Program Scheduler

About the role

A leading organization in the energy and utilities industry is seeking an experienced Program Scheduler to support a large portfolio of projects. The role involves working with project management, engineering, operations, contractors, and other stakeholders on complex programs.

The Program Scheduler will be responsible for developing and maintaining project schedules, monitoring progress, analyzing schedule performance, and providing forecasting and reporting to project leadership. This role will help identify potential risks, resource constraints, delays, and other factors that could impact project timelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed schedules throughout the project lifecycle.
• Track project progress and evaluate performance against planned milestones.
• Identify critical activities, potential delays, resource constraints, and schedule risks.
• Provide schedule forecasts and recommendations for recovering delayed activities.
• Coordinate timelines between project management, engineering, operations, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Lead or participate in regular project schedule reviews.
• Review contractor schedules and progress reports for accuracy and alignment with project expectations.
• Analyze critical path, float, productivity, milestones, and other schedule performance metrics.
• Prepare project status reports, dashboards, and other management-level reporting.
• Support resource planning, workload forecasting, budgeting, and project planning.
• Assess schedule impacts related to scope changes, staffing limitations, weather, outages, and other project conditions.

Requirements

• Experience in project scheduling, project controls, construction, utilities, engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience developing and managing complex project or program schedules.
• Primavera P6 experience is highly preferred; experience with other enterprise-level scheduling platforms (Oracle Primavera Cloud, Microsoft Project, Deltek, Asta Powerproject, Smartsheet) will be considered.
• Strong understanding of critical path, schedule logic, float, forecasting, and recovery planning.
• Experience monitoring contractor performance, productivity, and project milestones.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and reporting skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with project managers, contractors, field personnel, and leadership.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Education/experience combinations: Bachelor's degree in Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Project Management, or related field plus 5+ years relevant experience; OR Associate degree plus 7+ years relevant experience; OR High school diploma/GED plus 10+ years relevant experience.
• Experience with utility construction, transmission/distribution projects, infrastructure programs, or large capital projects is preferred.
• Primarily office-based role with occasional field visits and potential travel depending on project requirements.
• Some overtime, weekend work, or schedule flexibility may be required during critical project periods.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
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