Material/Resource Forecasting Officer

at  Hydro One Networks Inc

GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Support the Engineering Resource planning team to faciliate resource planning activitivies withing the Tx Engineering overall team.
• Extract reports from Resource Management tools to present to team stakeholders for review and updating.
• Supporrt the Engineering Resource planning team with process improvements to the resource planning tools.
• Analyze large sets of data to identify resourcing gaps and potential improvements.
• Assist in the developing of estimate based on materiel and engineering design resource reports; and forecasting by applying project management, engineering, procurement, accounting, construction and commissioning standards, processes and policies. Coordinate the inputs of a variety of project related subject matter experts within E&CS, Project Management, Work Optimizations as well as other LOBs.
• Organize engineering design resource forecast reports and supply/demand reports to support work planning and funding decisions. Work with members of Organization, such as Engineering, Project Management, Investment Planning, Work Optimization, Asset Management in order to match or have a minimum gap between project award and resource availability, construction date and design deliverables.
• Present Resource Forecast Report and other related reports to E&CS managers, Project Management, Work Optimizations, Asset Management and other departments. Provide update weekly to management and creating the interface for on-line web posting.
• Receive and evaluate reports from Work Optimization and Project Management regarding project status changes (partial/full awards, cancellations, on hold, I/S date modification#). Provide weekly checking with Work Optimization on project status accuracy and implications of I/S date changes. Report to the Estimating and Scheduling Engineer/Officer and to the Manager of Equipment Engineering & Special Projects any issues regarding project status changes as they pertain to the materiel and equipment ordering.
• Create forecasting reports based on active estimates database. Analyze resource, equipment and materiel forecasting procedures and reporting.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of business processes as related to engineering estimating, resource forecasting, and equipment and materiel forecasting.
• Perform other duties as required.

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