Planner, Operations, Gas

Eversource will not offer immigration-related sponsorship for this position. Applicants requiring visa sponsorship to start employment will not be considered.

About the Role

The Planner, Gas Operations is responsible for planning, organizing, and managing the Gas Distribution field workload through accurate forecasting, staffing calculations, scheduling, and management reports. This role creates, maintains, and upgrades short- and long-term staffing models and trending forecasts to improve the efficiency of the Gas 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.

Responsibilities

• 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, control costs, and meet or exceed 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 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of three (3) to five (5) years in Gas Operations or a related field.
• Working and technical knowledge of specific Distribution departmental activities, including construction standards, operating and maintenance procedures, and regulations related to Distribution field activity.
• Ability to use PC desktop applications (e.g., Microsoft Office, Work Management, and spreadsheets).
• Strong analytical skills and demonstrated skill in workload planning and resource allocation.

Working Conditions

• Must be available to work emergency restoration assignments as required.
• Must be available to travel between MA/CT/NH as necessary.
• This position is categorized as safety-sensitive for the purpose of drug testing. Successful applicants shall be subject to a pre-assignment drug test if currently in a non-safety-sensitive position. Employees in this role are subject to random drug testing.

Mental Aspects

Work includes analyzing, implementing, and coordinating in an environment that often requires the performance of multiple simultaneous activities, where deadlines need to be met and work is performed under pressure while involving significant business commitments and results.

Competencies

• Build trusting relationships
• Manage and develop people
• Foster teamwork and cross-functional collaboration
• Lead change
• Communicate strategic vision
• Create an engaged workforce
• Focus on the customer
• Take ownership & accountability

Pay

This position offers an annual salary range of $97,390.00–$108,210.00 and is eligible for a potential incentive.

Benefits

Eversource offers a competitive total rewards program. Check out our careers site for an overview of our benefits programs.