Lead Project Scheduler/Planner

Siemens Energy; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth opportunities

Company health benefits

Paid time off and holidays

401K savings plan with company match

Family building benefits

Parental leave

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a Lead Project Scheduler to join a multinational project team delivering large domestic and international power generation, transmission, and sustainable energy projects.

You will set up and manage project time schedules, advance critical path methods, and coordinate with sales, procurement, engineering, construction, and commissioning to drive on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience in planning and scheduling in an industrial environment using critical path scheduling methods.
• Proficient with Primavera P6 scheduling software.
• Knowledge of EPC project delivery methods and project management controls (scheduling, cost control, procurement).
• Excellent communication across project managers, site teams, subcontractors, and procurement.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and present all project Primavera schedules with project teams, subcontractors, and clients.
• Promote schedules as active management tools and verify logic and completeness of activity sequences.
• Perform detailed time impact analyses in coordination with the project manager.
• Ensure delays and changes are accurately reflected in the schedule.
• Generate monthly schedule reporting and coordinate cross-organizational stakeholders to complete schedule milestones.
• Review contracts for milestone alignment with the project schedule and document events impacting scope and efficiency.

Skills

Project scheduling

Critical path scheduling

Time management

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

The Lead Project Scheduler will be part of a diverse, multinational project team, implementing large domestic and international power generation, transmission, and/or sustainable energy projects. This role will set up and manage the project time schedules along with other project controls and key performance indicators using project scheduling and other project management tools. You will work together with the core team members and other stakeholders, to ensure project success! Meetings, both face-to-face and online are a large part of the project management business.

A Snapshot of Your Day

The Lead Project Scheduler will be part of a diverse, multinational project team, implementing large domestic and international power generation, transmission, and/or sustainable energy projects. This role will set up and manage the project time schedules along with other project controls and key performance indicators using project scheduling and other project management tools. You will work together with the core team members and other stakeholders, to ensure project success! Meetings, both face-to-face and online are a large part of the project management business.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Create, maintain, and present all project primavera schedules. Consistently work with various project team members, subcontractors, and clients to ensure schedules are accurate and properly maintained.
• Promote a culture where schedules are not just pictures, they are effective tools to manage EPC work. Understand the schedule logic and the supporting reasoning behind it. Act as a project teams reviewer and work to help the team identify and rectify forgotten activity errors in logic.
• Perform detailed time impact analysis in coordination with project manager. Assist is supporting schedule information and narrative for official correspondence and change order management.
• Ensure delay and change orders are accurately inserted and maintained in schedule.
• Generate monthly schedule reporting metrics as required. Communicate, coordinate, and manage cross-organizational departments (sales, procurement, engineering, construction, commissioning) to complete schedule as needed.
• Review project contract for milestones and ensure they are activities within the schedule. Document project events that impact the schedule, scope of work, and project efficiency.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent experience in an engineering field; combined equivalent of education and work experience. 8+ years’ experience in planning and scheduling in an industrial environment, using critical path scheduling method and best scheduling practices using Primavera P6 software. Proficient with the latest Primavera scheduling software.
• Knowledge of EPC project delivery methods including expert working knowledge and understanding of all project management control systems (scheduling, estimating, cost control, procurement and business development) with knowledge of high voltage substations.
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence. Solid organizational skills including attention to detail, multi-tasking skills and advanced time management!
• Excellent communication across various team members such as project managers, site superintendents, subcontractors, engineers, and procurement to ensure accurate data is being entered into the project schedule.
• Self-motivated, decisive, and adaptable with the ability to motivate and build strong working relationships in multi-functional project teams to develop technical solutions. Embrace a fast-paced environment while prioritizing work for themselves and others, under strict timelines and being flexible to changing needs.
• Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.

About The Team

You will be part of the Project Management group known as Project Controls in a section of the company called Project Entity which is responsible for the implementation of complex projects. The projects span the power industry, from power generation to power transmission, to modern sustainable energy solutions.

"Let’s make tomorrow different today" is our genuine commitment at Siemens Energy to all customers and employees on the way to a sustainable future.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Rewards

• Career growth and development opportunities; supportive work culture
• Company paid Health and wellness benefits
• Paid Time Off and paid holidays
• 401K savings plan with company match
• Family building benefits
• Parental leave