Work Planner Scheduler

Full Job Description

This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration, in the Work Planning & Evaluation (TFAW) organization of Field Strategy and Operational Excellence (TFA), Transmission Field Services (TF), Transmission Services (T).

A successful candidate in the Work Planner Scheduler position is responsible for establishing a work plan that is based on system priorities; providing strategic coordination of equipment outages that result in increased productivity and system availability.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS A qualified candidate's resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12) in the Federal service.

Required Specialized Experience: Experience in 1) performing business management work (e.g., budgeting, contracting, identification of manpower requirements) to conduct work planning and scheduling activities, and 2) developing solutions for work planning and scheduling issues and problems in order to deliver resource and work planning products efficiently.

"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience.

Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations.

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration.

CTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.

You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Major Duties:

As a Work Planner Scheduler, you will: Develops and coordinates specific schedules for projects that have system-wide impact and/or cross multiple district boundaries.

Adjusts work plans as priorities, schedules, and opportunities for outages occur.

Monitors work plan accomplishments throughout the year and reports work plan progress to Transmission Field Services managers.

Prepares briefings, reporting, and presentation materials on the objectives, methods, status, metrics and findings of the work plan and program performance metrics.

Confirms Transmission Field Services capital work order construction completions and reports completion dates to Project Managers.

Conducts special projects and studies to assess the effectiveness of, and provide recommendations to improve, work planning and scheduling programs and processes.