Operations Scheduler

Xcel Energy • Monticello, MN

71d • $71,900 - $102,100

About The Position

Standard Operations Position. Operations Schedulers will strategically prioritize work and determine resource assignments to proactively plan and align a multi-week, rolling schedule to ensure work is performed on-time and within the specified customer, compliance, safety, and operational performance metrics. Schedulers are responsible for maintaining a holistic view of work to be completed at all times to identify and recommend solutions for resolving work capacity issues in the most efficient, cost-effective, safe manner. The objective is to build and manage a 0 - 12+ week book of work to develop and hand off a prioritized, compliant, executable 2 week schedule to the Work Coordination function for final adjustment and execution by field teams. Operations Schedulers will be responsible for creating the schedule for a designated region, function, and/or commodity area.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field preferred.
• Five years' experience in construction, design, maintenance or other operations area.
• Demonstrated ability to schedule and manage work activities in a manner that meets customer and/or internal stakeholder requirements.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective working relationships, as well as strong written and verbal communication skills including meeting management and facilitation.
• Proficiency with spreadsheet tools.
• Ability to retrieve and manipulate data from reporting tools.
• Demonstrated ability to use software applications which include Microsoft products, work management, mapping and scheduling tools.

Nice To Haves

• Utility scheduling/planning experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan a multi-week region/function/or commodity area-wide work schedule based on evaluation of work demands and work prioritization considering factors such as work types, job priorities, resource availability, customer expectations, permitting requirements, business unit guidelines, and others.
• Manage personnel, equipment, and material resource availability/backlog over a multi-week timeframe and ensure availability of work assignment to crews across the region including decision making to reallocate resources across areas as needed.
• Analyze scheduling and work assignment performance in order to forecast resource utilization for upcoming quarter and identify opportunities for resource reallocations and operational improvements.
• Accountable for ensuring all compliance work is scheduled within required timeframes.
• Communicate and work effectively with local supervisors and build/leverage strong partnerships with stakeholder groups at a variety of levels to maximize productivity, utilization and operational efficiency of all resources.
• Drive customer satisfaction by establishing and maintaining strong adherence to scheduling processes.

Benefits

• Annual Incentive Program
• Medical/Pharmacy Plan
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
• Health Care Reimbursement Account
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
• Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA)
• Transportation Reimbursement Account
• Short-term disability (STD)
• Long-term disability (LTD)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Transit programs
• Employee recognition program
• Pension
• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Holidays
• Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
• Parental Leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Utilities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees