Project Scheduler - Senior

This is a 12-month contract position located in Wheatfield, IN, with the potential for extensions. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and able to sit on Primary Talent Partners W2 without sponsorship.

About the Role

Increase proficiency in schedule development and schedule analysis, as well as integrated cost and schedule forecasting using quantitative risk management tools and techniques (Expected Monetary Value and Sensitivity Analysis) to better predict project schedule and cost performance and enable timely corrective, preventive, and predictive action.

Develop qualitative and risk-managed integrated project baselines that effectively measure project performance and provide the ability to take corrective, preventive, or predictive action. Apply the cost of quality to schedule management (development, monitoring, and control).

Apply integrated objective risk management to project baselines to optimize project risk responses. Orchestrate contract commercial management, conduct contract performance assessment and reporting, and perform initial contract performance analysis and contract schedule assessment, analysis, and change management forecasting.

Perform contract reviews relative to contract scope and schedule performance; make recommendations to the project management team, project manager, and Manager of Project Scheduling - Project Controls.

Responsibilities

• Apply core project controls expertise.
• Review and coordinate the management and utilization of project management guidelines, standards, processes, job aids, and tools.
• Integrate all project management subsidiary systems to improve project performance.
• Direct schedule effort and tailor schedule management processes.
• Create or tailor schedule management tools and techniques to advance schedule performance.
• Provide continuous life cycle planning and scheduling processes with progressive risk management forecasting to increase predictability, accuracy, and precision.
• Manage the project schedule performance baseline (as well as the integrated project baselines).
• Forecast schedule performance and schedule variance (SV) and identify opportunities to avoid negative schedule variances.
• Drive and direct schedule assessment and analysis processes, methods, tools, and techniques, integrating quality and risk response planning to determine project preventive and predictive actions.
• Incorporate path optimum forward activities, logic, resource requirements, workarounds, contingency plans, etc., into the project schedule to progressively increase schedule accuracy, flexibility, and precision.
• Implement schedule predictive (opportunity) actions.
• Perform standard and advanced project and special project schedule reporting for stakeholders; compile and produce schedule reports as needed.
• Drive a project integration mindset, integrating people, processes, tools, and techniques to advance the probability of project success.
• Optimize product life cycle costing competence.
• Serve as a project subject matter expert to the project management team, Major Project managers, Director, and other relevant stakeholders for proposed corrective, preventive, and predictive actions.
• Apply integrated thinking to schedule management to facilitate improved objective performance.
• Utilize communication competence to drive effective project schedule decision-making.
• Manage in accordance with industry standards, Project Management Guidelines and Standards, and industry best practices.

Requirements

• Familiarity with P6 scheduling software.
• Integrated knowledge base in project scope-schedule-cost and risk-quality management.
• Integrated comprehension and application of project management subsidiary guidelines, standards, processes, and job aids.
• Integrated proficiency in risk and quality management tools and techniques.
• Lead, inspire, and motivate project stakeholders using cognitive ability, personal effectiveness, innovation, value-based decision-making, integrated communication (soft and hard skills), conflict resolution, teamwork, and team building.
• Enhanced comprehension of project planning and scheduling guidelines, standards, processes, and job aids.
• High degree of proficiency in scheduling software (P6) and spreadsheet development, utilization, and controlled manipulation.
• Coordinate, apply cognitive ability, personal effectiveness, innovation, initial decision-making, communication soft skills (listening, articulating, writing, messaging), and proactive stakeholder management.

Qualifications

Required for Selection:

• High School diploma and four years of experience working as a scheduler.
• High School diploma and six years of construction/engineering experience with two of those years working as a project scheduler.
• Bachelor’s Degree and four years’ experience working as a project scheduler.

Preferred for Selection:

• Bachelor’s Degree and four years of experience as a project scheduler.
• Ability to read and interpret schedules, schedule software proficiency, and database development proficiency.
• Experience in large industrial Capital Project environments.

Additional Requirements

• Valid driver’s license.
• On-site at RMSGS (R.M. Schahfer Generating Station) with remote work approved as needed based on operational needs.
• Ability to travel to other plants as needed for meetings and scheduling requirements.

Pay

$50.00 - $70.00/hr (W2 contract).

Benefits

No PTO or benefits provided. ACA-compliant supplemental package available for enrollment.