Project Scheduler Associate - Sr. | Transmission

This role will be responsible for coordinating scope of work team activities and supporting Project Managers (PMs). With some supervision, perform functions as a scheduler and/or commodity tracker for major projects.

Responsibilities

• Define activities, durations, work sequences, and relationship logic to develop the scope of work plan and milestones representing key decisions and deliverables.
• Ensure all scope and deliverables are accounted for.
• Develop, maintain, and analyze scope of work project schedules using assigned systems (Primavera, SmartSheet, etc.).
• Organize and lead schedule review meetings with stakeholders; incorporate appropriate details and ensure clear minutes and action items.
• Engage teams and stakeholders to create schedules and provide schedule analysis updates, alerting them to risks and issues that could delay milestones.
• Communicate schedule status to project stakeholders.
• Understand and adhere to AEP project management organizational standards and governance.
• Work with administrators to assign security, profiles, and roles for new users.
• Learn, use, and refine techniques to update progress, acquire information, baseline schedules, maintain schedules, develop commodity curves, track metrics, and support project/outage teams.
• Provide periodic summary-level status reports and prepare/analyze metrics reports or Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Perform schedule maintenance, collect progress data, develop and implement schedule/status reports, and provide accurate information to the execution team.
• Provide integrated cost-loaded, resource-loaded, and logic-driven schedules as applicable.

Requirements

• Project Scheduler Associate – (SG5)
  • No experience required with a qualified associate or bachelor’s degree.
  • With a High School Diploma, a minimum of 2 years’ qualified experience.
  • Qualified degrees must be in a related field (e.g., Accounting, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Technology, or Project Management).
  • Qualified experience includes utility-specific operations knowledge, work processes, and procedures in design, operations, planning, project management, cost tracking, forecasting, project budgets, accounting principles, or construction/maintenance of systems/equipment.
• Project Scheduler – (SG6)
  • Education requirement depends on experience:
    • High School Diploma or GED: 5 years’ qualified experience.
    • Qualified associate’s degree: 3 years’ qualified experience.
    • Qualified bachelor’s degree: 1 year of qualified experience.
  • Qualified experience includes utility-specific operations knowledge and experience in design, operations, planning, project management, cost tracking, forecasting, project budgets, accounting principles, or construction/maintenance of systems/equipment.
• Project Scheduler Sr. – (SG7)
  • Education requirement depends on experience:
    • High School Diploma or GED: 6 years’ qualified experience (6 years of nuclear experience suffices for Cook Nuclear Plant).
    • Qualified associate’s degree: 4 years’ qualified experience.
    • Qualified bachelor’s degree: 2 years’ qualified experience.
  • Qualified experience includes utility-specific operations knowledge and experience in design, operations, planning, project management, cost tracking, forecasting, project budgets, accounting principles, or construction/maintenance of systems/equipment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage time effectively, organizational and planning skills, accuracy, attention to detail, and goal achievement.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to collaborate well with others.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office tools and ability to develop complex spreadsheets.
• Some travel, including overnight, may be required; temporary relocation might occasionally be required.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work under general supervision and perform scheduling techniques and analyses independently.
• Ability to safely perform light physical duties at various work sites, including home and AEP locations, in varying conditions.
• Ability to coordinate multiple scopes of work projects of variable complexity.
• For nuclear positions: Work may involve hazardous areas and possible radiation exposure within NRC-prescribed limits. Duties may include construction site walkdowns on unstable surfaces, climbing ladders, and awareness of hazardous conditions.

Skills

• Professional or trade certification (e.g., CCMP, CETa, IQCP, PMP, RMP) is not required at this level but is required to progress to the principal level (grade 008) if holding a high school diploma/GED or non-qualified higher education degree. Otherwise, preferred at the principal level.

Pay

• Project Scheduler Associate – (SG5): $63,496 to $84,660
• Project Scheduler – (SG6): $74,551 to $99,401
• Project Scheduler Sr. – (SG7): $87,663 to $116,847

Benefits

AEP offers a comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of employees.

Schedule

The Physical Demand Level for this job is sedentary work: exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may include walking or standing for brief periods.

Location

This role is on-site in New Albany, OH.