Application Technical Lead - Allentown, United States - PPL Services Corporation

PPL Services Corporation

Verified Company

Allentown, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Company Summary Statement :
As one of the largest investor-owned utility companies in the United States, PPL Corporation (

NYSE:
PPL), is committed to creating long-term, sustainable value for our 3.5 million customers, our shareowners and the communities we serve.

Our high-performing regulated utilities — PPL Electric Utilities, Louisville Gas and Electric, Kentucky Utilities and Rhode Island Energy — provide an outstanding experience for our customers, consistently ranking among the best utilities in the nation.

PPL's companies are also addressing challenges head-on by investing in new infrastructure and technology that is creating a smarter, more reliable and resilient energy grid.

We are committed to doing our part to advance a cleaner energy future and drive innovation that enables us to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while maintaining energy reliability and affordability for the customers and communities we serve.

PPL is a positive force in the cities and towns where we do business, providing support for programs and organizations that empower the success of future generations by helping to build and maintain strong, diverse communities today.

Overview:

This position is available remote or hybrid with working locations in Louisville, KY; Allentown, PA or Providence, RI.

Responsibilities:

Performs coding assignments with limited guidance.
Identify functional gaps and provide corrective actions and implement solutions.
Skilled in managing problems, presenting solutions, performing root cause analysis.
Collaborate with Product Analysts, Technical Consultants to provide technical solutions. Able to manage expectations with business and product peers.
Extended capabilities to provide full support for Finance and Supply Chain management business operations.
Strong Analytical, verbal/written communication, time management, critical thinking, detail oriented, interpersonal, and organizational skills needed.
Serving as a Technical Point & Subject Matter Expert (SME) in specific business domains, will be responsible for the successful implementation of technology solutions.
Performing technical setups and creating technical design specifications for Finance and Supply Chain Modules listed below Finance and Supply Chain modules, Finance
Accounts Payables, Invoice Management, General Ledger, Asset Accounting, Billing, Cash Management Supply Chain
Inventory Controls, Customer Order Management, Purchase Order Management, EDI
Electronic Data Interchange (Hansen), Wearhouse Management and Processing, Contract Management, Strategic Sourcing, Requisition Processing.
May be assigned an Electric Utilities emergency and storm role. This is a special assignment that comes into play during storms and other emergencies when the company needs to restore power or respond to other issues affecting customer service. This role may necessitate the need to work afterhours, outside of your normal schedule.
The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work onsite, remotely, or a combination of both. Assigned work location may change. In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/onsite may be required to engage in facetoface interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and coworkers.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree with 8 years of related work experience OR 10+ years of related work experience
Significant experience in software development with one or more software languages such as Java, Python etc. In addition C# will be a big plus.

INFOR ERP

EAM/FSM experience a big plus.
Experience in API / Microservices architecture implementation and Cloud
Azure App Services
Standard development tools

- such as Intellij
- demonstrated experience is a must have.

Excitement, curiosity, and passion for shaping the future through digital technology.
Familiar with the latest technologies, trends, standards, products, and applicability
Ability to effectively adapt to rapid technological and business change while maintaining enthusiasm and displaying sound judgment.
Strong problem solving and analytics skills to be able to develop technology solutions that solve business problems quickly.
Ability to collaborate with internal and external teams to unblock critical issues during product development.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's Degree in relevant technology/industry areas
Ability to collaborate with team members across different functional domains and technologies.
Working knowledge in ERP based system.
Selfstarter mentality and an ability to spin up, configure development and test environments.
Utilities industry experience
Excellent interpersonal relations skills