Job Location: Waltham, MA
About us
National Grid is hiring a Analyst, Capitol Project Resource Planning in Waltham, MA
Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry.
To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.
Job Purpose
National Grid is looking for an Analyst who will support the Resource Planning process by analyzing data, performing risk analysis, and generating reports. This position will support the achievement of completion of units of work, both mandated/compliance and non-mandated targets for the company, while remaining vigilant of dollars spent for the completion of those units to ensure budget adherence for both O&M and Capital.
Key Accountabilities
Position Responsibilities (including but not limited to):
- Assist Program Managers in development of a 2-year resource loaded work plan for construction based on company set targets and adherence to compliance goals with our regulators.
- Gather, extract, and analyze data from multiple work management sources. Verify and validate data as required.
- Create progress reports and track completion against plans.
- Analyze planned versus actual work completion by process. Identify causes of variances to plan and share with key stakeholders.
- Independently collate and analyze work unit and/or financial data within one or multiple areas using pre-determined tools, methods and formats in order to support the department’s decision making process.
- Proactively research, produce, monitor and analyze cost, work plan, or other information to enable analysis of key themes and trends. This would include analyzing weekly and monthly cost data, preparing reports explaining budget variances and forecasting future expenses.
- Manage the day to day relationship with internal parties to understand their requirements, deliver appropriate customized solutions.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders to share best practices, provide technical advice.
- Challenge existing ways of working and continuously seek ways to do things better in order to drive greater efficiencies within assigned areas. This includes preparing charts, graphs, and detailed statistical analysis related to budget and cost control.
Qualifications
Knowledge & Experience Required:
- Bachelors degree, or higher, in business, engineering, finance, accounting, or other related discipline or equivalent work experience and 3 to 5+ years of experience
- Proficient in relevant software e.g. Maximo, SAP, and Microsoft Office (Access, Excel).
- Demonstrates the ability to interpret information and analyze relationships among several parts of a problem or situation in order to clearly articulate the findings.
- Anticipates obstacles and thinks ahead about next steps, demonstrating initiative and resourcefulness and the ability to investigate the situation beyond routine questioning.
- Demonstrates an energetic and enthusiastic manner and the ability to engage and maintain high levels of engagement of stakeholders during meetings, and throughout the year.
- Possesses a general understanding of National Grid’s Gas business from an operations and compliance perspective.
- This position is one of National Grid’s career path roles which provide for promotional opportunities within and across salary bands as you develop and evolve in the position by gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills.
More Information
National Grid values and celebrates a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusiveness that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Salary
$79,000 – $93,000 a year
Salary commensurate with location and experience
This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.
National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.
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