SENIOR SCHEDULER

About the role

The Sr. Project Scheduler coordinates the planning and scheduling activities on projects and proposals and produces detailed schedules for all phases of a project, from pre-FEED through start up and commissioning. The successful candidate must be capable of performing project planning, from conceptual to detailed levels, and providing detailed scheduling and project controls services on various projects, including high profile EPCM projects with major clients.

Responsibilities

• Develop project plans and produce/maintain critical path method (CPM) project schedules, using Primavera P6, with resource and cost loading as required.
• Incorporate schedule parameters necessary to support risk analysis.
• Prepare schedule management plans and schedule basis memorandum as required.
• Interface with project team members, clients, subcontractors, vendors and other stakeholders to collect data to support the development of project schedules and to perform project schedule updates.
• Prepare schedule updates and schedule analysis reports.
• Compare current schedule to baseline, identifying schedule variances, and potential impacts to milestone completion dates.
• Identify corrective actions that can mitigate impacts to project cost and schedule, and recommend such actions to the project team.
• Lead the effort to prepare and provide key reports to project management for the purposes of supporting decisions and direction of the overall project, including progress and status report.
• Coordinate with the project team on tracking project performance.
• Maintain change management procedures on each project including the monitoring and tracking of cost and schedule trends/changes.
• Assist in developing and maintaining staffing and manpower plans, project/proposal budgets, contract plans, etc.
• Interface with Finance/Accounting group and third parties for invoicing and cost tracking purposes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a Business-related major.
• 10 Years Industry Experience.
• 7-10 years Project Controls experience.
• Familiarity with workflow and processes for nuclear projects is preferred.
• Expert user of MS Project and Primavera P6.
• MS Excel competent.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Ability to work on multiple projects in a fast paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Problem solving.
• Results oriented.
• Impact and influence.
• Guidance and mentoring.
• Business and people acumen.

Work Environment

Working conditions are normal for an office environment. Frequent sitting and operating a computer. Must be able to use body members to work, move or carry objects or office materials. Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally. Physical demands requirements are at levels of those for sedentary work.