Analyst - Work Planning

Analyst Work Planning

Location : Orange, CT (60 Marsh Hill Road); Hartford, CT (76 Meadow St).

Work Type : Office

The salary range for this position is dependent upon experience, ranging from $70,992 to $88,740.

Job Summary

This position is responsible for updating and maintaining Substation, Transmission, and Distribution Capital, New Customer, Maintenance and Reliability Projects under the responsibility of Electric Operations at AVANGRID. Develops, maintains and issues area reports that promote decisions around project prioritization and completion. Responsible for generating reports which allow for the forecasting of resources and expenditures and optimizing resource utilization for Substation, Transmission, and Distribution projects. In addition to scheduling responsibilities, provide support during storm emergencies. The position will also take a lead role in the organization to drive scheduling of internal and external resources for construction activities. The Scheduler will organize work based on work order due dates tasks and priorities, and feedback from the stakeholders. The Scheduler will also identify work out of design, i.e. "Ready for Planning"; work in this stage is organized by due date and layout in a 3 month look ahead to be discussed at the weekly planning meetings. The Scheduler is also responsible for creating a 3-week construction schedule, to be discussed at the weekly scheduling meetings; [1 week look-behind; 2 weeks look-ahead]. The Scheduler identifies Material Need Dates, identifies drivers for poor material adherence, and communicates results to Area Manager and Supervisors. Discussions include analysis for improvement.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and implements the master work schedules for area operations, including shift work. Works with the Senior Work Planner and area management to provide contingency plans for rebalancing the workload. Provides back-up to Senior Work Planner. (25%)
• Maintains data for the global templates used to create schedules and forecasts of future resource requirements. Tracks historical costs and durations for continuous improvement of work plan estimates. Prepares work plans and schedules which present resource and material requirements and forecasts for optimal resource utilization. (20%)
• Monitors current and future workload to ensure area plans and schedules maximize productivity, control costs and meet or exceeds service level agreements. Monitors area performance through analysis of manpower utilization and workload trends and productivity. Keeps zone and area management informed of results. (20%)
• Identifies, develops and implements work process for continuous best practices for overall scheduling. (15%)
• Responsible for the integrity of data input into work management systems and operating databases. Ensures the integrity and accuracy of data through weekly Scheduling update meetings. (15%)
• Provide storm support as necessary (5%)

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience Required :

Skills / Abilities :

Preferred Qualifications

Behavioral Competencies

Develop self & others

Empower to grow

Collaborate and share

Be a role model

Focus to achieve results

Be agile

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