Control Planner

Position: Work Control Planner 2/3
What You Will Do
This position will be filled at either the Work Control Planner 2/3 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.

Work Control is a multidisciplinary group, providing deployed support to all Facility Operations Directorates (FODs) for maintenance planning, scheduling, and Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) support. The MSS-Work Control group uses Integrated Work Management to plan, schedule, and perform work in a safe and secure manner.

Responsible to the Work Control Team Lead for developing and/or reviewing work packages including time, material, and labor estimates, written step-by-step work instructions, procedures, safety and testing requirements for the implementation and control of operations, maintenance, construction or modification of work activities within a given facility or area. Specific planning duties will focus on electrical work but may also be related to water, waste water, and steam utility distribution systems.

Also includes resolving work restraints and bringing work packages to final closure.

Work Control Planner 2 ($78,700-$125,100)

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Safety and security are a primary responsibility for all Laboratory employees. Assures safety and security compliance, maintains required safety and security training, and makes safety and security an integral part of every task, including taking the necessary steps to stop work if continuing the job is unsafe or compromises security.
• Prepare, review and issue equipment and/or system modification, corrective maintenance, and/or preventative maintenance work packages in accordance with applicable procedures and regulations.
• Analyze time and material requirements for work activity.
• Assist in the preparation of detailed specifications for materials and labor estimates.
• Assist in the development of step-by-step instructions for work.
• Track and expedite established priority of work packages.
• Assist in preparation of efficient and specific instructions for the isolation, containment or de-energizing various mechanical, physical, electrical, systems according to established procedures and regulations.
• Assist with various functional and administrative activities in conjunction with the primary work control/work package development including, but not limited to, permit development, testing requirements, documentation generation, records management, database information management, retrieval and review, and/or training.
• Understand and adhere to all Laboratory and industry regulatory guidance and governance specific to work control and planning.
• Ensure all work control results, materials, processes, and final products meet quality specifications and are completed according to established requirements.

Work Control Planner 3 ($85,900-$139,900)

In addition to what was outlined at the lower level, at this level this position is expected to:

• Provide guidance, training and instruction to lower level planners.
• Evaluate processes, programs and procedures for potential improvements.
• Provide functional and operational direction to reporting maintenance/operations support, and/or clerical employees, if assigned.

What You Need

Minimum

Job Requirements:


Knowledge & Expertise: Ability to fully understand work hazards, safety practices, operating configuration, and lock-out/tag-out policies and procedures. Experience interpreting various mechanical and electrical documents, blueprints, drawings, and schematics. Knowledge of legal requirements and environmental impacts affecting work control and planning. Knowledge of work control and facility policies, practices, and procedures.

Planning & Prioritization: Working knowledge of and experience with work control, materials management, and/or mechanical maintenance. Experience and demonstrated skills in conducting research, investigating alternative solutions, and recommending solutions on problems affecting work control and planning. Ability to fully conceptualize and communicate major elements of work control and planning to both technical and non-technical personnel.

Technology: Ability to utilize and manipulate a computerized work management system in maintaining and tracking work planning activities. Skilled in the preparation and presentation of work control reports.

Additional Job Requirements for Work Control Planner 3:

In addition to the requirements outlined above, qualification at the higher level requires:

Knowledge & Expertise: Extensive experience and demonstrated skill in conducting research, investigating alternative solutions, and recommending highly creative solutions on unique and/or complex issues affecting work control and planning

Planning & Prioritization: Ability to work independently under minimal direction.

Technology: Extensive experience in the in the preparation and presentation of work control reports.

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