Temporary Scheduler ET&D

Lansing Board of Water & Light • Lansing, MI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for producing weekly schedules for assigned area. Must coordinate and collaborate with multiple planners, outside resources, leadership, and other stakeholders to ensure a schedule of work is vetted and published each week. Responsible for ensuring coordination is managed between the multiple production resource crafts, vendors, and as well as other supporting resource groups to ensure alignment of schedules each week. Ensure solid reporting of scheduling and forecasting data.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Construction Management, Business, or other related field or combined education and experience equivalency.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in scheduling, project management, or work management, preferably in an industrial, construction, or utility industry.
• Knowledge of scheduling and/or work management software.
• Ability and willingness to work extra hours when needed, while prioritizing workload.
• Must demonstrate excellent problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Intermediate understanding and use of Microsoft Office Products such as Word, Excel, Outlook, Planner, Teams and SharePoint.
• Ability to successfully interact with various stakeholders both internal and external at various leadership levels.
• Ability to plan and direct the work of others, organize, plan and prioritize projects, identify problems and propose and implement solutions, conduct group presentations, grasp and communicate complex issues covering a wide range of disciplines.
• Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
• Must be able to work various shifts if required.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated history of team building skills and taking on new projects and technologies.
• Utility industry and project or construction management experience.
• Advanced knowledge of scheduling and work management software.

Responsibilities

• Builds out weekly schedule of work for all available ET&D personnel.
• Coordinates alignment of resources to the schedule once built out, properly sequencing all internal and external resources to jobs.
• Monitors schedule progress to ensure proactive mediation of schedule risks in upcoming weeks.
• Coordinates with planners and leadership to ensure work is being addressed based on priorities set by leadership to ensure overall risk is being reduced for company assets and facilities.
• Facilitates meetings for multiple departments, to solidify work schedules, ensuring all coordination issues are mediated prior to scheduled work being locked down.
• Builds out projected work schedules and resource calendars for management review.
• Demonstrates positive problem solving and communication skills when interacting with internal/external stakeholders.
• Obtains progress, trends, and scope information from the appropriate stakeholders to support continuous improvement with scheduling processes.
• Tracks deviations from the schedule, works with stakeholders to understand and adjust future scheduling to accommodate deviations or deferrals.
• Utilizes creativity and initiative to develop, perform, and implement special assignments.
• Required to follow BWL safety manual and wear required personal protective equipment.
• Attends training for safety awareness or skills improvement as required by supervisor, BWL or governmental agency such as MIOSHA.
• Predictable and reliable attendance.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Benefits

• Competitive wages
• Employee development
• Opportunity for professional growth
• Vacation
• Free choice time off
• Sick leave
• Parental leave
• 11 paid holidays
• Medical insurance
• Prescription drug coverage
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Vision insurance
• Supplemental life insurance
• Dependent life insurance
• Flexible spending account
• AFLAC options
• LifeLock anti-theft protection
• Long-term care insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• BWL's Home Purchase Plan – Forgivable $5,000 loan for purchase of a home in Lansing
• 401(a) Defined Contribution Plan (DC) (100% company paid up to 9.5 % of base salary for BU positions and up to 13% of base salary for NBU positions)
• 457 Deferred Compensation matches up to $2,500 per year
• Post retirement benefits
• Two fitness centers located on site open 24/7
• Work life balance program
• Free parking

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level