Senior Project Scheduler

About the role

Net Power is seeking an experienced Senior Project Scheduler to own the integrated project schedule for Project Permian, our first-of-a-kind utility-scale clean firm power facility planned for deployment outside of Midland, TX, and future projects.

Responsibilities

• Schedule Ownership & Integration
• Own, develop, and maintain the Project Permian Integrated Project Schedule (IPS) in Oracle Primavera Cloud, covering all phases from development through FID, EPC execution, commissioning, and commercial operation date (COD).
• Integrate contractor, vendor, and partner schedules — including those from the EPC contractor, Owner’s Engineer, long-lead equipment suppliers, grid interconnection workstreams, TCEQ and other permitting workstreams, and financing advisors — into a single coherent IPS with consistent calendars, codes, and WBS.
• Establish, baseline, and govern schedule standards, naming conventions, activity coding, WBS structures, calendars, and progress measurement methodologies in line with industry best practice.
• Maintain rigorous predecessor/successor logic and ensure all critical path and near-critical paths are clearly identified, traceable, and defensible to internal leadership, the Independent Engineer, lenders, and other key stakeholders.
• Lead schedule integration of changes — scope, design, procurement, regulatory, or commercial — and quantify cascading impacts on downstream milestones, with a particular focus on FID and COD.
• Schedule Analysis & Reporting
• Perform critical path analysis, total float and negative slack analysis, what-if scenario modeling, schedule risk analysis (SRA), and Time Impact Analyses (TIA) to evaluate the impact of proposed changes, delays, and recovery plans.
• Produce periodic schedule updates, variance analyses, snapshot comparisons, trend reports, and look-ahead schedules (90-day, 30-day, weekly) for internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Develop executive-ready schedule deliverables, including Gantt charts, milestone trackers, and dashboards that translate detailed schedule data into clear, board-level narratives.
• Partner with the PMO to populate scorecards, board updates, and lender / IE reporting packages with accurate schedule data, ensuring all reported content traces strictly to source schedule artifacts.
• Conduct regular schedule health checks (logic ties, open ends, constraints, lags, out-of-sequence progress, DCMA metrics) and drive corrective actions with workstream owners.
• Third-Party Coordination
• Serve as Net Power’s primary schedule interface with third parties, including the EPC contractor, Owner’s Engineer, Independent Engineer, financing advisor, long-lead equipment vendors, and interconnection / permitting authorities.
• Review contractor-submitted baseline, monthly update, and recovery schedules; provide formal written comments; and ensure third-party schedules meet contractual requirements and integrate cleanly into the IPS.
• Facilitate interactive planning sessions and schedule workshops with cross-functional and external stakeholders to align on sequencing, constraints, and resource needs.
• Cook up long-lead equipment procurement bid tab milestones, fabrication, delivery, and site mobilization are accurately reflected and sequenced in the IPS.
• Identify schedule conflicts and ownership gaps across workstreams and escalate with proposed mitigations to the Project Manager and Head of PMO.
• Tools, Systems & Continuous Improvement
• Act as Net Power’s subject matter expert and power user for Oracle Primavera Cloud, including configuration of workspaces, projects, codes, calendars, dashboards, scenarios, and reports.
• Leverage Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project Web Access (PWA) experience to interface with partner and contractor environments, import/export schedules, reconcile data across platforms, and ensure cross-tool consistency.
• Build and maintain schedule reporting workflows that connect OPC data to executive dashboards, Excel-based analyses, and PMO deliverables.
• Identify and implement continuous improvements to scheduling procedures, templates, governance, and training across Net Power and its delivery partners.
• Mentor project team members and external counterparts on scheduling best practices, CPM discipline, and Net Power’s schedule standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related technical field. Equivalent experience will be considered.
• Minimum of 10 years of project scheduling experience on large capital projects, with at least 5 years in a senior or lead scheduler role on EPC-delivered power generation, oil & gas, or comparable heavy industrial projects.
• Proactive, action-oriented mindset that thrives in a first-of-a-kind environment: able to navigate ambiguity, drive issues to resolution, and constructively force decisions across engineering, supply chain, construction, and third-party partners when the schedule demands it.
• Demonstrated experience scheduling power plant projects — combined cycle, simple cycle, carbon capture, or other utility-scale generation — is strongly preferred.
• Expert-level proficiency in Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC) as the primary scheduling tool, including schedule development, scenario analysis, dashboards, and administration.
• Strong working experience with Primavera P6 (EPPM and/or Professional) and Microsoft Project Web Access (PWA), including reconciling data and workflows across OPC, P6, and PWA environments.
• Deep expertise in CPM scheduling, schedule risk analysis, earned value, Time Impact Analysis, and DCMA 14-Point schedule health assessments.
• Demonstrated experience owning the integrated schedule for a major capital project through key stage gates, including FID, Notice to Proceed (NTP), mechanical completion, commissioning, and COD.
• Experience integrating schedules from multiple third parties (EPC, Owner’s Engineer, Independent Engineer, OEMs, interconnection / permitting authorities) into a single owner-controlled IPS.
• Prior experience in a start-up, first-of-a-kind, or rapidly scaling capital project environment is strongly preferred, including comfort with ambiguity, evolving scope, and direct exposure to executive and board-level audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex schedule data into clear narratives for executive, board, lender, and JV partner audiences.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary internal teams and external partners.
• PMI-SP, AACE PSP, or equivalent professional scheduling certification preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Candidates must be able to perform essential functions as outlined above, including but not limited to:
• Work effectively in an office or plant / construction site environment, with occasional travel to project sites.
• Operate at a computer and sit for long periods of time.
• Repeat motions that may include the wrists, hands, or fingers.
• This position is sedentary with occasional light lifting.