Strategic Operations Scheduler: Plan, Allocate & Optimize

Xcel Energy Inc; Amarillo, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 44,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Spot On Bonus

Medical/Pharmacy Plan

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Pension

401(k) plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Xcel Energy is seeking an Operations Scheduler to plan and manage a multi-week to 12+ week book of work for regional operations in Amarillo. You will prioritize work, allocate resources, and align schedules to meet customer, safety, and compliance metrics while coordinating with field teams.

The role requires a High School Diploma or GED, 5+ years in operations, strong analytical and scheduling skills, and proficiency with spreadsheet tools and Microsoft software.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Five years' experience in construction, design, maintenance or other operations.
• Demonstrated ability to schedule and manage work activities to meet customer and/or internal stakeholder requirements.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective working relationships, as well as strong written and verbal communication skills including meeting management and facilitation.
• Proficiency with spreadsheet tools.
• Ability to retrieve and manipulate data from reporting tools.
• Demonstrated ability to use software applications which include Microsoft products, work management, mapping and scheduling tools.

Responsibilities

• Plan a multi-week region/function/or commodity area-wide work schedule based on evaluation of work demands and work prioritization considering factors such as work types, job priorities, resource availability, customer expectations, permitting requirements, business unit guidelines, and others. Planning responsibilities include identification of gaps and authority to resolve scheduling conflicts and making recommendations to management related to schedule and resources needed.
• Manage personnel, equipment, and material resource availability/backlog over a multi-week timeframe and ensure availability of work assignment to crews across the region including decision making to reallocate resources across areas as needed. Optimize contract/employee resource selection within scheduling window to minimize costs, and maximize schedule adherence, customer satisfaction, safety and compliance.
• Analyze scheduling and work assignment performance in order to forecast resource utilization for upcoming quarter and identify opportunities for resource reallocations and operational improvements, make recommendations for crew sourcing changes based on forecasts as well as improvements within area of responsibility, and lead process change implementation efforts. Facilitate monthly regional/area metric review meetings to evaluate performance.
• Accountable for ensuring all compliance work is scheduled within required timeframes. Verify work tasks are assigned to the correct work areas, in the right order, based on provided dependencies.
• Communicate and work effectively with local supervisors and build/leverage strong partnerships with stakeholder groups at a variety of levels to maximize productivity, utilization and operational efficiency of all resources. Drive and maintain ownership for regular scheduling meetings. Negotiate with key partners to realign dates on projects to ensure customer and compliance dates are met.
• Drive customer satisfaction by establishing and maintaining strong adherence to scheduling processes.

Skills

Scheduling

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Spreadsheet proficiency

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Work management tools

Mapping tools

Scheduling software

SAP

Job description

Xcel Energy is seeking an Operations Scheduler to plan and manage a multi-week to 12+ week book of work for regional operations in Amarillo. You will prioritize work, allocate resources, and align schedules to meet customer, safety, and compliance metrics while coordinating with field teams.

The role requires a High School Diploma or GED, 5+ years in operations, strong analytical and scheduling skills, and proficiency with spreadsheet tools and Microsoft software.