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Posted: 12-Sep-23
Location: Winchester, Kentucky
Type: Full Time
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Internal Number: 5058
EKPC Company Information
Located in the heart of the Bluegrass state, East Kentucky Power Cooperative is a not-for-profit generation and transmission (G&T) electric utility with headquarters in Winchester, KY which is just a short distance from Lexington. Our cooperative has a vital mission: to safely generate and deliver reliable, affordable and sustainable energy to our 16 owner-member cooperatives serving more than 1 million Kentuckians across 87 counties. We’re leaders in environmental stewardship and we’re committed to provide power to improve the lives of people in Kentucky.
As passionate as we are about providing smart energy solutions, we are equally excited about people. We strive to cultivate connected workplaces where great ideas are born and rewarding careers are built.
EKPC offers a wage and benefits package that ranks among the best in the state. There is no waiting period on our medical, dental and vision insurance plans so you are covered on day one, and the dental plan is free for employees. Our generous 401(k) retirement plan allows employees to start contributing to their plan after a month of service, and after 3 months of service, EKPC will automatically contribute 6% of base wages AND match employee contributions up to 4%. Our competitive vacation and sick leave package starts day one to allow for flexibly and a healthy work-life balance.
For more information on our plentiful benefits package visit our website at https://www.ekpc.coop/work-ekpc
EKPC is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
No Expiration Date
This posting will remain open until the position is filled. We encourage you to apply early as we will review and consider candidates as they are received.
Key Roles
The CMMS Analyst is a key liaison between production business staff, IT, and business units that interface with Production. Responsible for identifying and refining detailed requirements, analyzing business needs, formulating and defining system scope and objectives. Evaluates processes and makes recommendations for system or process changes, system modifications, and software and hardware requirements to ensure business processes and supporting systems meet Production business needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Provides functional CMMS expertise and assists with technical research for Maximo and other applications fleet-wide.
- Partners with functional, analytical and technical teams to ensure successful implementation of software maintenance, upgrades and new implementations fleet-wide.
- Interprets functional requirements and translates them into technical specifications and process flows.
- Responds to daily CMMS software issues for functional area, including user entry and processing problems, involving IT as necessary.
- Troubleshoots software issues and partners with developers for problem resolution.
- Drives/participates in implementation of new processes, interfaces, and enhancements to the current system.
- Partners with Production and other business in preparing test scripts to ensure testing encompasses all areas affected. Reviews testing results with business partner and assists with problem solving.
- Represents Production in the unit/integration testing process, along with business users and developers, to ensure overall functionality, technical quality of deliverables and that Production’s technical and functional business needs are met.
- Partners with stakeholders/subject matter experts to evaluate business improvements and opportunities.
- Identifies and analyzes issues with system and/or business processes, identifies and recommends solutions. Translates the business needs to a functional specification that is used for internal or external development.
- Serves as analyst for projects throughout application lifecycle and completes associated tasks including but not limited to, understanding project objectives, gathering requirements, ensuring requirements are addressed in designs, and development.
- Creates, updates and reviews functional and project related documents, user reference guides, testing and training materials.
- Leads the review of software release notes to determine if new/added functionality can be utilized and to maintain knowledge of current technology.
- Participates in CMMS and related systems and technology software upgrades and enhancements.
- Manages tactical aspects of discovering, validating, documenting and communicating business-process knowledge and modeling, simulating and analyzing current and future states.
- Builds complex queries and trains other users.
- May be required to perform Coordinator duties in cases of resource disruption.
- Performs other duties as assigned
Key Requirements
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field. An equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute.
Experience:
- Five (5) years of Maximo and CMMS Administrator related experience.
- Experience with large software implementations – interfaced and integrated systems.
Skills and Abilities:
- Extensive knowledge of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems in relation to their function and use specifically Maximo, and other platforms as necessary.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language.
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a fast paced environment.
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Requires thorough knowledge of business analysis function
- Experience with Maximo Workflow, Query writing.
- Experience writing functional and technical specifications. Must be able to interpret SQL Statements and understand software logic.
- Primavera P6 Experience and knowledge, both conceptual and functional preferred.
- Plant Scheduling Application – custom application developed as a “bolt-on.”
- Thorough understanding of the function and importance of a CMMS as it relates to reliability, safety, environmental and NERC/SERC Compliance.
Competencies
- Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
- Building Partnerships
- Customer Focus
- Contributing to Team Success
- Decision Making
Working Conditions
- Usual office conditions apply to this position with occasional lifting up to twenty (20) pounds.
- Will need to be willing and able to travel to the plants and may shadow technicians, supervision, and management. Could be required for extended periods of time.
- Must maintain valid driver’s license.
- Must wear personal protective equipment as appropriate.
Closing Statement
Thank you for your interest in EKPC.
