Project Scheduler Sr

Job ID: 3058191 | Location: Moundsville, West Virginia (On-site)

About the role

The selected candidate will coordinate team activities and support Project Managers during critical utility outage maintenance phases. This professional will act as a scheduler and commodity tracker for major utility outage projects, specifically overseeing planning for complex boiler and turbine initiatives. The position involves leading the development, analysis, integration, and maintenance of project schedules utilizing Primavera P6. The ideal candidate must be self-motivated, collaborative, and capable of interfacing with diverse stakeholders including execution teams, contractors, and management.

Responsibilities

• Define project activities, durations, work sequences, and relationship logic to develop robust execution plans and milestones.
• Develop fully integrated system schedules utilizing critical path methodology, including resource loading and leveling.
• Organize and lead schedule review meetings with stakeholders, providing analysis updates, alerting teams to risks, and tracking action items.
• Use Primavera P6 to update progress, baseline schedules, develop commodity curves, and track project metrics.
• Prepare and analyze Key Performance Indicators and summary level status reports for the management team.
• Perform and coordinate schedule and cost integration, including Schedule Variance and Cost Variance tracking.
• Recommend and develop contingency schedules, such as compressed or crashed schedules, to mitigate project delays.
• Participate in construction site walkdowns, which may involve traversing unstable surfaces and climbing ladders in industrial settings.

Requirements

Education

A qualified degree from an accredited institution in Accounting, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Technology, or Project Management is preferred. Minimum requirements are based on experience: a High School Diploma or GED requires 6 years of qualified experience; an Associate degree requires 4 years of qualified experience; a Bachelor degree requires 2 years of qualified experience.

Experience

• Five years of hands-on Primavera P6 Critical Path Method scheduling experience, including lead scheduler experience.
• Qualified utility specific operations knowledge or experience with work processes, design, planning, forecasting, and project budgets is required.

Technical Skills

• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 software and Microsoft Office tools, specifically in developing complex spreadsheets.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with outage scheduling in a power plant or heavy industrial environment.
• Active professional certifications such as PMP, RMP, CCMP, CETa, or IQCP.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans offering an optional layer of financial protection.
• ESPP (employee stock purchase program).
• 401K program with eligibility to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, company match after 12 months of tenure.
• HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan).
• SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions.
• Corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• On-demand training program.
• Access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars after 6+ months of tenure.
• Certification discounts and other perks to associations including CompTIA and IIBA.
• Dedicated customer service team for consultants addressing benefits and other resources.
• Certified Career Coach.