Associate Scheduler - Project Controls & Scheduling

Hybrid Work Arrangement

This role offers a hybrid work arrangement. You'll spend three days a week in the office, giving you the flexibility to work remotely for two days.

About the role

As an Associate Project Scheduler for Capital Projects, you will apply your technical skills to meet project team and client needs for developing and maintaining project schedules and monitoring project performance. This work will include interfacing directly with project management, client management, engineering, construction, and other key stakeholders for the development of detailed project schedules.

Responsibilities

• Implement project controls tools and methodology
• Develop and support project schedule requirements per client procedures and best practices
• Perform critical path analysis, provide schedule insights and corrective actions when required
• Support schedule contingency management, and work with key stakeholders to identify and manage project risks
• Provide regular project updates and report deviations from the approved project baseline to the project team
• Proactively manage schedule variances and have a questioning attitude with project deviations
• Support month end closing and phase gate processes
• Ensure standardized file locations exist for all required schedule documents
• Produce look-ahead, actuals, and schedule quality reports
• Assemble supporting documentation to meet project team and client requests/needs
• Analyze data and build reports to support project monitoring and decision making
• Interface regularly with project management to support monitoring schedule performance
• Interface with cost analyst staff to develop time-phased cost forecasts
• Travel to client office for project coordination meetings (as needed)

Qualifications

• Familiarity using Primavera P6 or other scheduling software
• Familiarity with the practical application of project controls
• Two or more years of project experience
• Post-secondary graduate

Essential Skills and Experience

• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to interact and multitask with project team members, clients, and vendors of varying position levels.
• Motivation: Eager to learn new skills and develop knowledge to add value and make a valuable impact to project team operation. Willing to engage with others to understand project team needs. Committed to deliver high quality, accurate deliverables with attention to detail.
• Computer Skills: Working knowledge in MS Office tools, with emphasis on the advanced use of MS Excel and/or MS Access in creating detailed, interactive spreadsheets, workbooks, and databases.

Valued (but not required) Skills and Experience

• Related engineering internship, co-op, or work experience, which includes project controls, project planning, project scheduling, and earned value performance, preferably within the power industry
• Professional designations or progress toward:
  • AACE CST, or PMI Equivalent
  • Working towards AACE CCP, CEP, PSP, PRMP, EVP, or PMI Equivalent
  • In lieu of Professional Designation above, has completed equivalent training
• In lieu of the above, has successfully passed designated proficiency testing

Benefits

• Health & Wellness: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Accident Insurance, Disability Coverage, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Back-Up Daycare
• Financial Benefits: FSA & HSA, 401(k), Pre-Tax Commuter Account, Merit Scholarship Program, Employee Discount Program, Corporate Charitable Giving Program, Tuition Assistance, First Professional Licensure Bonus, Employee Referral Bonus
• Work-Life Balance: Paid Annual Personal/Sick Time (PST), Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, Paid Bereavement Leave, Flexible Work Arrangements

Pay

$69,298 – $99,644