Work Organizer Staten Island Underground

Overview

Staten Island Construction is seeking an energetic candidate to fill the position of Work Organizer supporting Staten Island Underground. The selected applicant will be required to provide a work plan for field crews that is efficient, takes into consideration priority, due dates, capability, can be linked with other work in the same area, and ensures prerequisites are addressed. The successful candidate must possess a clear understanding of emergency and Energy Services work flows, and other emergent electric work.

Responsibilities Core Responsibilities

- Ensure implementation of Company safety, health and environmental programs for employees whose work is directed

- Ensure safe work practices are followed and the environment is fully protected in accordance with Company policy and governmental regulations

- Commitment to the Way We Work Principles, and adheres to the Company's Standards of Business conduct and other Company procedures including Environmental, Health and Safety ("EH&S"), Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO"), discipline, and security

- Work with other Work Organizers, Schedulers, and the Project Management team in order to achieve a mutually-accepted plan

- Review work priorities and adjust them as necessary due to service date, Public Service Commission (PSC) date, severity, system impact, emergent work, and input from other local stakeholders

- Review crew availability based on training, vacation, and vehicle availability, and adjust crewing based on Operating Supervisor updates

- Communicate with local management and other Work Organizers and Schedulers regarding crew availability and its impacts to the schedule

- Layout daily work and assign crews, allowing Operating Supervisors to provide feedback on work assignments

- Monitor material availability and communicate requirements to Clerical and Stores, highlighting potential or actual material shortages

- Monitor vehicle availability and communicate with field Section Manager if a vehicle shortage prevents work from being scheduled

- Direct work effort of clerical staff in assembling route sheets and work packages

- Distribute work to Operating Supervisors for completion, providing job overview as needed

- Communicate work priorities to Operating Supervisors, highlighting high priority jobs and changes in priority

- Monitor job status through communication with Operating Supervisors regarding work completed, issues causing delays, and work that cannot be completed as planned

- Document the work completed against the work scheduled, tracking actual versus planned start and finish dates and reasons for delays

- Adjust the plan due to conditions that prevent scheduled work from being completed as given

- Manage the impacts of delays on the weekly plan and future goals, including financial impacts, deadline considerations, and dependency impacts

- Adjust the schedule for emergent work

- Communicate work status and completions, emphasizing concerns, delays, and work that could be completed as planned

- Schedule site pre-inspections and develop a plan to address issues that are found, which could include the need for flaggers, parking contractors, or site access, changed work conditions, etc.

- Update metrics based on job status and information from the field

- Review and work with local clerical staff to manage pre-requisites

- Adjust the schedule if there are delays obtaining pre-requisites

- Attend cross-departmental meetings to discuss work status

- Participate in corrective action analysis to continuously improve scheduling processes

- Respond to emergencies and support mobilization of the Incident Command System, as required

- Support the goals of Electric Operations to ensure maximized safety, quality, efficiency, reliability, and customer satisfaction

- Engender and support a culture of honesty, integrity, and openness on all issues

- Utilize work plan and program targets and adjust the work schedule prior to execution based on milestone, deadlines, critical paths, durations, and crew hours for each job

- Review seasonal work trends, work volume, program progress, and crew availability and adjust the schedule accordingly

- Coordinate with Feeder Scheduling on feeder sequences and outages and map work to feeder schedules as necessary

- Communicate manpower limitations, along with mitigation recommendations, to relevant stakeholders for resolution

- Identify opportunities to bundle work in the same area to maximize resource use and efficiency, take advantage of permit stipulations, and reduce the frequency of outages and costs

- Provide, review and distribute baseline schedule, including constraints, dependencies and prerequisites

- Facilitate communication between stakeholders by identifying and coordinating upcoming handoffs

- Review completion metrics to determine if programs are on target with goals

- May perform other related assignments as required to support the planning and scheduling of work on the electric distribution system

Qualifications

Required Education/Experience

- Bachelor's Degree and 3 years of relevant work experience or

- Associate's Degree and 5 years of relevant work experience or

- High School Diploma/GED and 7 years of relevant work experience

Relevant Work Experience

- Supervisory experience of Electric Operations field employees Required

- 3 years experience in Underground & Cable & Flush Required

- Experience with Microsoft Project Preferred

- Experience with Project Management Preferred

- Experience with Project Management

- Dependency management experience, specifically identifying and managing work effort dependencies

- Preferred

- Work experience in multiple Electric Construction or Electric Operations discipline is preferred including FOD, SSM, Tech Services, Overhead, Underground, Underground Residential Distribution and Networks Preferred

- Experience planning and scheduling work Preferred

Skills and Abilities

- Project Demonstrated project management skills

- Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure

- Ability to simultaneously handle multiple priorities

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

- Demonstrates a high commitment to quality

- Well organized, detail oriented and flexible to handle multiple assignments

Licenses and Certifications

- Driver's License Required

Physical Demands

- Ability to read small print and symbols

Additional Physical Demands

- The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.

- Must be able and willing to travel within Company service territory, as needed.

- Must be willing to work extended hours, weekends, holidays, and various shifts, if needed.