Associate Production Specialist

Puget Sound Energy is looking to grow our community with top talented individuals like you! With our rapidly growing, award winning energy efficiency programs, our pathway to an exciting and innovative future is now.

PSE's Gas Operations team is looking for qualified candidates to fill an open Associate Production Specialist position!

Specific details regarding the work arrangements for this position will be discussed in further detail during the interview process.

Job Description

The Associate Production Specialist provides standardized support to Operations field personnel, scheduling function and executes planning in a central location. The Associate Production Specialist will assist in ensuring work that is scheduled and dispatched to the field can be executed.

Upholds the safety compliance standards inherent in PSE’s operating and/or field procedures related to work responsibilities. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety. Demonstrates commitment to conduct business honestly, ethically and consistent with our core values and Code of Conduct. Ensures duties are performed in accordance with all regulatory compliance obligations.

Job Responsibilities

Dependency Management:

- Ensure predecessor tasks are complete prior to releasing the work order

- Validate that required materials are available in SAP and that material needs are communicated to the field worker

- Attach required information to work orders in SAP

- Review work orders and confirm required crewing can be achieved in coordination with Gas Dispatch

Work order date coordination:

- Review available work orders and adjust work order dates to align with resource capacity

- Assess compliance work order due dates and adjust work order dates to ensure work order dates maintain compliance

- Understands the complexities of each piece of work and how it is completed in the field

Customer contact:

- Review list of available and returned work orders and assess the need for customer contact

- Contact customers via letter, email or phone to meet regulatory requirements

- Coordinate and schedule appointments based on customer and resource availability

Work order management:

- Review list of available work orders

- Identify work orders that have dependent task or material needs

- Release work orders to Dispatch for scheduling

Participates in emergency response efforts as needed.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

- BS/BA degree or equivalent combination of education and appropriate experience

- 3 years of experience in planning or utility operations

- Demonstrated experience with data analytics

- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and written, with a wide variety of individuals and groups internally and externally

Desired Qualifications

- Knowledge of the Gas Operations business/department

- Familiarity with SAP Plant Maintenance

- Demonstrated organization, documentation and prioritization skills

- Proficiency in Microsoft Suite

- Detailed oriented

Additional Information

At PSE we value and respect our employees and provide them opportunities to excel. We offer a competitive compensation and rewards package.

The pay range for this position is $74,000.00 - $111,900.00, and this position is eligible for annual goals based incentive bonuses.

PSE offers a suite of benefits to our employees. Employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short- and long-term disability insurance. There are additional voluntary options of supplemental life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent daycare, and an Employee assistance program (EAP). For long term savings, PSE offers a 401(k) investment option and a cash balance retirement plan. Employees will also receive Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays throughout the calendar year. Detailed benefit overviews can be found on our Career page - Why Work For Us (pse.com).

Families and businesses depend on PSE to provide the energy they need to pursue their dreams. Our steadfast commitment to serving Washington communities with safe, dependable and efficient energy started in 1873. Today we're building the Northwest's energy future through efforts like our award winning energy efficiency programs and our leadership in renewable energy.

Puget Sound Energy is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status or presence of a disability that with or without reasonable accommodation does not prevent performance of the essential functions of the job, or any other category prohibited by local, state or federal law.

Should you have a disability that requires assistance and/or reasonable accommodation with the job application process, please contact the Human Resources Staffing department at jobs@pse.com or 425-462-3017.