Job Description

Role and Scope of Position:

Responsible for planning, organizing and managing the Electric/Gas/Transmission field workload through accurate forecasting, staffing calculations, scheduling and management reports. Creates, maintains and upgrades short and long-term staffing models and trending forecasts to improve the efficiency of the Electric/Gas/Transmission Operations area. Prepares work schedules for district operations through analysis of projected workload, resource requirements and prescribed time frames. Ensures that work plans and schedules facilitate timely and cost-effective completion of all capital workload including new business, compliance and mandated work, system reliability, and maintenance and construction.

Essential Functions:

* Generates district work plans and schedules that ensure resources are available to meet workload demands. Provides contingency plans to rebalance workload.
* Monitors current and future workload to ensure district plans and schedules maximize productivity, controls costs and meets or exceeds service level agreements (SLAs).
* Creates and maintains accurate short and long-term forecasting and staffing models that ensure the effective utilization of distribution resources.
* Evaluates current procedures and recommends changes to improve the efficiency of planning and scheduling of projects.
* Works with Compliance Coordinators to distribute district compliance and mandated program work.
* Ensures that all projects are executed and closed out in a timely, accurate and cost-effective manner and according to Company policy.
* Develops time and cost schedules for district management through analysis of survey statistics and productivity information.
* Prepares weekly and monthly workload status reports for management.
* Responsible for planning and scheduling daily work assignments for Electric/Gas/Transmission departments, as designated.
* Ensures that work-plans and schedules facilitate timely and cost-effective completion of all capital workload including new business, compliance and mandated work, system reliability, and maintenance and construction.
* Works collaboratively across the organization to achieve companys strategies and goals.
* Ensures that area resources are available to meet work demands; responsible for scheduling all work in the order of priority that will ensure compliance deadlines and customer needs are fully met.
* Responsible for scheduling daily work assignments in a manner that optimizes crew productivity and minimizes overtime expenditures.
* Organizes and facilitates weekly planning meetings with Operating department personnel; weekly communication of the work plan to Operating department personnel; daily monitoring of actual work completed compared to the work plan.
* Prepares the weekly/annual construction schedule utilizing scheduling software such as Primavera.
* Assists with district liaison activities with local and municipal officials.
* Resolves customer issues and concerns as required.

Technical Knowledge/Skill/Education/Licenses/Certifications:

Technical Knowledge/Skill:

* Must possess excellent multi-tasking skills, be detail oriented, meet expectations of multiple organizations and possess the ability to understand goal-driven deliverables.
* Requires the ability to either take or recommend the necessary actions to ensure that goals and targets are achieved.
* Use appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to inspire and guide individuals (peers and superiors) toward goal achievement; modify behavior to accommodate tasks, situations, and individuals involved.
* Working knowledge of distribution maintenance, distribution construction, testing, distribution/transmission/gas operations, and work management principles is required.
* Knowledge of OSHA requirements and Eversource safety rules is also highly desirable.
* Requires a working knowledge of work management systems and scheduling techniques. Experience withPrimavera, MS Project, MS Access, and Safran is highly desirable.
* Project and schedule management skills, including knowledge of scheduling tool, Primavera 8 or better or later.
* Knowledge of Construction Principles and Practices, Operations, Maintenance, Safety Standards and Business Processes.
* Requires working knowledge of labor contracts.
* Ability to use laptop/desktop applications (e.g. Outlook and Excel).

Education:

* Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, related discipline or equivalent experience.

Experience:

* Three (3) to five (5) years of experience is required.

Working Conditions:

* Must be available to work emergency restoration assignment as required.
* Must be available to travel between MA/CT/NH as necessary.

Please include a resume with your application.

Worker Type:

Regular

Number of Openings:

1