Job description

Overview:

Tekwissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. Our client is is a major investor-owned electric utility in the United States, delivering electricity tmore than five million customers in 11 states. Our client ranks among the nation's largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. The client alsowns the nation's largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile (63,000 km) network that includes 765 kilovolts ultra-high voltage transmission lines, more than all other U.S. transmission systems combined. Our client's utility units operate as our company Ohio, our company Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas). Our client's headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio.

Job Description:

• Responsible for scheduling of pre-determined work activities of Transmission field personnel.
• Perform collecting data, data entry, and maintaining front end loaded schedules as well as completed ready to execute resource loaded schedules that optimize the maintenance work plans, capital work plans and other TFS work activities.
• Complete and submit accurate TFS outage requests, including entering outages into the Outage Management System and verifying that all required outages have been entered.
• Possess an advanced knowledge of scheduling software and upgrades to the software.
• Must be a self-motivated and driven individual, and able to work under minimal supervision, be a good communicator and work well with others.
• The candidate must be able to interface with Transmission outage/project execution teams, all Departments in Transmission, Generation Schedulers, and client senior management.

Essential Job Functions & Tasks:

• Develop a thorough knowledge and ability to research electrical schematics and all client protection schemes and assets to identify inadequate relay protection schemes and submit necessary study request to EDOPs, and mentor younger employees on the correct processes.
• Develop fully integrated resource loaded and levelized TFS work schedules that optimize maintenance work plans, capital outage work, and other TFS work activities using Transmission approved scheduling software and tools for all TFS groups.
• Comply with the Outage Coordination Procedure and all RTO guidelines.
• Possess and demonstrate the process of researching electrical schematics to identify inadequate relay protection schemes and submit necessary study request to EDOPs.
• Participate and lead meetings with project, outage, construction, maintenance, operations, and commissioning groups.
• Submit TFS outage requests, including entering outages into TOA or its successor software.
• Assist higher level employees in coordinating changes to the work schedule when an outage needs to be canceled or rescheduled.
• Assist higher/ lower-level employees in the development, review, and presentation of statistical reports related to work scheduling and adherence, crew utilization, etc.
• Assist with the coordination and participate in meetings with other sections/departments covering scheduling, staffing and outages.
• Develop and promote a strong Safety, Culture, professionalism, good teamwork skills, effective communication skills, and become familiar with planning and scheduling techniques.
• Perform all duties and work with others in a safe manner in compliance with appropriate Company safety policies and rules.
• Perform back office support and troubleshooting of the TFS Work Management tools and data analytics.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education requirements are listed below

• Associate degree in Engineering Technology or High school diploma/GED and 2 years direct electrical utility experience.

Minimum Education requirements are listed below

• Associate degree in Engineering Technology, and 4 years' electrical utility experience.
• Or, High school diploma? GED and 6 years direct electrical utility experience.

Work Experience requirement listed below:

• Electrical Utility field experience would include Transmission or Distribution Line, Station, P&C, Transmission engineering, Transmission or Distribution dispatch experience; or maintenance and/or construction work/project scheduling or project controls experience is strongly preferred.

Additional Requirements:

• Advanced Ability to read/ interpret electrical schematics.
• Clear knowledge and understanding of switching, tagging and clearance points

Proficient knowledge and understanding of all MS Office applications, as well as SharePoint, Power B.I and ProjectWise, Outage Management System, and IPS.

• Talent for organizing and summarizing large volumes of data, and clearly communicate results.
• Skillful in developing and /or interpreting detailed KPI, metrics, and progress reports
• Ability to estimate resource requirements for typical TFS projects (construction and maintenance)
• Some travel required, must possess and maintain a valid state driver’s license.
• Become proficient with all planning and scheduling techniques for all TFS groups supported.

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $30.00 - $32.00 per hour

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Saint Clairsville, OH 43950

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