PGO Work Management Planner

Duke Energy Corporation; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Duke Energy Corporation is seeking a Planner to support construction and maintenance activities for substation and transmission line assets. The role focuses on preparing work packages, reviewing equipment history, and identifying required resources to complete tasks.

Responsibilities include monitoring progress, coordinating with Construction Resources, and ensuring updates to the annual work plan while aligning with funding changes. Hybrid work arrangement applies, with travel 15-25%.

Qualifications

• Associates degree or equivalent required.
• 5 years related work experience; or 7 years with HS/GED.
• Strong knowledge of work planning and scheduling processes.

Responsibilities

• Prepare work packages for Construction and Maintenance activities.
• Review equipment maintenance history to identify requirements.
• Determine special resources and requirements for work tasks.
• Identify concurrent work to improve resource efficiency.
• Monitor progress and raise issues to schedulers/supervisors.
• Ensure accurate completion of NERC documentation when required.
• Coordinate with Transmission Construction to plan, estimate, and allocate resources for projects.
• Maintain and update the annual Construction & Maintenance work plan (150M–300M).

Skills

Communication skills

Organization

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Associates degree

High School/GED with 7 years related experience

Tools

EMS

Argus

Maximo

iTOA

P6

Adobe

Office365

Job description

More than a career - a chance to make a difference in people's lives. Build an exciting, rewarding career with us – help us make a difference for millions of people every day. Consider joining the Duke Energy team, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits.

This position reports to the Work Management Manager and supports the field personnel who perform construction and maintenance activities for substation and transmission line assets. The Planner is responsible for the preparation of work packages to perform both Construction and Maintenance activities. The Planner will review the maintenance/performance history of the equipment to identify and determine special requirements necessary to successfully complete the work. The Planner will identify any additional maintenance work or capital projects that could be worked concurrently to gain resource efficiencies. The Planner will document and explain variances in the actual job task work hours versus estimated job task work hours. The Planner must closely monitor the progress and status of work and is responsible for raising issues to schedulers and supervisors to identify areas for improvement and opportunities to improve efficiencies. The Planner may also be required to ensure accurate completion of NERC related documentation.

The Planner also works closely with the construction resources and resources within Transmission Project Management to plan, estimate, and allocate resources to all projects assigned to the Transmission Construction Section. This requires first-hand knowledge of Construction activities or the ability to draw on resources within the Construction Section to gain that knowledge. The position must possess good organization and collaboration skills for working in team environments to produce excellent project plans and estimates.

This position supports the development and implementation of construction and maintenance work plans to support annual programs ranging from $150M - $300M annually (capital and O&M, approximate). In addition, this position continually manages changes in these plans to align with changing funding requirements, and to align plans to execute the highest priority work.

The Planner has a responsibility to ensure the annual Construction & Maintenance work plan is completed.

Required/Basic Qualifications

• Associates degree
• 5 years related work experience
• In lieu of associate’s degree(s) AND 5 year(s) related work experience listed above, High School/GED AND 7 year(s) related work experience

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of work management system, EMS, Argus, Maximo, iTOA, P6, Adobe, office365
• Requires substantial specific knowledge in craft areas such as lines, nuclear, relaying, apparatus, sub-station and line construction / maintenance work to effectively develop job plans. (Preferred)
• Must have excellent communication and organizational skills and the ability to function effectively in a diverse support organization. (Preferred)
• This individual must possess a vast knowledge of substation, apparatus, relaying, generation interconnects, and line work practices in order to identify all needed procedures, resources and clearances to effectively perform each maintenance / construction job. (Preferred)

Working Conditions

• Hybrid – Work will be performed from both remote and onsite locations after the onboarding period. However, hybrid employees should live within a reasonable commute to their designated Duke Energy facility.

Specific Requirements

• Must be within a reasonable commute to Toddville facility.

Travel Requirements

15-25%

Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)

No

Represented/Union Position

No

Visa Sponsored Position

No. This is not a Visa Sponsored Position. This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.