PGO Work Management Line Planner

Duke Energy Corporation•Florence, SC

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

Build an exciting, rewarding career with Duke Energy, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits. The C&M Planner reports to the Area Coordination Supervisor and is responsible for coordinating all planning activities in support of the I&M annual work plan and routine capital work, including managing all activities that are scheduled for the C&M field technicians to perform such work. The Planner is responsible for developing plans that facilitate work execution. Planners are expected to develop plans that are barrier-free, including verifying that materials and resources are available to execute I&M work plans and routine capital work. The Planner will review the maintenance/performance history of the equipment to identify and determine special requirements necessary to successfully complete the work. The Planner will identify any additional maintenance work or capital projects that could be worked concurrently to gain resource efficiencies. The Planners will also facilitate process improvements to make work plans more productive and cost-competitive. The Planner will document and explain variances in the actual job task work hours versus estimated job task work hours. The Planner must closely monitor the progress and status of work and is responsible for raising issues to supervisors to identify areas for improvement and opportunities to improve efficiencies. The Planner may also be required to ensure accurate completion of NERC related documentation. The Planner will work closely with the construction resources and resources within Project Management to plan, estimate, and allocate resources to all projects assigned to the internal maintenance crew. This requires first-hand knowledge of Construction activities or the ability to draw on resources within the Construction Section to gain that knowledge. The position must possess good organization and collaboration skills for working in team environments to produce excellent project plans and estimates. This position supports the development and implementation of construction and maintenance work plans to support annual programs ranging from $150M - $300M annually (capital and O&M, approximate). In addition, this position continually manages changes in these plans to align with changing funding requirements, and to align plans to execute the highest priority work. The Transmission Work Management Planner identifies critical work activities and keeps all transmission work groups informed of work nearing overdue status in order to avoid negative consequences. The Transmission Work Management Planner communicates and schedules with various work groups (i.e. Construction, Project Management, Energy Services, T&D Key Account Reps, Nuclear & Fossil Plants, etc.) to identify and coordinate high priority work. Planners participate in project planning meetings with Project Management to develop a project plan for each capital construction project. Clarifies project scope, identifies and assigns required construction resources, develops construction work sequence, identifies potential obstacles to completing the project, identifies clearance requirements, and makes initial resource assignments. Additionally, the Planner coordinates clearances with Outage coordination, Grid Management, ECC, and DCC when there are load issues. The Planner assists in resolving and re-sequencing the work considering any customer & grid sensitivities. Travel to work location(s) to develop work/project requirements, attend scoping meetings, pre-bid meetings, and/or pre-construction meetings, perform walk down of job sites, audit the effectiveness of the work packages and to ensure adequate parts, special tools, and special equipment is available.

Requirements

Associates degree
5 years related work experience
In lieu of Associates degree(s) AND 5 year(s) related work experience listed above, High School/GED AND 7 year(s) related work experience.

Nice To Haves

Bachelors degree
In addition to desired degree, 6 years related work experience.
Experience and demonstrated written and oral communications skills, including the ability to present information, facilitate meetings and provide direction to others.
Experience and demonstrated computer skills including the ability to use various applications such as Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), work management system (Maximo), Slate scheduling tool, ITOA.
Demonstrated ability to work independently in a leadership capacity.

Responsibilities

Analyzing resources (time, tools, & materials) necessary for efficient completion of job.
Owns the schedule development from T-12 through T+1 and resolves or manages schedule conflicts.
Coordinate / Support emergent & routine capital projects supported by C&M.
Supports outage planning process & submits outage requests.
Supports safety and environmental program compliance.
Provide project updates & real time project support.
Attend and/or facilitate the weekly corrective & compliance calls.
Confirm all FAC-008 coordination activities have been coordinated & scheduled.
Coordinate bundling opportunities with other planners (Line, Relay, Substation, Construction).
Provides scope of work.
Provides accurate estimate of hours required to perform work.
Provide procedures required to perform work.
Identify special tools required to perform work.
Plan for any mobile equipment needs.
Plan for any special part needs.
Obtain necessary DOT or Environmental permits.
Project job durations for scheduling purposes.
Provide any sketches, digital pictures or drawings needed.
Provide any vendor support information.
Secure and ensure materials are available for appropriate delivery to meet CMI date.
Produce construction estimates for durations and man hours and resources required for construction projects.
Perform clearance validation review per guidelines.
Mark up station / Line map with clearance boundaries.