Sr Tech Scheduling Specialist
Join the diverse and dynamic team that powers Michigan's largest energy provider and one of the nation's largest gas and electric combination utilities. Consumers Energy services 6.7 million of Michigan's 10 million residents - caring for our friends and neighbors in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties. We embrace a cleaner and leaner utility vision focused on eliminating energy waste and adding renewable energy from sources such as wind and solar.
At Consumers Energy, we offer more than just a place to work. We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day. We're a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose:
world class performance delivering hometown service.
Summary
The Resource Scheduler supports a statewide team of Gas Transmission SCADA Field Technicians and requires scheduling and monitoring of maintenance and project workload. Coordinates with Operations Supervisors, Planners and Schedulers, Project and Construction Managers, and Engineering.
Location
This position will be remote/virtual until it s deemed safe to return to the office. At that time, the selected candidate may choose to remain virtual or select a Consumers Energy office/service center. Based on business needs, this position requires periodic in-person visits to company site locations to meet with Technicians and other Planners and Schedulers.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Follows the Work Management process to ensure scheduling related milestones are met from T-4 weeks to T-0 week for work execution
- Coordination of material with Supply Chain, assigning and tracking committed and emergent workload, interpreting monthly work plans to create weekly schedules, conducting weekly meetings, and supporting the Operations team
- Workload report generation, problem solving, and waste elimination activities
- Proficient with SAP, Excel, and other software as needed
- Excellent communication skills; customer service; teamwork; the ability to understand operational technical needs; understanding order types; capital and O&M work mix knowledge; advanced Excel skills; and, the ability to create and present presentations while leading Scheduling meetings
Requirements/ Qualifications
- 2-year college degree OR equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience with planning and/or scheduling
Preferred Qualifications
- Utility experience (e.g., natural gas, electric or renewables)
- Operations scheduling experience
- SAP experience
- Advanced MS Excel experience
- Proficient PowerPoint experience
Essential Functions
- Performs technical support functions and more complex tasks including establishing workload and organizing and conducting assignments according to deadlines.
- Sets up tech support systems including record maintenance, data submission, and project management.
- Provides backup department support.
- Prepares reports, and tech support material as directed from time to time.
- Maintains confidentiality.
- Performs or establishes procedures for tech support functions and actions including records, tracking of information, maintaining logs/spreadsheet, and other similar technical support.
- Under general direction, prepares special or one-time reports, summaries, or replies to inquiries, selecting relevant information from a variety of sources such as reports, documents, correspondence, other areas of the Company, etc.
- Ensures that requests for action or information are relayed to appropriate staff members; ensures that information is furnished in a timely manner; decides whether a higher authority should be notified of important or emergency matters.
- Periodically evaluates process and program effectiveness and takes action to maintain continuous improvement.
- Follows all safety rules and procedures and contributes to the safety of co-workers and the general public.
- Have aptitude and ability to learn and perform the duties of the job including learning new designs reflecting new equipment.
- Successfully able to evaluate design alternatives to determine safest and most economical designs.
- Willing and able to follow instruction, assist in training of co-workers, and cooperate with other employees and customers.
- Performs responsibilities in a manner that clearly shows effective communication and cooperation and that promotes open exchange of information, respect, high ethical standards and professionalism.
- Maintains work areas in a clean and orderly manner.
Hours and Travel
- Meet travel requirements of the position
- Work a flexible schedule, which may include evenings, weekends, holidays and overtime
- Based on business needs, this position requires periodic in-person visits to company site locations to meet with Technicians and other Planners and Schedulers
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear.
- The employee is frequently required to stand and walk.
- The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, or crouch. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- Duties involve moving materials weighing up to 10 pounds on a regular basis such as files, books, office equipment, etc., and may infrequently require moving materials weighing up to 40 pounds. The recommended maximum weight for employees to lift without the aid of other employees or a lifting device is 35 pounds.
- Employee will occasionally be required to walk on uneven surfaces with loose gravel, mud, snow and ice.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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