Planner Scheduler/Readiness Coordinator

About the Role

FirstEnergy is a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers’ lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger. This is an open position with Pennsylvania Electric, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp, located in Du Bois, PA.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate and direct a solid commitment to all aspects of safety
• Assist in providing reliable support to operations supervision by planning and scheduling activities, managing the work queue, staffing, equipment, materials, tools, switching orders, permits, work package instructions, etc.
• Develop a firm two-week plan of assigned operations center activities, and a one-month projection of anticipated future activities
• Assist supervision in establishing work commitment dates and take steps to expedite projects when necessary and/or practical
• Utilize FEWS to create the troubleman/serviceman schedule and assign work
• Participate in interactions with internal/external customers on inquiries concerning construction and maintenance activities
• Coordinate work request activities with the appropriate groups to establish job start and completion dates
• Aid in performing pre-construction work request assessments to facilitate optimal resource utilization
• Ensure UG Utility locates are completed and switching/hold offs are completed
• Manage time and priorities, and update management on work in progress, backlog of work, section productivity and all other applicable status updates
• Assist management by providing technical reports and metrics to ensure compliance with FirstEnergy practices and procedures
• Interpret report analysis and prepare recommendations based on analysis
• Collaborate with Consolidated Planning regarding alignment between the actual work and the budgeted annual work plan
• Follow existing processes and improvement practices to develop and support appropriate documentation, communication, and training
• Discuss work to be performed with operations team to address special needs, equipment, vehicles, flaggers, and review prints when necessary
• Plan and schedule accelerated/service work
• Assist during emergencies and storm-related activities and travel to various off-site locations as well as FirstEnergy office locations, training facilities and customer sites, when requested
• Attend all required regulatory training
• Provide day to day support to supervision and other employees on assigned activities

Qualifications

• Professionalism to work with engineer and management personnel, as well as interface and work cooperatively with customers, contractors, and the general public
• Self-motivated and able to multitask and balance competing priorities
• Possess solid verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with PC software applications including Microsoft Office, SAP, geographical information system (GIS), customer request work scheduling (CREWS), FEWS, power outage reporting system (PowerOn), computer aided drafting (CAD/AutoCAD), and Energy Delivery Outage Application
• Experience with database query tools
• Gain knowledge of planning/scheduling best practices, processes, and tools
• Gain knowledge of National Electric Safety Code (NESC), National Electric Code (NEC), Customer Guide for Electric Services (CGES)
• Gain an understanding of the Company’s Accident Prevention Handbook and Manual of Operations and the practical application in the workplace
• Must have personal vehicle to commute to various facilities and locations as required and possess a valid driver’s license

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology or related discipline + 0-1 years related work experience. In lieu of Bachelor’s Degree, minimum of 2 years related work experience is required. Related work experience is knowledge of planning/scheduling of work, construction and maintenance practices, procedures, work methods, materials, equipment, and tools which would be used to determine the resources necessary to perform construction and maintenance work activities.

Qualifications at higher levels (Lines Planner/Scheduler II, III, IV) require additional years of related work experience and education.