Retrofit Upgrade Outage Manager - Heat Exchanger - M F
arabelle operations switzerland
📍 baden switzerland🕐 7d ago🔗 workday
Job Description
Reporting to the Customer Service Leader, the Site Manager for Heat Exchanger (HEX) is responsible for preparation, planning, leading execution, and close out of planned/emergent outage events for Heat Exchanger in Nuclear Power Plants
The Outage Manager is a focal role for Arabelle Solutions Switzerland, with accountability for driving consistent outage planning and execution, driving adoption of best practices and lessons learned.
**Role:**
* Manage complex outage event preparation (Planned/Emergent/Upgrade) from start to finish, including outage schedule development, TFA/craft labor/tooling/cost planning, customer management - pre/post outage meetings, mobilization planning, JCE execution, and event close out.
* Creation of Pre-approval Documents (Vorprüfunterlagen). Incoming inspection of installation materials including acceptance certificates. Planning of welder skill tests.
* Ensure proper execution documentation is prepared, used, reviewed, stored and delivered including Field Procedures, Quality Procedures, EHS and Customer Outage Reports.
* Ensuring that welded structures are safe, compliant with standards and efficiently produced. Selecting appropriate welding processes. Defining welding parameters, procedures and material. Inspection and approving welding work.
* Own onsite execution with large teams during assigned outages, ensuring goals & requirements are met at all times, manage on job cost tracking, productivity, while managing execution risk and any Service warranty.
* Drive improvement of vendor/sourcing cost, on-time delivery, outage cost & productivity implementation, effectively update and maintain accurate tracking files, control man hour cost and pacing.
* Lead project quotation development including work scope, site condition check, preliminary safety and risk analysis to identify potential issues or obstacles and to minimize cost impact for site execution;
* Work with IT applications for proper allocation, preparation, planning and forecasting on labor, tooling, vendor management.
* Respond to forced outages/emergency promptly, be on site when needed, investigate/escalate site issues to restore the units to operating conditions in a timely manner;
* Support Customer Service Leader & ITO on technical & project communication to customer staff with respect to unit maintenance, operations, performance, new technology and new products.
* Actively work to improve and perfect existing processes and look for simplification opportunities.
* The Site Manager HEX will be deployed mainly in Switzerland. However, the Site Manager will be required to operate flexibly across Europe and the Service Region 2, to maximize utilization.
**Requirements:**
* Bachelor’s degree in Science, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience within the power generation industry.
* Certified Welding Specialist qualification required.
* Minimum 4 years of field service experience in power generation maintenance, including outage planning and execution.
* Fluent in German with good command of English, both written and spoken.
* Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% of the time.
* Strong project management and organizational skills.
* Solid technical expertise in heat exchanger maintenance and repair.
* Strong quality assurance and quality control background.
* Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, and web-based tools.
* Ability to build effective relationships and communicate with stakeholders at all levels, including customers and internal teams.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills with proven influencing abilities.
* Demonstrated leadership capabilities in dynamic, fast-paced, and complex customer-site environments.
* Quick learner with a strong sense of ownership, accountability, and results orientation.
* Self-motivated, confident, and able to perform effectively under pressure and tight deadlines.
* Highly organized, process-driven, and committed to delivering high-quality results.
* Capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously while collaborating effectively within cross-functional teams.
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