Transmission Relay Construction Work Management Planner

Duke Energy•Aberdeen, NC

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Transmission Relay Construction 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 scheduled for the Transmission Relay Construction field technicians. The Planner develops plans that facilitate work execution, ensuring materials and resources are available and verifying equipment maintenance/performance history to identify special requirements. The role also involves identifying opportunities for concurrent work to gain resource efficiencies, facilitating process improvements for productivity and cost competitiveness, documenting and explaining variances in work hours, and monitoring work progress to identify areas for improvement. The Planner ensures NERC compliance PMs are scheduled appropriately and may be required to ensure accurate completion of NERC-related documentation. This position works closely with construction resources and Project Management to plan, estimate, and allocate resources for projects assigned to the internal maintenance crew, requiring knowledge of construction activities. The role supports the development and implementation of construction and maintenance work plans for annual programs ranging from $150M - $300M, managing changes to align with funding requirements and prioritize work. The Transmission Work Management Planner identifies critical work activities, keeps work groups informed of nearing overdue work, and communicates/schedules with various groups to coordinate high-priority work. Planners participate in project planning meetings, clarify scope, identify and assign resources, develop work sequences, identify obstacles, and determine clearance requirements. They also coordinate clearances with relevant departments for load issues and assist in resolving and re-sequencing work considering customer and grid sensitivities. Travel to work locations is required for developing work/project requirements, attending meetings, performing site walk-downs, auditing work packages, and ensuring parts and equipment availability.

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.
Working knowledge of overall operating fundamentals and principles of generating station systems, equipment and processes.
Demonstrated ability to work independently in a leadership capacity.

Responsibilities

Analyzing resources (time, tools, & materials) necessary for efficient completion of job.
Ensure timely scheduling of work orders.
Leads weekly scheduling meeting & maintains schedule adherence.
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.
Submit request to add work to outage tracking tool to R&PM outage coordinator.
Assist in Transmission operational risk management assessment & CMI review for maintenance or project work that puts any customer in an abnormal grid configuration.
Confirm all FAC-008 coordination activities have been coordinated & scheduled.
Coordinate bundling opportunities with other planners (Line, Relay, Substation, Construction).
Ensure the annual work plan is completed.
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.
Maintain a list of projects that require mobile installations.
Perform clearance validation review per guidelines.
Mark up station / Line map with clearance boundaries.