Work Management Specialist

DTE Energy · Redford, MI · 1 wk ago

Full-time

About the role

DTE is one of the nation’s largest diversified energy companies, serving Michigan for more than a century and operating as the state’s largest source of renewable energy. Affiliated businesses extend renewable energy, emission control technologies, and energy services to industries in 19 states. The company emphasizes a culture of care, inclusion, safety, and community impact.

This hybrid position requires an established schedule of in-person work at an assigned location; any remote work must be performed from the employee’s primary residence per company guidelines. Incumbents must be available to support DTE’s emergency response to storms or other events affecting customer service.

The role plans and prepares work orders for multi‑week schedules covering equipment outages, corrective and preventive maintenance, and capital and operating/maintenance modifications. It coordinates internal resources, vendors, and contractors to develop and execute work packages that maximize efficiency and minimize cost, using Maximo, SAP, Documentum, EBS, scheduling software, and Office 365. Strong coordination, planning, scheduling, and estimating skills are essential to ensure timely, efficient maintenance with verifiable metrics. This is an individual contributor position (span of control: 0).

Responsibilities

Identify root causes of problems and establish work scope for daily and project work
Develop accurate time and resource estimates reflecting appropriate productivity levels
Create accurate job plans with step‑by‑step processes to complete work scope efficiently
Validate resource and job plan estimates against actuals to improve Maximo data quality
Create and support accurate, complete multi‑week schedules, including milestone dates for major projects
Build complete work packages, including safety notices, validated through field walk‑downs
Manage backlog consolidation requests
Complete required purchasing and procurement tasks
Develop, maintain, and support preventive maintenance work management
Recommend the most effective use of internal and external resources, including data analytics
Utilize appropriate tools (Maximo, Documentum, scheduling software, Office 365) to create, plan, and execute work
Maintain effective daily interactions with engineering, project management, job supervisors, specialty vendors, and contractors
Provide oversight of employees and contractors as needed

Requirements

Candidates must meet one of the following three education/experience tracks:

Associate’s degree in an engineering discipline (or two years of a four‑year accredited engineering program) and two years of mechanical, electrical, or instrument experience on equipment typical of an electric or gas utility; OR
High school diploma and three years of estimating, scheduling, and planning experience in a power plant, electric utility, heavy industrial, or heavy construction setting; OR
High school diploma and seven years of experience working on equipment typical of a power generating station, electric utility, heavy industrial, or heavy construction setting in a skilled trade or certified operating position.

Additional required competencies:

Strong organizational skills
Ability to act independently and accept new responsibilities
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to interpret P&IDs, blueprints, drawings, schematics, measuring devices, and rigging/lifting equipment
Estimating skills based on reasonable, critical, documented assumptions reflecting appropriate crew productivity
Ability to coordinate information from multiple sources and interface with multiple customers to complete tasks
Problem‑solving skills using a formal methodology
Knowledge of cost analysis for work orders
Understanding of business implications of decisions
Act as a change agent through process improvement involvement
Initiate new ideas and approaches; challenge prevailing practices with sound alternatives

Qualifications

Experience working with and developing work scope schedules
Strong working knowledge of the Maximo work management system
Demonstrated knowledge of Overhead and/or Underground construction work activities

Schedule

Hybrid role with an established in‑person schedule at an assigned work location; remote work performed from primary residence per company guidelines
Emergency response required — must be available to support storm or event restoration efforts