Construction Planning Supervisor

Company Description

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery.

Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

Position

Purpose:

The Planning Supervisor is responsible for planning, scheduling and coordinating all aspects of such work to be performed for United Water New Rochelle and United Water Westchester. Will be responsible for short and long-term planning. Administer management policies and directives; trains and evaluates staff on performance of work as it relates to the planning and scheduling functions.

The role of the Maintenance Planner is to improve work force productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning and coordination of all available resources including manpower, materials and equipment. He/she is responsible for planning, scheduling and coordinating all aspects of such work to be performed for Veolia Westchester. They will be responsible for short- and long-term planning.

Administers management policies and directives; trains and evaluates staff on performance of work as it relates to the planning and scheduling functions. The planning and scheduling function is the hub from which all known maintenance activity is coordinated. It is the process of describing a job in terms of how it is to be performed and what resources will be required.

S/he is the principal contact person between the Maintenance and Operations groups in relation to the planning and scheduling of daily work activities.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

• Understanding of aspects of jobs within Operations group well enough that he/she can describe what is to be accomplished and can estimate the required man-hours and resources to be allocated.
• Is the principal contact and liaison person between T&D Department System Maintenance and Production, along with other supported departments.
• Is responsible for long-range as well as short-range planning. Long-range planning involves the regular analysis of backlog relative to available resources. These two basic variables must be kept in balance if a proactive maintenance environment is to be established and sustained.
• Short-range planning and scheduling consist of the following:
  • Initial Job Screening
  • Analysis of Job Requirements
  • Job Research
  • Detailed Job Planning
  • Job Preparation
  • Materials Needed/Procurement
  • Job Scheduling and Coordination
  • Daily Schedule Adjustment
• Responsible for the full utilization and user training associated with the current and future InFordatabase management systems for Westchester.
  
  This system tracks operational and financial information providing management with accurate, comprehensive and timely information regarding the status and trend of the Company operations. The collection of this information is critical in the reporting of statistical information to the NYSPSC, rate cases, monthly preparation and review of performance measures and indicators established by management as well as the capital & expense monthly accruals.
  
  Incumbent is responsible for system testing, and implementation of the integrated business systems used in decision making including within Westchester.
  
  All updates and…