Senior Project Scheduler

Responsibilities

• Increase proficiency in schedule development and schedule analysis, and 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 are used to 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, 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.
• Apply core project controls expertise.
• Review and coordinate the management and utilization of project management guidelines, project management standards, processes, job aids, and tools.
• Integrate all project management subsidiary systems to improve project performance.
• Direct schedule effort; tailor and create 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; integrate 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 as anticipated for project stakeholders; compile and produce schedule reports as needed.
• Drive a project integration mindset; integrate people, processes, tools, and techniques to advance the probability of project success.
• Optimize product life cycle costing competence.
• Become 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 that facilitates improved objective performance.
• Utilize communication competence to drive effective project schedule decision-making.

Qualifications

• High School diploma and four years of experience working as a scheduler OR Bachelor’s Degree and four years’ experience working as a project scheduler.
• Experience in large industrial Capital Project environments (preferred).
• 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.
• Ability to lead (situational leadership), inspire, and motivate project stakeholders in concert with effective stakeholder management 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.
• Ability to coordinate, apply cognitive ability, personal effectiveness, innovation, initial decision-making, communication soft skills (listening, articulating, writing, messaging), and proactive stakeholder management.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Exceptional interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future.

Pay

$45 - $70 an hour. Salaries for all positions are based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, total years of experience in the industry, education, skills, and qualifications. Compensation may vary depending on the candidate's individual background and expertise.