Planner/Scheduler I-Sr

Entergy • Little Rock, AR

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position will be filled as a Planner/Schedule Coordinator, Planner/Schedule Coordinator II, or Planner/Schedule Coordinator, Sr based on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate. The Planner/Scheduler I-Sr manages the planning and scheduling of all maintenance and repair activities to ensure the safe and reliable operation of the Transmission System. This role secures available manpower and schedules activities in accordance with Transmission’s Work Management System. The position performs long-range planning for outage maintenance tasks, develops integrated outage schedules for all outage tasks, and schedules emergent repairs to the Transmission System. The role ensures all work is completed in accordance with Entergy procedures and within compliance guidelines (SoX), and ensures all SERC related work tasks are scheduled and completed within required periodicity, with all documentation completed. The Planner/Scheduler I-Sr works with Grid Engineers and Project Managers in planning and scheduling substation capital construction projects, performs long-range planning for construction projects that require scheduled outages, and develops integrated outage schedules for all outage tasks. Additionally, the role interfaces with internal groups such as Project Management and Construction, Major Accounts, Asset Management, Transmission Control Center, Transmission Design Engineering, Distribution Operations Center, Distribution Operations, and Transmission Operational Planning. The position also works with external customers and other utilities to schedule work.

Requirements

• Associate degree or equivalent work experience
• Proficiency with current computer-based business applications
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities and deliverables in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work with multiple levels of the organizational structure
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills
• Experience/training in scheduling resources or maintenance and construction practices
• Experience with Microsoft Office Excel and database applications
• Self-motivated and dependable team player
• Ability to learn new software systems quickly
• As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience
• At least 2 years of operational experience in the construction, power plant or utility sector
• Experience in substation or relay maintenance and construction
• Experience in planning and scheduling maintenance and construction activities
• Excellent computer technical skills
• Knowledge of/experience with Click, Maximo, and TOMS

Responsibilities

• Performs all maintenance planning activities to ensure the correct outage and manpower resources are available to support preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance activities prior to them being scheduled.
• Manages, prioritizes and schedules all maintenance activities for their respective Grid.
• Coordinate all substation switching.
• Screens and consolidates work orders for projects.
• Manages the exceptions associated with the schedule that Click generates.
• Maintains and performs updates on scheduled work, resolves time constraint conflicts, identifies variances, develops explanations to schedule changes, monitors close out tasks, and sends reminders as needed.
• Identifies Click schedule errors, analyzes alternatives, and recommends solutions to schedule conflicts.
• Creates work orders for tasks that do not auto-generate.
• Coordinates and leads weekly scheduling conferences with local management personnel.
• Adjusts schedules and work plans as necessary based on stakeholder feedback.
• Serves as a member of the Incident Response Team to support storm events.
• Ensures Energization Notices are sent per procedure.
• Responsible to enable assets in Maximo and set maintenance templates.
• Ensures all outstanding work is documented with a current work request detailing the required scope of work.
• Ensures all completed work requests are closed out showing a detailed description of work completed and man hours logged against each task.
• Performs long range planning for outage preventive/corrective maintenance tasks.
• Develops annual plans that lay out the intended execution of all grid portfolio tasks.
• Plans and schedules Capital Project Portfolio for the Grids to include resource allocation, outage requests, and material procurement.
• Schedules and coordinates all SERC required maintenance tasks and ensures proper close-out of the work tasks.
• Performs long range planning and coordination with major industrial customers and Nuclear Power Plants to perform all required preventative and corrective maintenance.
• Develops annual plans that lay out the intended execution of all grid portfolio tasks.
• Plans and schedules Capital Project Portfolio for the Grids to include resource allocation, outage requests, and material procurement.
• Schedules and coordinates all SERC required maintenance tasks and ensures proper close-out of the work tasks.
• Performs long range planning and coordination with major industrial customers and Nuclear Power Plants to perform all required preventative and corrective maintenance.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree