Substation Planner

Role summary / purpose This position reports to the Supervisor Area Coordination and supports the field personnel who perform construction and maintenance activities for substation and transmission assets. The Substation Construction Planner is responsible for the preparation of work packages to perform both Construction and Maintenance activities. The Planner will review the maintenance/performance history of the equipment to identify and determine special requirements necessary to successfully complete the work. The Planner will identify any additional maintenance work or capital projects that could be worked concurrently to gain resource efficiencies. The Substation Construction Planner will document and explain variances in the actual job task work hours versus estimated job task work hours. The Planner must closely monitor the progress and status of work and is responsible for raising issues to schedulers and supervisors to identify areas for improvement and opportunities to improve efficiencies. The Planner may also be required to ensure accurate completion of NERC related documentation. The Substation Construction Planner also works closely with the construction resources and resources within Transmission Project Management to plan, estimate, and allocate resources to all projects assigned to the Transmission Construction Section. This requires first-hand knowledge of Construction activities or the ability to draw on resources within the Construction Section to gain that knowledge. The position must possess good organization and collaboration skills for working in team environments to produce excellent project plans and estimates. This position supports the development and implementation of construction and maintenance work plans to support annual programs. In addition, this position continually manages changes in these plans to align with changing funding requirements, and to align plans to execute the highest priority work. Key responsibilities • Develop work packages to include scope of work required, accurate estimate of hours required to perform job, skill sets required to perform work, procedures required to perform work, special tools required to perform work, plan for any mobile equipment needs, plan for any special part needs, project job durations for scheduling purposes, sketches, digital pictures or drawings needed, vendor support information, Safety or Environmental information, and secure and ensure materials are available for appropriate delivery • 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 in order 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 a project plan for each capital construction project, clarify project scope, identify and assign required construction resources, develop construction work sequence, identify potential obstacles to completing the project, identify clearance requirements, and make initial resource assignments • Coordinate transmission clearances with Grid Management, ECC & TCC, and DCC when there are load issues with project coordination and assist in resolving and re-sequencing the work considering any customer sensitivities • Process and store co…