Work & Resource Planner, Senior

PG&E•Rocklin, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Coordinates and assembles work and resource plans aligned with the budget plan. Monitors weekly and annual execution of work plans by Transmission and Distribution execution organizations. Evaluates business processes, practices, and procedures related to identifying known work and maintaining work-management data quality in relevant systems. May work with the GO Business Finance team to monitor and reallocate program budgets and maintain an overall view of budget performance. The role supports strategic work-plan execution by analyzing resource availability and demand, identifying variances, developing contingency plans, and coordinating integrated work plans and project updates. It also tracks work progression, updates portfolios for short- and long-term planning, communicates work plans, evaluates execution costs and resources, and presents findings and recommendations to management. The position may participate in special initiative teams and occasionally lead a project team. The Electric T&D organization maintains and operates PG&E’s distribution and transmission lines, supporting electric-grid reliability and resiliency. This onsite position is located in Rocklin, California.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, or a comparable quantitative field, or equivalent related work experience.
Five years of relevant work experience with steady progression of responsibilities.

Nice To Haves

Utility, energy, or regulatory industry experience.
Advanced understanding of utility or energy industry drivers, issues, and trends.
Advanced knowledge of long-term strategic resource and operational planning theories, concepts, practices, methods, and techniques.
Advanced data analysis, benchmarking, monitoring, and business or financial analysis skills, including knowledge of varied analytical methods.
Analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills to develop comprehensive solutions.
Advanced oral and written communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
Adaptability to changing business conditions and ambiguity.
Advanced knowledge of business and work-planning processes, such as units, activities, and systems.
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Business Objects, or similar software.
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, Project, Visio, VBA, or similar software.
For some positions, knowledge of units, Maintenance Activity Type (MAT) codes, Provider Cost Center (PCC) codes, dates, activities, and systems.

Responsibilities

Support establishment of a baseline strategic approach to work-plan execution.
Run reports from multiple data sources to analyze available resources and compare them with resource demand by work category.
Support development of contingency plans with stakeholders to maintain work readiness when work or financial plans need adjustment.
Identify actual cost or resource data that is outside the plan and investigate variances using systems and stakeholder input.
Reach out to stakeholders, as needed, to explore performance variances and their causes.
Partner with peers and stakeholders to develop integrated work plans, project-plan updates, and presentation materials for work and budget meetings.
Participate in special initiative project teams and, occasionally, take a team leadership role on specific projects.
Present findings and recommendations to function management.
Coordinate with peers and stakeholders in assigned work streams to develop a prioritized, optimized annual work plan supported by a balanced annual resource plan.
Track and report work progression, monitor work-plan execution, and update portfolios for short- and long-term planning.
Ensure work plans are transparent and well communicated.
Maintain end-to-end workflow knowledge of at least one work stream.
Evaluate the costs and resources needed to execute work plans.