Spark Power, a trusted partner in energy in North America, is looking for a Planner/Scheduler to join our team. The Planner/Scheduler will play a critical role in supporting the regional manager by efficiently scheduling and coordinating preventive and corrective maintenance for BESS, solar, and wind facilities across various locations. This position is responsible for ensuring that the right resources are deployed quickly and effectively, adapting to high-pressure situations and managing both planned and ad-hoc requests from clients. The ideal candidate will drive continuous improvement initiatives, streamline scheduling processes, and optimize the allocation of technicians while closely monitoring project costs to maintain profitability. Success in this role requires exceptional organizational skills, a strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, and a commitment to maintaining safety and morale.
What you will do as a Planner/Scheduler:
- Schedule regular preventive and corrective maintenance for BESS, solar, and wind systems, supporting regional manager(s) by efficiently dispatching technicians.
- Coordinate maintenance tasks across teams to reduce downtime and ensure efficient, cost-effective operations.
- Collaborate closely with clients on ad-hoc maintenance requests, ensuring quick and effective resource deployment while managing client expectations.
- Strong knowledge of BESS, utility-scale solar, and wind systems.
- Oversee spare parts management to prevent delays, ensuring timely access to necessary components.
- Monitor project costs, ensuring profitability based on the scope of work, especially for corrective maintenance tasks.
- Develop and execute dispatch strategies that match technician expertise to task complexity, minimizing travel costs and improving resource allocation.
- Respond quickly to urgent customer demands, ensuring timely completion of tasks while maintaining safety and operational standards.
- Plan and arrange travel and accommodations for field technicians, managing logistics for fieldwork.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency, streamline scheduling processes, and ensure optimal performance.
- Utilize Salesforce FSM to track and manage work orders and maintenance activities.
- Use Salesforce FSM to track key performance metrics and improve accountability within the team.
- Work with vendors and supply chain partners for spare parts procurement, ensuring efficient delivery to sites.
- Maintain a strong focus on safety, ensuring compliance with OSHA and other workplace safety standards while keeping team morale high.
Spark Power Employee Benefits and Perks:
- Competitive wages
- Benefits (health, vision, dental)
- 401K contribution, up to 3% match
- Continuous training and skills improvement including Spark U and external training
- Hands-on and supportive leadership team
- Employee referral bonus program
- Monthly cell phone allowance
- Corporate discounts (hotels, travel, insurance, retail..)
- …much more
Skills & Abilities
- Strong organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills, with a focus on driving continuous improvement.
- Ability to manage and lead teams effectively, especially under high-pressure situations, ensuring safety and team morale.
- Highly proactive, able to autonomously drive new initiatives and enhance operational processes.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within O&M teams.
- Strong knowledge of BESS, utility-scale solar, and wind systems.
- Communication — Excellent written, verbal, telephonic and digital communication with superb customer service skills.
- Critical Thinking – Methodically and strategically approaching problems and tasks and making quick decisions to solve challenges.
- Problem Solving – The ability to notice problems and the root causes early, produce a plan to correct the issue found. Efficient use of time and resources to implement the pre thought out plan.
- Attention to Detail — The ability to spot details at close and far range, noticing settings, operations, and site conditions that are different than the norm and adjust accordingly
- Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences, understanding diagrams, drawings, manuals, and device instructions
- Digital literacy — Proficiency with computers in general i.e.; Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, applying firmware updates, writing reports, proficient in mobile application usage in either Apple or Android, accessing devices via ethernet or Modbus
Who is Spark Power?
Spark Power is the leading independent provider of end-to-end electrical services and operations and maintenance services to the industrial, utility, and renewable asset markets in North America. We work to earn the right to be our customers’ Trusted Partner in Power™. Our highly skilled and dedicated people, located in the communities we serve, combined with our knowledge of the power industry, technology expertise, and commitment to safety, ensures we deliver the right solutions that keep our customers’ operations up and running today and better equipped for tomorrow.
We are an equal-opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
