Project Controls Scheduler

About This Role

Consertus seeks an experienced Project Control Scheduler for a full-time hybrid position supporting PG&E projects. The Project Controls Scheduler will support electric transmission and distribution substation projects, working closely with Project Managers and other functional teams. This role requires reporting to PG&E offices in the Bay Area, CA, a few times a week. In addition, this position is W2 and on a contract basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Schedule Development and Analysis: Develop project schedule and cash flow/forecast plans with functional department input in coordination with Project Manager. Attend Project and Job kickoff and walk down meetings. Create, maintain, and update resource loaded schedules. Document, monitor and communicate project milestones and risks with appropriate stakeholders. Participate in project status meetings, collect progress and risk data to revise project schedule and risk register as needed. Monitor financial progress and maintain Project Manager’s order group.
• Create, maintain, and update project schedule plans using appropriate software (for ex: SAP Project System, SAP Work Management System, and Primavera P6).
• Cost Plan Development And Analysis: Use the cost and schedule plan to determine if project objectives are achievable. Create, maintain, and update monthly forecast budgets. Prepare various cost reports and maintain forecast accuracy. Prepare project performance analysis, cost, and schedule status reports. Identify cost and schedule variances from objectives and recommend corrective action. Assess and report on project performance using established industry standards.
• Maintain forecast accuracy. Provide regular communication on project cost, schedule, and risk status to project team members, stakeholders, and the public. Interface with design and planning resources and software systems. Review and assist in the preparation of Advance Authorizations, Job Estimates, and Re-Authorizations and assist the PM in routing for approval. Prepare journal entries and coordinate or process goods receipts in a current software system. Ensure that responses to budget and cost requests reflect correct project cost information and stakeholders are in concurrence. Input data into various programs and prepare various cost and forecasting reports.
• Document change order requests, project status, key issues, risks and resolution, priority changes, and approvals. Provide the Project Manager with a monthly report of project costs and/or schedule information, including variance analysis according to an agreed-upon level of detail and prioritization. Provide Project Team members with a status report containing schedule and cost information.
• Comply with Utility Operations Policies, Standards, and Guidelines. Assist PM with Post Job Critique.
• Quality And Analysis: Prepare various monthly and weekly project management reports and report performance reports to the management group including scorecards. Ensure quality of reports for the department, to report to stakeholders. Validate weekly and monthly data sets.
• Special Projects - may provide support to project manager(s) as necessary. Fulfill ad-hoc requests for cost-related data and analysis. Participate in (or lead) various process improvement initiatives, within Project Management.
• Project Budget & Cycle Forecast Monitoring (Reporting): Prepare various monthly and weekly project performance reports, budget and cycle forecast reports and finance status reports, utilizing the financial tracking software (e.g. SAP/BW system). Monitor, analyze, and report on the Department’s Forecasting Performance with weekly performance reports, utilizing the financial tracking tools (e.g. SAP/BW). Coordinate and work with all stakeholders on creating new reports that best measure and support good business decisions to meet the Year's annual Budget target. Coordinate and summarize project cycle forecast variance explanations for the department to report to stakeholders.
• Analyze financial results on a monthly basis, providing explanations of significant cost drivers to PM Leadership reports, such as the Green-Red Scorecard and Lessons Learned Reports.

Qualifications And Skills Required

• Experience & Education (3 - 10) years of scheduling experience.
• Construction experience and who has worked on complex projects $25M and above.
• Can build a schedule from scratch after coordinating with various teams- engineering, project management and construction.
• Can explain variances, delays, and track and monitor contractor schedules.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college.
• Pficient in Primavera P6 software.
• Self–starter.
• Cost Analysis and SAP experience.
• PMP certification is a preferred.

Compensation Range

$87,360- $130,000 annually and eligible for an annual bonus per company program.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Coverage (medical, dental, vision)
• Optional benefits like pet insurance, legal insurance and supplemental health plans
• 401(k) with day-one eligibility. We contribute dollar for dollar up to the first 3% of your contributions. Then we match 50% for the next 2% of your contributions.
• Generous time off: 10 paid holidays, and PTO stating at 15 days, growing to up to 25 days
• Access to Consertus Academy for continuous learning and development