Work Planner

TEKsystems•Villa Park, IL

7d•$52 - $62•Hybrid

About The Position

This role supports a large utilities Transmission Project Management organization by coordinating and managing electrical transmission and substation outages required to execute capital construction projects. The Work Planner works closely with project managers, system operators, outage planners, and engineering groups to create, submit, track, and manage outage requests through ComEd's switching request process. The role calls for an understanding of how power flows through an electrical transmission or distribution network and experience planning, coordinating, scheduling, or operating outages to safely remove equipment from service while construction or maintenance work is performed. The organization is seeking someone who may remain for the full duration of the long-term engagement. The position is a contract role based in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, with a hybrid workplace arrangement.

Requirements

Understanding of power flows through an electrical transmission or distribution network.
Prior experience planning, coordinating, scheduling, or operating electrical outages.
Understanding of utility control rooms, transmission operations, distribution operations, switching activities, outage requests and planning, electrical grid power flows, isolation boundaries and points, zones of protection, switching processes, and system operations concepts.
Skills in outage planning and coordination, project coordination, switching and protection management, transmission and substation outages, electrical transmission, SCADA, NERC, and FERC.
A bachelor's degree is preferred and generally expected. Candidates without a degree must demonstrate significant direct industry experience, such as work as a Switching Coordinator, Control Room Operator, Outage Planner, Outage Ticket Writer, Reliability Operator, or in a similar utility operations role.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree.
Experience in a utility control room, transmission operations, distribution operations, switching, outage request creation, or electrical outage planning.
Ability to remain for the full duration of the long-term engagement.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and manage electrical transmission and substation outages needed for capital construction projects.
Work with project managers, system operators, outage planners, and engineering groups.
Create, submit, track, and manage outage requests through ComEd's switching request process.
Plan, coordinate, schedule, or operate outages to safely remove equipment from service during construction or maintenance activities.