Senior Planner

Senior Planner

Location: White Plains, US Astoria, US Astoria, US

Summary

The Planner will be responsible for planning the various work streams associated with the operations and maintenance of NYPA's downstate NY (Southeast New York - SENY) transmission facilities. The Work Planner will ensure that regulatory (i.e., NERC, NPCC) Compliance and Preventative Maintenance requirements are captured in NYPA's work management system (Maximo), categorize any corrective maintenance, and work with field personnel and the management team to establish work plans / priorities. Additionally, the planner will bundle work-plans to schedule and optimize outage windows on Bulk Electric System elements. The planner will ensure that critical spare parts needed for maintenance are inventoried within Maximo and aligned with any third-party agreements.

The planner will work to ensure that schedules associated with Preventative Maintenance work align with target due dates for Protection and Controls, Power Apparatus, and various electrical-mechanical regulatory requirements associated with transmission facility. The incumbent will work with SENY Transmission supervisors, asset management, and NYPA engineering teams to plan corrective and preventative maintenance safely and effectively.

Experience with a work management system (i.e., IBM Maximo) and utility maintenance regulatory standards (i.e., NERC PRC/CIP, NPCC Directory) is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Accountable to the New York Power Authority (NYPA) for the successful execution of his/her responsibilities in furtherance of:

• NYPA's North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Reliability Standards Compliance program as set forth in Corporate Policies CP 10-4 and CP 2-9.
• NYPA's Asset Management Policy Company Policy CP 10-5.
• NYPA's NERC Reliability Standards Compliance Responsibility Matrix established and managed pursuant to Utility Operations Business Unit Policy O-TC-01-000 NERC and NPCC Reliability Standards Compliance Program and procedure O-TC-005 Compliance Responsibility.

Development and implementation of short term (6-week min) and long term resource loaded schedules to support O&M and capital activities.

Develop job plans and technical maintenance procedures consistent with the reliability centered maintenance program, by using established work techniques

Plan work tasks utilizing established methods, policies and procedures and ensure resources are scheduled in a timely manner so that work can be performed effectively, minimizing delays, increasing resource utilization within budgetary constraints while maintaining quality.

Determine the number of resources to be utilized on work orders by developing and providing credible estimates including labor, materials, duration, crew size, and contracted work costs.

NYPA Clearance and Protection Procedure CPP-1 Holder/Requester (within 3 years of employment within Planner hierarchy)

Support the Regional Asset Management Plan.

Ensure assets are properly maintained by scheduling preventative maintenance plans, corrective maintenance, or capital improvement work.

Promote the goals and benefits of Asset Management and develop "line of sight" awareness through training and communications.

Support on-going risk analysis using key risk indicators and other risk identification methods considering both likelihood and impact of risks; support the develop of formal risk response plans for risks above accepted risk appetite levels as prescribed in the AM Risk Framework

Support and execute procedures details in NYPA's Asset Maintenance Manual.

Participate in the effort for developing schedules that will create proposed outage dates to Operations per NYISO requirements.

Analyze equipment performance and, in conjunction with Maintenance Departments, recommended equipment performance improvements.

Assist in developing junior level Planners.

Function as a Lead Outage Planner as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated experience with computer systems and software applications, including but not limited to: Maximo, Microsoft Office products, (Excel, Project, Word and Outlook), MS Project.
• Strong communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to view tasks logically, break them down into essential requirements, and generate a solution to meet the project goals.
• Ability to identify and solve problems.
• Advanced experience reading and understanding technical drawings and manuals pertinent to complex electrical and mechanical equipment and civil works.

Education, Experience and Certifications

• High school diploma required.
• 2-year AAS degree in a technical discipline or equivalent preferred.
• Minimum 8 years related utility, construction management, maintenance or planning experience required with HS Diploma OR
• Minimum of 6 years related utility, construction management, maintenance, or planning experience required with AAS Degree.

Physical Requirements

• Approximately 25% travel, primarily within NYS, (Regional maintenance area for Central, Northern, Southern and Western New York, and Transmission right-of-way).
• Valid NYS Driver's License
• Ability to access all work areas, within the area of the Region's maintenance responsibility, (i.e., substations, powerhouses, transmission right-of-way, and support facilities)