RRE Work Management Specialist

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Responsibilities

• Management Specialist (WMS) supports the work management process by developing schedules and job plans that enable barrier-free work execution, supporting daily and weekly operations and maintenance activities, ensuring required station resources are available, and driving process improvements that make work safer, more productive, and cost competitive.
• Core work management responsibilities include developing weekly schedules and job plans; determining appropriate GL accounting for work orders; conducting inventory searches and establishing minimum inventory levels; researching parts using drawings and manuals; completing new-item requests and stock justifications; creating purchase requests; managing the equipment repair process; and preparing single or sole-source justification requests.
• The WMS coordinates and communicates throughout work preparation and execution, monitors and tracks activity progress, prepares reports, and ensures lessons learned are captured, evaluated, and incorporated to support continuous improvement.
• The role also directs, coordinates, and reviews the activities of internal staff and contractors to ensure tasks, projects, and duties are completed safely, accurately, and on time.
• Work is performed with minimal supervision, with incumbents expected to develop advanced skills and increasing independence over time.
• Maintenance Coordination — Establishes and reinforces work priorities for Maintenance functions and activities.
• Ensures maintenance work is performed in accordance with work management procedures and maintenance protocols.
• Monitors overall station Maintenance activities and advises the Maintenance Team Supervisor (MTS) as appropriate.
• Maintains a strong maintenance focus on station safety, environmental steamship, reliability of equipment, and production availability.
• Contract Resource Coordination — Provides coordination, direction, quality assurance, field oversight, and job coordination for work performed by supplemental and contract resources.
• Identifies and removes barriers affecting work execution and supports adherence to approved work plans and schedules, with emphasis on safety, environmental, quality, productivity, and timely completion.
• Planning — Develops barrier-free plans that facilitate safe and efficient work execution, including verification that required materials and resources are available.
• Drives process improvements that increase productivity and cost competitiveness.
• Communicates regularly with Supervisors and Equipment Experts/Owners to keep job plans current, incorporate improvements, and ensure work is planned according to established priorities.
• Develops resource-loaded daily and weekly schedules that promote high resource productivity.
• Adjusts Maintenance team schedules as conditions change, accelerates additional work when capacity becomes available, and reassesses work that falls behind schedule.
• Maintains the skill matrix and ensures personnel with the appropriate skills are assigned to each activity.
• The planner/ scheduler has the following relationships in the plant: Reports to the maintenance supervisor.
• Works closely with the operations supervisor.
• Works closely with stores and purchasing personnel.

Requirements

• Maintains good working relationships with ops and maintenance personnel Required/Basic Qualifications Required to live within a reasonable daily commute to work location, not greater than 50 miles one way.
• Able to read blueprints, P&IDs, schematics, and technical manuals.
• Understanding of the proper use of work orders, priorities, scheduling, etc.
• Ability to keep multiple jobs in controlled motion-simultaneously.
• Required to live within a reasonable daily commute to work location, not greater than 50 miles one way.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including
• Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Ability to meet stated deadlines and respond quickly to changing needs through a teamwork approach
• Strong analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to adapt to changing business environments, processes, and technologies

Preferred

• Qualifications Working knowledge of work management and scheduling systems (Maximo, PaSTA) Proficiency in Project Management, Decision Making, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving Project related work experience.

Construction Management work experience

• Adequate trade knowledge to estimate labor hours and materials and visualize the job to be performed Mechanical/electrical background
• Qualifications Working knowledge of work management and scheduling systems (Maximo, PaSTA) Proficiency in Project Management, Decision Making, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving Project related work experience.
• Construction Management work experience Adequate trade knowledge to estimate labor hours and materials and visualize the job to be performed Mechanical/electrical background Travel Requirements 5-15% Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable) Yes Represented/Union Position No Visa Sponsored Position No.
• This is not a Visa Sponsored Position.

Important Application

Submission Information In order to ensure your application is successfully received before the job posting expires, please submit your application by 11:59 PM on Thursday, November 5, 2026 More than a career - a chance to make a difference in people's lives.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future. Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.

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