Planner – St. John's, NL

Working as part of the clients Project Execution Department, and reporting to the Project 
Execution Planning Supervisor, the Planner/Scheduler(s) will be responsible for the 
development, implementation, maintenance and analysis of engineering, procurement and 
construction schedules for the Regulated Hydro and Exploits Generation capital programs. You 
will work closely with project managers and project teams to ensure time lines are met and 
accurate dates are maintained. In addition, this position shall be responsible for outage 
planning for the Regulated Hydro and Exploits Generation capital programs. Travel and other 
duties may be required. 

The duties and job functions of the Planner shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Identification of generation outage requirements for capital projects and interfacing 
  with Hydro’s Resource and Production Planning (RPP) department and regional 
  operations planning groups during the development of the annual generation outage 
  schedule (GOS);
• Attend regular meetings with the Newfoundland System Operator (NLSO) and RPP and 
  assist with maintaining any revisions to the GOS and coordinate revisions with the 
  various asset owners for regulated/non-regulated operations and capital project teams;
• Provide constant communication with the NLSO, asset owners, and capital project 
  teams with regards to changes in the GOS and associated impacts;
• Ensure that outage information is up to date in Hydro’s outage database;
• Development, implementation, maintenance and analysis of engineering, procurement 
  and construction schedules for the Regulated Hydro and Exploits Generation capital 
  programs.
• Working closely with project teams and link critical activities and outages across 
  multiple projects;
• Development of capital project milestones for Hydro’s Integrated Annual Work Plan 
  (IAWP) report, tracking progress on milestones, and providing updates to Hydro’s 
  Project Execution Group and Senior Managers on a regular basis;
• Work directly with Hydro’s capital planning department and review engineering labor 
  requirements in capital budget estimates and collaborate with project managers and 
  stakeholders to further develop project schedules for upcoming planned capital work 
  including tasks, milestones, and deliverables; 
• Conduct an engineering labor analysis and a resource leveling exercise for future 
  projects to be included in Hydro’s capital budget application (CBA) and identify resource 
  constraints prior to filing the CBA.
• Work with Owner’s engineering, planning and construction resources to review and 
  validate construction sequence, methodology, material lead times, and task durations 
  proposed for future project plans;
• Develop and implement a routine to undertake selective activity duration verification 
  and contingencies for future project plans; and
• Other project planning duties as required