Job Description
The Planner is responsible for the work readiness of New projects, Preventative maintenance, Corrective Maintenance, and Customer service work. The Planner assumes the leading role to ensure work is execution ready, which includes: determining resource needs, effort hours, material readiness, crew size, permit identification, equipment, material, and other needs as required.
- Receives work and resource requests from various stakeholders; compiles all requests, reviews the timelines or complete by dates, develops a schedule and completes assignment in consultation with Supervisors.
- Ongoing communication with multiple functional groups to aggregate work, understand scope, constraints, resources, targeted milestones and scheduling requirements of all work requiring field resources and equipment.
- Use various computer programs to best determine the location, availability, ability, workload, and skill of resource individuals to quickly determine the feasibility of assigning work.
- Receives, processes and schedules and responds to all internal customer requests and inquiries against specific criteria, urgency, resource availability and work aggregation.
- Maintains current work schedule and actively monitors real time data for scheduling purposes, aggregation opportunities and meeting of deadlines.
- Adjusts schedules and assignments to align with verified and approved solutions.
- Resolves scheduling conflicts and provides input if third party contracting is required.
- Resource and equipment planning short term and long term in comparison to workload.
- Ensure efficient use of resources and equipment while assigning work based on scope requirements, competencies, appropriate crew size and availability.
- Analyze and identify when shift adjustments are required for field resources to meet job requirements to the supervisors.
- Analyze and identify any risk associated with meeting priorities and project deadlines to Operations Supervisors, provide potential solutions.
- Plans resource commitments in accordance to seasonality of the work such as storm season, vacation season, etc.
- Prepare data reports for various departments, which include forecasting of resources and work, information to identify peaks and valleys in field work.
- Regularly communicate with field resources and identify gaps related to process, training, work practices, equipment and resources.
- Acting as a change agent and supporting the corporation’s initiatives and goals, identify ways the Scheduling team can grow and improve.
- Perform major storm restoration work and associated drills as assigned.
- Follow all policies and procedures.
- Other duties as assigned
Additional Job Description:
Education:
- Associate degree in engineering, business administration or related field or combination of education and experience.
- Journeyman trade qualification with proven planning and office-based experience is preferred.
Experience:
- 3 years of experience in Dispatch, Project Management, Engineering, or related field: or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
License/Certifications
- Technical courses or certifications will be considered an asset.
- Valid driver's license.
Travel Requirements
Physical Demands
- Stationary Position: Constantly
- Pushing / Pulling / Reaching: Occassionally
- Climb: Seldom
- Kneel: Seldom
- Grab: Seldom
- Bend: Seldom
- Lift / Carry: Seldom, up to 40lbs
- Vision: Vision acuity to operate a vehicle
- Hearing: Understanding sounds required for communicating with others and operating a vehicle
Working Conditions
- Wet or Humid: Occassionally
- Working near or on moving mechanical parts: Occassionally
- Working near or on heavy machinery: Occassionally
- Working in high places: Occassionally
- Exposed to fumes or airborne particles: Seldom
- Exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals: Seldom
- Frequency of working in outdoor weather conditions: Occassionally
- Work with electricity: Occassionally
- Work with explosives: Seldom
- Work on or near a source of radiation: Seldom
- Loud noise conditions (above 87 db): Seldom
- Other environmental factors including weather conditions: Seldom
LUMA Energy is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, military status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal or local laws.
