Project Scheduler Sr

Location: Jenks, Oklahoma or Tulsa, OK (Onsite)

About the role

The Senior Scheduler will develop, maintain, analyze, and communicate integrated schedules supporting power generation outages, maintenance activities, and capital projects. The position will be shared between two facilities and will require regular coordination and travel between the plants. The Senior Scheduler will work closely with Plant Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, project managers, contractors, and other stakeholders to ensure schedules accurately reflect scope, sequencing, resource requirements, constraints, and key milestones.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed outage, maintenance, and project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Provide scheduling support across two power stations based on outage schedules, project priorities, and plant needs.
• Facilitate schedule development and review meetings with plant personnel, project teams, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Perform field walkdowns and review work scope to validate schedule activities, durations, sequencing, constraints, access requirements, and resource needs.
• Update schedules based on actual progress and communicate schedule status, critical-path impacts, milestone risks, and emerging issues.
• Establish and maintain schedule baselines and perform schedule variance, trend, and performance analysis.
• Develop recovery plans, what-if scenarios, and schedule-compression options when milestones are at risk.
• Prepare look-ahead schedules, progress curves, milestone reports, schedule-performance reports, and executive-level updates.
• Coordinate schedule integration across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, procurement, contractors, and project teams.
• Maintain accurate schedule logic and ensure activities are properly linked and supported by defined work scope.
• Identify resource conflicts, schedule constraints, long-lead material risks, and work-sequencing issues that could affect outage or project execution.
• Support schedule and cost integration, including Schedule Performance Index and Cost Performance Index reporting, when required.
• Support continuous improvement of outage and project scheduling practices across both plants.

Requirements

Education & Experience

• With a High School Diploma or GED, 6 years of qualified experience.
• With a qualified Associate's degree in a related field, 4 years of qualified experience.
• With a qualified Bachelor's degree in a related field, 2 years of qualified experience required.

Qualified degrees may include Accounting, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Technology, or Project Management.

Technical Skills

• Demonstrated proficiency with Primavera P6 (5 years experience), including development, baselining, updating, and analysis of integrated schedules.
• Working knowledge of critical-path scheduling, schedule logic, schedule baselines, progress measurement, variance analysis, and schedule-risk identification.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

Professional Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage competing priorities across two facilities.
• Ability to work independently with general supervision and collaborate effectively with plant personnel, contractors, Engineering, and project stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Utility, power generation, industrial construction, or major maintenance outage experience is preferred.

Other Requirements

• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Ability and willingness to provide scheduling support at both plant locations.
• Ability to travel between both plant locations as operational, outage, and project needs require. No overnight travel is expected.
• Ability to perform site walkdowns, including walking on uneven surfaces and climbing stairs or ladders when necessary.
• Availability to work additional hours during outages or other critical project periods.

Pay

$55-$65/hr

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
• 401K program with company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) 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 perks for associations including CompTIA and IIBA.
• Dedicated customer service team for consultants, including a certified Career Coach.