Senior Scheduler – Nuclear (Outage)

Location:  

Newport, MI, US

Company:  DTE Electric Company
Job ID:  5821

The future is bright at DTE Energy! We are one of the largest Fortune 500 diversified utilities in the United States with an aspiration to be the best-operated energy company in North America and a force for good in the communities we live and serve.  We have businesses in 26 different states and are comprised of regulated utility and non-utility businesses.  Our utility business provides electric and gas service to approximately 3 million customers.  Our non-utility businesses include a diversified portfolio of energy related companies, ranging from gas storage and pipelines to renewable power development.
DTE Energy’s utility and non-utility businesses are poised for significant growth. We look forward to working with highly motivated and team-oriented individuals to energize our efforts of growing economically and environmentally.
Recently, DTE Energy has been recognized as an outstanding place to work and has received the following accolades:

* Gallup Great Workplace Award for consecutive years
* Civic 50 Award for corporate citizenship excellence
* Indeed’s annual “50 Best Places to Work” award for two years running
* Metropolitan Detroit’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to work For
* J.D. Power Customer Satisfaction Award
* Professional Women’s Magazine/Black EOE Journal “Best of the Best”
* Computerworld’s 100 Best Places to Work in IT
* Best Employers for a Healthy Lifestyle Gold Award
* Detroit Free Press Green Leaders Award

DTE Energy is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, disability, national origin, citizenship, height, weight, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law.

Testing Required: Not Applicable

 

Job Summary

    Develops computerized critical path schedules for daily maintenance activities as well as refueling and maintenance outages. Prepares and analyzes daily work schedule to optimize equipment availability and manpower usages; recommends appropriate modifications. Publishes daily work schedules and monitors progress. Documents schedule problems, maintain statistics and perform trend analysis.

Key Accountabilities

  • Performs assignments requiring an extensive knowledge of Planning/Scheduling. Computerized scheduling and management performance analysis.
  • Develops and maintains plans/schedules, resource requirements and applicable management tools necessary in preparation for planned outages and daily scheduling. Takes action necessary to assist in implementation of plans.
  • Obtains progress, trends, and scope information from the appropriate organizations and analyzes for major deviations.
  • Investigate technical problems, evaluate data collected, determine problem causes and provide recommendations for problem resolution.
  • May provide work direction for Schedulers and lower level engineers and/or technicians.
  • Prepares various management level reports and schedule analyses.
  • Utilizes creativity and initiative to develop, perform, and implement special assignments.
  • Makes recommendations to organizations regarding preferred planning and scheduling cost/engineering techniques and methods.
  • Must work shifts and overtime as needed. Participate as an ERO member if necessary, and respond to call-ins.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED equivalent with 7 years of experience in planning, scheduling, maintenance, or operations.
  • OR Associate’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Nuclear or Industrial Engineering with 5 years of experience in maintenance, planning, scheduling or operations.
  • Three years of experience performing the duties of a Scheduler

Other Qualifications

  • Must be able to pass all phases of InProcessing including a background investigation, psychological screening, appropriate radiation worker/respiratory training and be medically certifiable drug and alcohol screen.
  • The ability to make clear and concise presentations of studies to management.
  • Competencies: adaptability, communication, dependability, problem solving, teamwork, productivity, quality, professionalism

Additional Information

Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities, and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned. This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents in this job. It is not intended as an all-inclusive list of accountabilities or responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit the rights of supervisors or management representatives to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.

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