Utility Planner & Scheduler - City

OKC Career Site • Oklahoma City, OK

6h • $32 - $49

About The Position

This position is located in the Wastewater Quality Division of the Utilities Department within the City of Oklahoma City and is under the direction of an immediate supervisor. Utility Planner and Scheduler is a full-proficiency, para-professional classification responsible for applying knowledge of organizational and industry training requirements to work performed. The Utility Planner and Scheduler identifies and analyzes organizational training needs and designs, plans, and schedules training activities to fulfill those needs. This position is responsible for the efficient use of department resources by integrating and coordinating training plans, budgets, and schedules with operational activities, ensuring milestones and goals are met. Essential job functions include: creating routine to complex work schedules to determine scheduling sequence and lead time of each project or operation activity to meet forecasted master schedule; analyzing production specifications and training data; planning and scheduling workflow for each resource and/or operation according to previously established sequences and lead times; and planning sequences with other operations. The Utility Planner and Scheduler confers with department supervisors and management to determine status of projects and facilitate training completion according to schedule; alters schedules to meet unforeseen emergency situations; prepares training reports; may prepare standard lists of required materials, tools, and equipment used for training sessions; and may prepare purchase orders to obtain materials, tools, equipment and services. The employee collaborates with vendors and third-party training providers to plan and schedule employee participation in various training programs. The employee may provide functional supervision to nontechnical staff, with work products subject to review by a division manager or an immediate supervisor.

Requirements

• Knowledge of the assigned work unit.
• Knowledge of and proficient with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Project, Word, etc.)
• Skill in estimating materials, equipment, machinery and personnel costs.
• Skill establishing projects timelines for material, equipment, machinery and personnel use.
• Skill in devising solutions to planning problems.
• Skill in retaining and recalling information.
• Skill in conveying technical information verbally and in writing.
• Skill in working projects through to completion within specified time periods.
• Skill in relating to others with tact and diplomacy.
• Skill in writing project specifications.
• Skill in coordinating project activities.
• Skill in establishing goals and objectives.
• Ability to produce and track a budget and understand financial statements.
• Ability to create and communicate assignment sheets.
• Ability to follow direction.
• Ability to work together with department and City staff and/or contract representatives.
• Ability to communicate ideas, instructions, questions, problems, and solutions.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to travel.
• Willingness to assume responsibility for decisions made and work performed.

Nice To Haves

• Possession of a valid Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Distribution/Collection Operator Class C Certification, DEQ Class C Wastewater Certification, and Maintenance Technologist II Certification.
• Knowledge of lift station replacement plans.
• Knowledge of flow meter locations, calibrations schedules, and maintenance schedules.
• Knowledge of the lift station budget.
• Knowledge of NexGen.

Responsibilities

• creating routine to complex work schedules to determine scheduling sequence and lead time of each project or operation activity to meet forecasted master schedule
• analyzing production specifications and training data
• planning and scheduling workflow for each resource and/or operation according to previously established sequences and lead times
• planning sequences with other operations
• confers with department supervisors and management to determine status of projects and facilitate training completion according to schedule
• alters schedules to meet unforeseen emergency situations
• prepares training reports
• may prepare standard lists of required materials, tools, and equipment used for training sessions
• may prepare purchase orders to obtain materials, tools, equipment and services
• collaborates with vendors and third-party training providers to plan and schedule employee participation in various training programs
• may provide functional supervision to nontechnical staff, with work products subject to review by a division manager or an immediate supervisor.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• An average of $22,000 annually contributed toward your benefits and retirement
• A comprehensive package designed to support your health and wellness, financial security, work-life balance, and personal and professional growth and development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed