Hydro Controls Specialist, Senior (Project Scheduler)

Company: PG&E Corporation
Location: Auberry
Posted on: September 17, 2023

Job Description:

Requisition ID # 150700 Job Category: Power Generation; Maintenance / Construction / Operations Job Level: Individual ContributorBusiness Unit: Electric OperationsWork Type: HybridJob Location: Auberry Department Overview PG&E's Power Generation Department manages and operates the largest privately-owned hydroelectric system in the nation. These renewable electric generation resources, located mostly at high elevation in California mountain ranges including the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade mountains include 68 powerhouses, 184 miles of canals, 41 miles of flumes, 135 miles of tunnels, 19 miles of penstocks, 99 reservoirs, and 142,000 acres of watershed lands all covered by 26 operating licenses issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Position Summary Develops and manages complex outage, maintenance and project schedules supporting major capital construction and expense work throughout the PG&E generation system. PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.---A reasonable salary range is:---California Minimum: $---97.000California Maximum: $---144.000 Job Responsibilities

• Gathers information to develop project plans and complex relational schedules in Primavera P6.
• Manages the development of, performs updates and analysis of, a project schedule, and recommends changes/adjustments as needed.
• Updates Level 1, 2, and 3 schedules, coordinating changes with field personnel.
• Collaborates with internal and external customers to achieve consensus on final version of project schedule, making changes/adjustments and ensuring project/task duration is sufficient, and activities and logic (predecessors and successors) are accurate.
• Lead constructability review meetings or any other schedule recovery or development meetings on behalf of the Project Manager.
• Work with vendor and construction partners to integrate their schedule into the overall project schedule.
• Ensure all project and activity level codes in P6 that are required for generating weekly/monthly reports are kept up to date.
• Follow PG&E Schedule management and Integrated change control procedures to perform day to day work.
• Support with any assigned scheduling improvement initiatives within the department.
• Mentors less experienced staff.
• Perform the duties/provides back-up coverage to Career level schedulers as needed. Qualifications Minimum:
  • High School or General Educational Development (GED)
  • CA Class C license or equivalent
  • 3 years of experience in operations, maintenance, construction, power generation systems, project management, or project controls.
  • 3 years of experience using project management and execution tools - for example Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, SAP WM, EPPM, Unifier. Desired:
    • Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience
    • Project Management Professional (PMP)
    • Project Scheduling Professional (SP-PMI) or equivalent certification (e.g., project scheduling and resource management tools or courses).
    • Expertise in the use of Primavera P6 scheduling program.
    • Expertise in Earned Value Management, Resource Loading/Levelling, Schedule analysis & Critical path analysis.
    • Expertise in performing data analysis based on scheduling data from project schedules and propose improvement suggestions.
    • Knowledge of database and information systems - for example SAP, MS Access, Shared Drives, SharePoint.
    • Competency in building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
    • Ability to travel using personal vehicle.
    • Out-of-town and overnight travel is expected during construction.
    • Travel to jobsite (30%) and other locations for meetings may be required including out-of-town and overnight travel.
    • Competency in developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
    • Knowledge of project management theories, concepts, methods, best practices, and techniques as needed to perform at the job level Ability to prioritize work to ensure milestone and due date commitments are accomplished.
    • Ability to create, update, and monitor outage, project, and construction schedules.
    • Knowledge of plant system interfaces and interactions
    • Knowledge of Power Generation procedures.
    • Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint. #featuredjob

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