Senior Supervisor Integrated Planning and Scheduling

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Role and Scope of Position:
This position is responsible for implementing the integrated master schedule and resource plan for all Substation/Transmission and Distribution Capital, Maintenance and Reliability Projects under the responsibility of Electric Operations. Provides master scheduling for district operations, Vegetation and Conduit, Substation Operations or Major Projects. Responsible for the overall data integrity and adherence to scheduling standards. Maintains cost templates, activity models and historical data to provide accurate estimates and forecasts. Works with district/substation management and Centralized Resource Planning to ensure that the required workload is completed in the most efficient and cost-effective manner. Adheres to prescribed timeframes for all capital, maintenance and compliance workload to maximize the productivity of district/substation operations. Responsible for monitoring district performance through utilization analyses. Participates in the supervisory on-call rotation.

At the Senior Supervisor level, in addition to the above, responsibilities include:
• Serves as the local technical lead or coach for other supervisors
• Develops and provides coaching to other supervisors in various aspects of their role
• Authorizes re-allocation of resources in situations where conflicting priorities exist
• Drives innovation and change in business processes
• Represents manager at department meetings

Essential Functions: 

• Maintains and implements the master work schedules for district operations, Vegetation and Conduit, Substation Operations or Major Projects.
• Maintains data for the global templates used to create schedules and forecasts of future resource requirements.  Tracks historical costs and durations for continuous improvement of work plan estimates.
• Works with the Senior Scheduling Supervisors and district/substation management to provide contingency plans for rebalancing the workload.
• Monitors current and future workload to ensure district plans and schedules maximize productivity, control costs and meet or exceeds service level agreements (SLA’s).
• Monitors district performance through analysis of manpower utilization and workload trends and productivity.  Keeps district/substation management informed of results.
• Identifies, develops and implements work process and best practices for overall planning and scheduling.
• Responsible for the integrity of data input into work management systems and operating databases

Technical Knowledge/Skill/Education/Licenses/Certifications:

Technical Knowledge/Skill: 

• Requires expert level project and schedule management skills, including knowledge of scheduling tool, Primavera 5 or better
• Knowledge of Construction Principles and Practices, Operations, Maintenance, Safety Standards and Business Processes
• Requires working knowledge of labor contracts
• Ability to use PC desktop applications (e.g. Microsoft Word and Excel)

Education:    

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, related discipline or equivalent experience              

Experience:        

• Minimum of eight (8) to ten (10) years of experience in planning, scheduling or related field              

Working Conditions:

• Must be available to work emergency restoration assignment as required
• Must be available to travel between MA/CT/NH as necessary
• Work is performed primarily in an office environment which requires sitting, standing and general movement throughout the office area
• Attends to problems in off-hours and for extended periods

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Competencies:

Build trusting relationships

Manage and develop people

Foster teamwork and cross-functional collaboration

Lead change

Communicate strategic vision

Create an engaged workforce

Focus on the customer

Take ownership & accountability

Compensation and Benefits:

Eversource offers a competitive total rewards program. Check out our careers site for an overview of our benefits programs. Salary is commensurate with your exper