Planner III

Work Management Planner III

This position reports to the Supervisor of Area Coordination and supports the Transmission field personnel who perform construction activities for substation assets. The Planner is responsible for the preparation of work packages to perform Construction activities. The Planner will review the maintenance/performance history of the equipment to identify and determine special requirements necessary to successfully complete the work. The Planner will identify any additional maintenance work or capital projects that could be worked concurrently to gain resource efficiencies. The Planner will document and explain variances in the actual job task work hours versus estimated job task work hours. The Planner must closely monitor the progress and status of work and is responsible for raising issues to schedulers and supervisors to identify areas for improvement and opportunities to improve efficiency. The Planner also works closely with the construction resources and resources within Transmission Project Management to plan, estimate, and allocate resources to all projects assigned to the Transmission Construction Section.

This position supports the development and implementation of construction and maintenance work plans to support annual programs ranging from ***M - ***M annually (capital and O&M, approximate). In addition, this position continually manages changes in these plans to align with changing funding requirements, and to align plans to execute the highest priority work. The Planner has a responsibility to ensure the annual Construction & Maintenance work plan is completed.

Responsibilities include developing work packages to include scope of work required, accurate estimate of hours required to perform job, skill sets 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, provide any Safety or Environmental information, provide any special PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) needs, 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, identify critical work activities and keep all transmission work groups informed of work nearing overdue status in order to avoid negative consequences, communicate and schedule with various work groups to identify and coordinate high priority work, participate in project planning meetings with Project Management to develop a project plan for each capital construction project, coordinate transmission clearances with Grid Management, ECC & TCC, and DCC when there are load issues with project coordination, assist with emergency planning, clearance requests and hot line tag requests, travel to work location(s) to develop work/project requirements, attend scoping meetings, pre-bid meetings, and/or pre-construction meetings, perform walk down of job sites, audit the effectiveness of the work packages and to ensure adequate parts, special tools, and special equipment is available.

Required/Basic Qualifications include an 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 is acceptable. Desired Qualifications include a Bachelors degree and in addition to desired degree, 6 years related work experience. Additional Preferred Qualifications include working knowledge of work management system, substantial specific knowledge in craft areas such as electrical, relaying, apparatus, sub-station and line construction / maintenance work, excellent communication and organizational skills, and the ability to function effectively in a diverse support organization.