar tasks. May manage supervisors, exempt, and non-exempt staff. - Receive objective-based assignments and determine resources to meet schedules and goals. - Responsible for a single function, location, and technical discipline. - Third level of management with human resource r…