Substation Planner III

Schedule

Full time, 40 hours/week, hybrid, 3 days/week in office. Schedule is 4/10s.

The Planet Group is seeking a Substation Planner that will report to the Supervisor Area Coordination and supports the field personnel who perform construction and maintenance activities for substation and transmission assets.

Responsibilities include:

• Preparation of work packages to perform both Construction and Maintenance activities.
• Review of the maintenance/performance history of the equipment to identify and determine special requirements necessary to successfully complete the work.
• Identify any additional maintenance work or capital projects that could be worked concurrently to gain resource efficiencies.
• Document and explain variances in the actual job task work hours versus estimated job task work hours.
• Closely monitor the progress and status of work and raise issues to schedulers and supervisors to identify areas for improvement and opportunities to improve efficiencies.
• Ensure accurate completion of NERC related documentation.
• Work closely with construction resources and resources within Transmission Project Management to plan, estimate, and allocate resources to all projects assigned to the Transmission Construction Section.
• Support development and implementation of construction and maintenance work plans to support annual programs ranging from $150M - $300M annually (capital and O&M, approximate).
• Continually manage changes in plans to align with changing funding requirements and prioritize highest priority work.
• Ensure annual Construction & Maintenance work plan is completed.
• Secure and ensure materials are available for appropriate delivery to meet CMI date.
• Produce construction estimates for durations and man hours and resources required for construction projects.
• Identify critical work activities and keep all transmission work groups informed of work nearing overdue status to avoid negative consequences.
• Communicate and schedule with various work groups to identify and coordinate high priority work.
• Participate in project planning meetings with Project Management to develop project plan for each capital construction project.
• Clarify project scope, identify and assign required construction resources, develop construction work sequence, identify potential obstacles, clearance requirements, and make initial resource assignments.
• Coordinate transmission clearances with Grid Management, ECC & TCC, and DCC when load issues arise; assist in resolving and re-sequencing work considering customer sensitivities.
• Process and store completed work package documentation in some regions.
• Obtain feedback from schedulers, crew members, and supervisors and take necessary action to remedy any work package quality issues to ensure future accuracy.
• Assist with emergency planning, clearance requests, and hot line tag requests.
• Travel to work location(s) for scoping, pre-bid, pre-construction meetings, walk down of job sites, audit effectiveness of work packages, and ensure availability of parts, special tools, and equipment.

• Plan and identify any mobile equipment needs.
• Plan for any special part needs.
• Plan for any sketches, digital pictures, or drawings needed.
• Provide vendor support information.
• Provide any Safety or Environmental information.

• 5 years Substation Construction Experience.
• Knowledge of ITOA or switching and tagging qualified.