Work & Resource Analyst, Senior

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; San Ramon (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is seeking a Work & Resource Analyst in San Ramon. This hybrid role develops and communicates an integrated work plan portfolio across gas transmission, gas distribution, new business, and electric civil work, while collaborating with functional leads to optimize costs, timing, and resources.

The analyst will monitor portfolios, create contingency plans, and drive strategic adjustments with stakeholders to improve safety, reliability, and affordability across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Business, Statistics or Finance or equivalent experience
• 5 years of related business experience
• Experience with CLICK scheduling or equivalent
• Program or project management experience
• Experience with work plans and resource management
• Experience with SAP, R/3, BW, Business Objects
• Access, Excel, PowerPoint skills to develop reports, do analysis and deliver presentations
• Strong technical background to perform assignments
• Ability to analyze data and make recommendations
• Knowledge of workforce scheduling concepts and practices
• General knowledge of capital budgeting processes and methods
• Good problem solving skills
• Good communication and presentation skills with various audiences

Responsibilities

• Partners with functional areas to facilitate the development of work plans
• Quantifies funding and resources for work plans
• Develops contingency plans for the annual work portfolio
• Monitors work plans and tracks costs against the plan
• Runs regular reports from multiple data sources
• Suggests plan changes to keep on schedule and within budget
• Ensures resource balancing across projects
• Communicates updates and trends of plans and actuals
• Trains users to use reports to investigate variances
• Recommends new or better reports based on user needs and planning trends
• Participates in brainstorming and process-mapping groups
• May participate on department project teams

Skills

Data analysis

Communication

Problem solving

Presentation skills

Reporting

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Business, Statistics or Finance

Tools

SAP

R/3

Business Warehouse (BW)

Business Objects

Access

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Requisition ID# 174458

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: San Ramon

Position Summary:

The Work & Resource Analyst develops and communicates an integrated and optimized work plan portfolio for gas transmission, gas distribution, new business and electric civil work. Develops effective working relationships with functional leads to establish the baseline strategic approach to work plan execution. Evaluates work portfolios ensuring associated costs, timing and resources needed are integrated and optimized to execute work plans efficiently. Develops contingency plans as needed. Monitors execution and updates portfolios for planning purposes. Drives strategic adjustments as needed to work portfolios. Works with key stakeholders to identify work plans for short and long-term business improvements. Contributes toward Gas Safety Excellence goals by improving safety, reliability and affordability for one or more asset families and one or more life cycles.

Job Responsibilities:

• Partners with functional areas to facilitate the development of work plans
• Quantifies the funding and resources required to execute work plans efficiently in financial and operational terms
• Develops contingency plans for the portfolio of work in the annual plan.
• Monitors completed and active work plans, tracking costs against the plan
• Runs regular reports from multiple data sources.
• Helps determine options if plans are off schedule or over cost and may recommend plan changes to ensure work completion.
• Ensures resource balancing among projects throughout function.
• Communicates work plan updates, analysis of plans and actuals and discusses the trends and implications.
• Provides training and explanation on additional ways the users can use existing reports to further investigate issues or identify causes of variances.
• Develops recommendations regarding new or better reports based
• assessment of user needs and work and resource planning trends.
• Participates in groups for brainstorming and process mapping to help improve business processes
• May participate on department project teams.

Qualifications:

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Business, Statistics or Finance or equivalent experience
• 5 years of related business experience

Desired:

• Experience with CLICK scheduling or equivalent
• Program or project management experience
• Experience with work plans and resource management
• Technical skills using systems and applications such as SAP, R/3, Business Warehouse (BW), Business Objects
• Access, Excel, PowerPoint skills to develop reports, do analysis and deliver presentations
• Strong technical background to perform assignments
• Ability to analyze data and make recommendations
• Knowledge of workforce scheduling concepts and practices
• General knowledge of capital budgeting processes and methods
• Good problem solving skills.
• Good communication and presentation skills with various audiences