Work & Resource Planner, Senior

PG&E•Antioch, CA

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Coordinates and assembles work and resource plans that align with the budget plan. Monitors weekly and annual execution of the work plan by Transmission and Distribution execution organizations. Evaluates business processes, practices, and procedures related to identifying known work and maintaining work-management data quality across work management systems. May work with the GO Business Finance team to monitor and reallocate budgets between programs and maintain an overall view of budget performance. The position is hybrid, working from a remote office and an assigned location based on business need. The role supports work-plan execution, resource planning, performance monitoring, and recommendations to function management. It may involve special initiative project teams and occasional team leadership on specific projects.

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.
Ability to adapt to changing business conditions and ambiguity.
Advanced knowledge of business and work-planning processes, including 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, Visual Basic for Applications (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 regular 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 ensure work readiness when work or financial plans require adjustment.
Identify actual cost or resource data that falls outside the plan, obtain information from systems or stakeholders, and investigate causes of variances.
Reach out to stakeholders to explore performance variances and their causes, as needed.
Partner with peers and stakeholders to develop integrated work plans, project-plan updates, and presentation materials for regular work and budget meetings.
Participate in special initiative project teams and, on occasion, 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 and optimized annual work plan supported by a strategic, balanced annual resource plan.
Track and report work progression, monitor execution of work plans, and update portfolios for short- and long-term planning.
Ensure work plans are transparent and well communicated.
Maintain complete end-to-end workflow knowledge for at least one work stream.
Evaluate costs and resources needed to execute work plans.
Monitor and reallocate budgets between programs in coordination with the GO Business Finance team, as applicable.
Assess the effectiveness of business processes and recommend improvements related to work identification and work-management data quality.