Planning & Scheduling Technician

**Location**:Cornwall, ON, CA, K6H 5V1**Req ID**:49018

**Status**: Regular Full Time**Working Conditions**: On-Site**Education Level**:Grade 12 or equivalent, plus up to two years of study in a related field, or equivalents* plus either a trades apprenticeship or powerplant operating training.***Base Location**: Cornwall, ON**Number of Position(s):1**

**Shifts(s)**: Days**Travel**: Yes
- 10%**Deadline to Apply**:November 1st, 2024**Salary Range**:$37.87 - $61.98 Per Hour**Electrify your career and help build a brighter tomorrow.**
- Every generation has a challenge that defines them. At OPG, we are calling on all innovators, disruptors, thought leaders and change-makers. Join us to electrify life in one generation and build a sustainable future powered by our electricity, our ideas, and our people. Join OPG and make history.- Whether you work in the skilled trades or are a business professional, a career at OPG is an opportunity to electrify your life on - and off - the job.**ACCOMMODATIONS**-
**JOB OVERVIEW**
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is looking for dynamic, strategic and results-driven professional to join our team in the role of Planning & Scheduling Technician.- This is an exciting opportunity to work in an environment where you will contribute to OPG’s public outreach, engagement and education efforts as part of the company’s commitment to growing its social license.**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- Accountable for the health, safety and well being of self and others, in accordance with technical/operating procedures and standards.
- Assist Supervisor by specifying, testing and implementing approved changes/improvements on information/work management systems. Develop, utilize and/or modify report generators to satisfy report requirements.
- Maintain an up-to-date awareness of business systems, work practices and schedules through attendance at courses or lectures, reading of technical literature, reviewing of logs, reports, and by ongoing collaboration with other work groups.
- Monitor progress of schedules and work programs, which includes job site visits. Troubleshoot problems related to non-standard outputs, review reports obtained through discussions at meetings attended or generated through work management systems and identify variances in the schedule, cost estimate or resource allocations. Facilitate and take minutes of the meetings attended, following up with participants on resolution of outstanding items, as required. Provide status reports and projections.
- Prepare and maintain records for official documentation purposes.
- Prepare diagrams, reports and networks reflecting planned work, sequence of events, time-lines and resource constraints. Review drawings and established procedures to obtain material requirements and initiate ordering of materials and follow up to expedite requests as required. Inform designated authority where materials do not meet design specifications, such as obsolescence/ non-standardization.
- Provide technical planning assistance to various groups. Recommend a logical work sequence and appropriate cost and resource allocation for designated work orders/projects, based on collaboration with others involved, established procedures and historically related work programs and schedules. Identify and resolve potential problems, recommending opportunities to improve on the process, logical work sequence and resource allocation.

**EDUCATION**
- High School Diploma, plus up to two years of study in a related field, or equivalents plus either a trades apprenticeship or powerplant operating training*

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**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Mechanical/Electrical trades apprenticeship completed Preferred. 2 years’ experience in a Planning and Scheduling role.
- Knowledge of installation, maintenance, repair and troubleshooting of industrial machinery and equipment in production plants and power generation assets, including hydroelectric generating equipment.
- Ability to work well with others in a team environment. Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience working in Microsoft Software such as Word, Excel.
- Work experience with planning software such SAP, Asset Suite, Maximo, etc**What Makes a Career at OPG Different?**
- As Ontario’s largest clean energy generator, we’re building, expanding, and innovating the equipment and technology that keeps Ontario powered with clean, reliable energy.- At OPG, our values are our strengths. They are fundamental truths about our organization that don’t change:
**Safety** - it’s our business
**Integrity **- always lead with integrity
**Excellence** - never satisfied with good enough
**Inclusion** - working together for powerful outcomes
**Innovation** - creativity accelerates possibility**Here's why OPG might just be the ideal workplace for you**:

- Exceptional range of opportunities province-wide
- Long-term career growth and development opportunities
- Electricity is vital to the province and OPG’s clean elect