Resource Scheduler

FastTek Global; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Dental

Vision

PTO Program

Long Term Disability

Life Insurance

Employee referral program

Job summary

FastTek Global in Michigan is seeking a Planner and Scheduler to develop and optimize system work plans, providing tracking metrics and data for management. You will lead resource utilization decisions for Operations and coordinate planning across departments.

Responsibilities include creating and maintaining detailed work plans, aligning internal and external resources, delivering on customer commitments, and producing reports to support on-time delivery and budget targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required in related field.
• 2–4 years of planning and scheduling experience.
• Experience using metrics to drive decisions and performance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize system work plans and provide tracking metrics for management.
• Provide leadership and resource utilization recommendations for Operations.
• Facilitate planning and processes involving input from multiple departments.
• Lead hand-off to resource scheduling and participate in weekly meetings.
• Develop and maintain reporting to provide visibility to stakeholders.
• Create and maintain workplans to meet commitments and budgets.
• Align internal and external resources to meet prioritized workload.
• Create, provide and communicate timely, accurate work plans.
• Use history and trend data to meet forecast targets.
• Build O&M workplans to reduce O&M costs.
• Meet with resource scheduling weekly and track hours.
• Maintain monthly and YTD forecast of O&M labor hours.

Skills

Project planning

Communication

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Planning experience (2-4 years)

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Project Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or equivalent discipline.

Job description

If you're looking for a career that will provide a challenging work environment and many opportunities to learn, our company is the place for you. Join our team and become part of a company full of exciting opportunities. We help employees achieve their personal best by offering many opportunities that develop and enhance their skills for career advancement.

Duties

• The Planner and Scheduler is responsible for developing and optimizing system work plans and to provide tracking metrics and other data for management.
• The incumbent will provide leadership, direction and resource utilization recommendations for Operations.
• Responsible for facilitating the planning and processes involving input from multiple departments.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Other duties as assigned or may be necessary
• Lead hand-off to resource scheduling, monthly operations manager meetings and project alignment of key stakeholders for complex projects. Participate in contractor workload weekly meeting, operating reviews and program manager meetings
• Develop and maintain reporting to bring visibility to key stakeholders in Customer On Time Delivery, SAIDI Rally Room, Public Safety and forecast meetings. Use problem solving tools to determine next steps
• Create a workplan that delivers on the commitments made to our governing agencies; includes pole replacements, 5 year circuit inspection cycle, repetitive outage, regulation testing, leak survey, cathodic, etc.
• Provide a balanced resource workplan requires insight and decision making; based on data gathered, risk analysis and collaboration with key stakeholders and SAP order reports. Communicate results in a timely manner to allow for informed business decisions to be made.
• Align and coordinate our internal and external resources to execute to prioritized workload that meet financial and performance targets. Create a new business workplan that keeps customer focus in the forefront delivering on requested date
• Create, provide and communicate a timely, accurate and adhered to work plan that provides flexibility and optimizes field resources to complete approved prioritized project list and meet customer commitments.
• Use history and trend to build a workplan that meets budget and provides insight into operational needs to be meet forecast targets.
• Build O&M workplan to reduce O&M costs.
• Meet with resource scheduling weekly to ensure all work is being captured.
• Maintain monthly and YTD forecast of O&M labor hours and variance explanations

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems Basic Knowledge
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications Broad Knowledge
• Proficient in project planning and life cycle development Broad Knowledge
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal Basic Knowledge
• Ability to solve a range of straightforward problems Basic Knowledge
• Proven analytical and diagnostic skills in utility practices and procedures Basic Knowledge
• 2 - 4 years Experience in a planning and scheduling role and using metrics (Required)

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Project Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or equivalent discipline. (Required)

Additional Info

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet . We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.

We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years !

FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused .

We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest . Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Benefits

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.

FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!

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