Interconnection Planning Analyst

Motion Recruitment; Norristown (Montgomery County); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment's client, an electric grid supplier, is seeking an Interconnection Planning Analyst to join their team in Norristown, PA. This is a 1-year contract with potential to extend or convert to full-time.

The role requires coordinating with stakeholders, performing analyses, and supporting planning processes, with strong MS Office and SAP skills preferred.

Candidates should have a BS in business administration and 5+ years of experience.

Qualifications

• BS – Business Administration or similar.
• 5+ years of experience in a similar role.
• Ability to produce high-quality work with attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate effectively in a team environment.
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Experience with verbal and written communications.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Preferred: Experience with SAP.
• Detailed knowledge of Excel and data reporting.
• Experience with operations, markets and planning functions.

Responsibilities

• Maintains, cultivates and coordinates relationships with Interconnection Stakeholders.
• Completes general administrative tasks utilizing MS Office.
• Coordinate with Finance and Credit to meet tariff requirements.
• Assist engineers with analytical studies, project tracking and financial documents.
• Develop agreements and data requests from the database for engineers and managers.
• Maintain electronic and paper files for planning.
• Assist in maintaining the Planning web site as an information source.
• Support interconnection processes and related parallel processes.
• Serve as the first point of contact for new customers about interconnection.
• Process incoming New Service Requests and study agreements per OATT timing.

Skills

MS Office suite

Analytical skills

Communication in team

Data reporting

Education

BS – Business Administration or similar

Tools

SAP

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Our client, an electric grid supplier, is seeking an Interconnection Planning Analyst to join their team.

***This is a 1-year contract with potential to extend or convert to FTE. ***

This is a hybrid role located in Norristown, PA.

• Maintains, cultivates and coordinates internal and external relationships with Interconnection Stakeholders.
• Completes general administrative tasks utilizing the MSOffice suite (Work, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
• Coordinate with Finance and Credit departments to ensure adequate project financing requirements are met with respect to tariff requirements.
• Assist departmental engineers in support of analytical studies, project tracking and management of financials and related documents.
• Provides support, including the development of agreements and data requests from the database in support of the engineers and manager of the Interconnection Projects Department.
• Maintain electronic and paper department and division files and records.
• Assist in maintaining the Planning web site as an accurate source of information for all related planning activities.
• Support the interconnection process and any parallel processes including database support, process completed studies and executed contracts.
• Serves as the first point of contact for new customers that have questions about the interconnection process and refunds.
• Process incoming New Service Requests and study agreements per the timing required by the OATT.
• Demonstrate proficiency in using division support tools to prepare various documents, such as SAP Check Requests and Purchase Requisitions according to established company procedures.
• Work with project area team leads to coordinate the New Services Queue schedule between the Interconnection Projects and Interconnection Analysis departments.
• Consolidates improvements and produces effective change initiatives to the interconnection process and the department's capital support tools such as the Planning Application, Queue Point and NextGen.
• Maintains an exceptional level of customer focus, ability to multi-task, organize and prioritize tasks.
• Knowledge of Interconnection process and the ability to guide prospective customers.
• Ability to generate reports on interconnection data.
• Act as a subject matter expert on the department’s business practices for capital tool development and feature enhancements.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• BS – Business Administration or similar
• 5+ years of experience performing a similar role
• Ability to produce high-quality work products with attention to detail
• Ability to communicate effectively in a team environment
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Experience using verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite (MS-Word, MS-Excel and MS-PowerPoint)
• Preferred:
• Experience with SAP
• Detailed knowledge of Excel and data reporting
• Experience with operations, markets, and planning functions