Resource Planning Analyst

CitiPower and Powercor; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Purchased leave

15 weeks of gender neutral parental le

Health and wellbeing subsidy

Career development and planning

Exclusive discounts

Job summary

CitiPower and Powercor is looking for a Resource Planning Analyst to manage and optimise resource utilisation across its Victorian network. The role involves strategic capacity planning, contractor resource management, and ensuring alignment with the works program across multiple depots.

Base location is flexible with travel across several depots. Key activities include developing rolling capacity plans, analysing workload, and driving efficient resource deployment.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in an electrical trade, project management, resource/workforce planning or demonstrated experience on a similar type role.
• A demonstrated understanding of resource planning or project management principles.
• Medium to advanced understanding of SAP operating structure.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills.
• Strong decision making and prioritisation abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with management and employees, including reconciling divergent stakeholder needs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a rolling 12 months resource capacity plan by region, location, work centre and skill type.
• Maintain external/contractor resource profiles within the overall resource profile.
• Analyse program workload and plan resource solutions to enable successful program delivery.
• Coordinate resource transfers across programs and regions to maximise productivity and utilisation.
• Manage location-level capacity and utilisation reporting on actual vs forecast.
• Monitor monthly forecast vs actual work planned and variations for the region.
• Collaborate with the Program Planning & Controls team to deliver the annual works program safely and efficiently.
• Develop, implement and recommend new processes to meet business needs and improve delivery.
• Learn from past projects and apply learnings to future initiatives.

Skills

Resource planning

Project management principles

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Decision making

Education

Tertiary qualification in electrical trade / project management / resource planning

Tools

SAP

Job description

At CitiPower and Powercor, we’re proud to deliver electricity to 1.3 million Victorian customers every day through our network of poles and wires. But more than that, we’re here to power communities, support local businesses and keep critical services running smoothly, we’re essential to them all – and none of this happens without our people. As Victorians electrify everything from homes to transport, we’re focused on ensuring our networks are ready to meet that demand. If you want to be part of something essential, be essential with us.

About the role

Resource planning is an integral part of the Program Planning & Control function in Network Services. The purpose of the resource planning analyst role is to manage and optimise resource utilisation across the CitiPower & Powercor (“CPPAL”) network to drive successful and efficient delivery of the works program.

Resource Planning Analysts are required to strategically plan the resourcing of the works program for each region/depot ensuring the continuous alignment of workload and resources to maximise resource utilisation and external resource engagement for cost efficient works delivery.

The base location for this role is flexible, however travel across Market Street, Burnley, Brooklyn and Geelong depots is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the development and maintenance of an accurate rolling 12 months resource capacity plan for an area or region, by location, work centre and skill type.
• Maintain external/contractor resource profiles and ensure these are considered within the overall resource profile.
• Analyse each area/region’s program workload taking into consideration program delivery requirements, resource & contractor availability and other local factors and strategically plan and enact resource solutions to ensure successful program delivery.
• Identify, communicate and align resource and work across locations to exploit opportunities within the work programs to maximise workforce productivity & utilisation, initiating the transfer of resources (both short and long term) across programs and regions.
• Manage & maintain location level capacity and utilisation reporting systems with focus on actual vs forecast capacity (i.e. productive time, overtime, non-billable, leave etc.).
• Monitor and report on monthly forecast vs actual work planned/completed, capacity planned/delivered and program variations for assigned area/region with a focus on ensuring all variances are well understood, communicated and incorporated in future forecasts.
• Operate as an effective & collaborative member of the Program Planning & Controls team, to deliver Powercor Network Services annual works program safely and efficiently.
• Develop, implement and recommend new and innovative processes and practices to meet business needs and improve program delivery and team effectiveness.
• Learn from unsuccessful and successful activities/projects and apply learnings to future projects.

What you’ll need from day one

• Tertiary qualification in an electrical trade, project management, resource/workforce planning or demonstrated experience on a similar type role.
• A demonstrated understanding of resource planning or project management principles.
• Medium to advanced understanding of SAP operating structure.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills.
• Strong decision making and prioritisation abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with management and employees, including reconciling divergent stakeholder needs.

We’re proud to offer an inclusive, supportive workplace where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to grow. Some of our benefits include hybrid work options, purchased leave, 15 weeks of gender neutral primary parental leave, health and wellbeing subsidiary, career development and planning opportunities, and exclusive discounts. Visit our company website to learn more.

Diversity, equity & inclusion to support a fair workplace for all

We are committed to building a safe, inclusive, and supportive workplace where people of all genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, abilities and ages are valued for who they are and empowered to do their best. Through our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy (DEI), Reconciliation Action Plans and initiatives like Women in Power and Sparkle, our LGBTQIA+ allies network, we’re working to create equal opportunities for all. We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women. Explore our partnership with Work180.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, and strongly encourage First Peoples, women, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, culturally and racially marginalised people and people with disabilities to apply. We recognise how people from marginalised groups can face extra barriers and self-select out of recruitment processes. With this in mind, we’re committed to making reasonable adjustments to ensure a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.

Beon, CitiPower Powercor and United Energy recognise Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their ancient and continuing connection to Country.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported to succeed. By making sure our workplace is physically and mentally safe, so that our people can be their authentic selves, share their unique perspectives and can thrive.