Lead Project Scheduler/Planner

Siemens Gas and Power GmbH & Co. KG; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth and development

Health and wellness benefits

Job summary

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

You will create, maintain, and present all Primavera schedules, coordinate with sales, procurement, engineering, construction, and commissioning, and ensure schedule integrity throughout project lifecycles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in engineering or related field.
• 8+ years in planning and scheduling in an industrial environment.
• Proficient with Primavera scheduling software and latest tools.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and present all project Primavera schedules with various stakeholders.
• Promote schedules as effective tools for EPC project management and review logic.
• Perform detailed time impact analyses and support change order management.
• Ensure delays and changes are correctly reflected in the schedule.
• Generate monthly schedule reporting metrics across cross‑functional teams.

Skills

Primavera P6

Critical Path Scheduling

Project Controls

Stakeholder Coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

\"We energize society\" by supporting our customers to make the transition to a more sustainable world, based on innovative technologies and our ability to turn ideas into reality. With nearly 100,000 employees around the world, we shape the energy systems of today and tomorrow.

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.

• Career growth and development opportunities; supportive work culture


• Company paid Health and wellness benefits

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