
Field Operations Scheduling Specialist – Dedicated Crews
Ameren
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Maryland Heights • Maryland, Montana • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $71,100 - $137,200 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Build and maintain a multi-week schedule focused on due dates and high-priority jobs.
- Assign work based on crew availability and location to optimize productivity where possible.
- Coordinate with Operations Planners and Supervisors to integrate key inputs like crew size, equipment, materials, and job duration into scheduling decisions.
- Monitor pre-requisites and job status, adjusting schedules to avoid delays when needed (in partnership with Operations Planners and Supervisors).
- Track basic scheduling metrics and support improvements.
- Document updates in planning tools and help ensure communication with stakeholders.
- Lead daily and weekly scheduling / planning meetings to collect input from planners, engineers, designers, and other team members.
- Coordinate responses to emergent work requests and understand the impact of changes to scheduled work.
- Support and assist in emergency events such as storm restoration or gas events.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Business Administration, Business Management, Engineering Technology, Information Technology, Construction Management or related field.
- Two or more years of relevant experience (e.g., electric, gas, or substation construction, planning, scheduling, engineering, operations, or maintenance; experience working with Ameren work management systems) required.
- Six or more years of related experience or four years of related experience with an Associate's degree may be considered in lieu of Bachelor's degree.
- Experience in project management, scheduling, budgeting, forecasting, or project accounting such as UIP, Primavera, and PowerPlan preferred.
- Experience with EMPRV, TRIS, Workday and other PC tools such as Microsoft Windows/Office
- Experience with internal scheduling software and systems (e.g., Maximo, Click FSE)
- Ability to analyze data (e.g., capacity, new business, projects, spreadsheets) to determine resources and skills required to complete the work.
- Ability to manage change effectively to influence project teams and results.
- Ability to communicate effectively in speech and writing.
- Ability to collaborate and interact effectively and professionally with team members, leaders, and customers (internal or external) to build trust.
- Ability to manage time and meet deadlines by prioritizing and coordinating multiple projects and assignments.
- Ability to understand and comply with company policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Thorough understanding of work coordination processes and ability to execute within the processes.
- Ability to think critically and resolve conflicts as problems arise.
- Ability to think creatively and innovatively to support continuous improvement initiatives and process enhancements.
Benefits
- Medical coverage on date of hire
- 100% employer paid cash balance pension plan
- 401(k) with company match fully vested on date of hire
- Minimum of 15 days paid vacation and 12 paid holidays
- Paid parental leave and family caregiver leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
schedulingproject managementbudgetingforecastingdata analysiswork coordinationprocess executioncontinuous improvementconflict resolutioncritical thinking
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationtime managementchange managementproblem solvingleadershiptrust buildingindependencecreativityinnovation