Work Organizer Staten Island Underground

Overview

Responsibilities

• Ensure implementation of Company safety, health and environmental programs for employees whose work is directed
• Ensure safe work practices are followed and the environment is fully protected in accordance with Company policy and governmental regulations
• Commitment to the Way We Work Principles, and adheres to the Company's Standards of Business conduct and other Company procedures including Environmental, Health and Safety ("EH&S"), Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO"), discipline, and security
• Work with other Work Organizers, Schedulers, and the Project Management team in order to achieve a mutually-accepted plan
• Review work priorities and adjust them as necessary due to service date, Public Service Commission (PSC) date, severity, system impact, emergent work, and input from other local stakeholders
• Review crew availability based on training, vacation, and vehicle availability, and adjust crewing based on Operating Supervisor updates
• Communicate with local management and other Work Organizers and Schedulers regarding crew availability and its impacts to the schedule
• Layout daily work and assign crews, allowing Operating Supervisors to provide feedback on work assignments
• Monitor material availability and communicate requirements to Clerical and Stores, highlighting potential or actual material shortages
• Monitor vehicle availability and communicate with field Section Manager if a vehicle shortage prevents work from being scheduled
• Direct work effort of clerical staff in assembling route sheets and work packages
• Distribute work to Operating Supervisors for completion, providing job overview as needed
• Communicate work priorities to Operating Supervisors, highlighting high priority jobs and changes in priority
• Monitor job status through communication with Operating Supervisors regarding work completed, issues causing delays, and work that cannot be completed as planned
• Document the work completed against the work scheduled, tracking actual versus planned start and finish dates and reasons for delays
• Adjust the plan due to conditions that prevent scheduled work from being completed as given
• Manage the impacts of delays on the weekly plan and future goals, including financial impacts, deadline considerations, and dependency impacts
• Adjust the schedule for emergent work
• Communicate work status and completions, emphasizing concerns, delays, and work that could be completed as planned
• Schedule site pre-inspections and develop a plan to address issues that are found, which could include the need for flaggers, parking contractors, or site access, changed work conditions, etc.
• Update metrics based on job status and information from the field
• Review and work with local clerical staff to manage pre-requisites
• Adjust the schedule if there are delays obtaining pre-requisites
• Attend cross-departmental meetings to discuss work status
• Participate in corrective action analysis to continuously improve scheduling processes
• Respond to emergencies and support mobilization of the Incident Command System, as required
• Support the goals of Electric Operations to ensure maximized safety, quality, efficiency, reliability, and customer satisfaction
• Engender and support a culture of honesty, integrity, and openness on all issues
• Utilize work plan and program targets and adjust the work schedule prior to execution based on milestone, deadlines, critical paths, durations, and crew hours for each job
• Review seasonal work trends, work volume, program progress, and crew availability and adjust the schedule accordingly
• Coordinate with Feeder Scheduling on feeder sequences and outages and map work to feeder schedules as necessary
• Communicate manpower limitations, along with mitigation recommendations, to relevant stakeholders for resolution
• Identify opportunities to bundle work in the same area to maximize resource use and efficiency, take advantage of permit stipulations, and reduce the frequency of outages and costs
• Provide, review and distribute baseline schedule, including constraints, dependencies and prerequisites
• Facilitate communication between stakeholders by identifying and coordinating upcoming handoffs
• Review completion metrics to determine if programs are on target with goals
• May perform other related assignments as required to support the planning and scheduling of work on the electric distribution system

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 3 years of relevant work experience or
• Associate's Degree and 5 years of relevant work experience or
• High School Diploma/GED and 7 years of relevant work experience

• Supervisory experience of Electric Operations field employees Required
• 3 years experience in Underground & Cable & Flush Required
• Experience with Microsoft Project Preferred
• Experience with Project Management Preferred
• Experience with Project Management
• Dependency management experience, specifically identifying and managing work effort dependencies
• Preferred
• Work experience in multiple Electric Construction or Electric Operations discipline is preferred including FOD, SSM, Tech Services, Overhead, Underground, Underground Residential Distribution and Networks Preferred
• Experience planning and scheduling work Preferred

• Project Demonstrated project management skills
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
• Ability to simultaneously handle multiple priorities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Well organized, detail oriented and flexible to handle multiple assignments

• Driver's License Required

• Ability to read small print and symbols

• The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Must be able and willing to travel within Company service territory, as needed.
• Must be willing to work extended hours, weekends, holidays, and various shifts, if needed.