Lead Scheduler, Solar & Storage EPC Projects

Jobtailor; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Scheduler to lead a small team oversee a portfolio of twelve late-stage projects and numerous early-stage initiatives in a dynamic energy environment.

The role focuses on delivering accurate schedules using Primavera P6, MS Project, and Sitetracker, ensuring integration across multiple EPC inputs, and maintaining data integrity while coordinating with cost management to forecast cash flows. Excellent communication is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in project scheduling, with at least 2 years in a lead or management capacity.
• Expertise in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project with cost loading, resource loading, and master schedule integration.
• Hands-on experience in renewable energy project delivery, specifically utility-scale solar-plus-storage projects, in a multi-EPC environment.
• Proven ability to develop and integrate master schedules from multiple EPC schedules; experience reviewing, analyzing, and validating EPC-submitted schedules.
• Experience working either on the EPC side or for an IPP/developer responsible for schedule review, integration, and management.
• Proficiency with Sitetracker or equivalent project management/controls platforms.
• Strong understanding of scheduling best practices, including CPM, SQI, SPI, float management, and logic analysis.
• Experience producing or supporting cash flow development through cost-loaded schedule methodologies, in collaboration with cost management teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present scheduling status and risks clearly to project leads and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Manage and mentor a small team of contract schedulers.
• Own schedule management across a portfolio of twelve late-stage projects and provide scheduling touchpoints for dozens of early-stage projects.
• Ensure all project schedules are accurate, current, and properly maintained in Sitetracker; lead monthly date-roll processes for late-stage projects.
• Develop project schedules from standard templates at the initiation of the preconstruction phase, and manage and update schedules throughout preconstruction in close collaboration with the project lead.
• Build and maintain master project schedules in both Primavera OPC (P6) and Microsoft Project, integrating inputs from multiple EPC schedules into a single cohesive view.
• Identify logical interdependencies, interface points, and conflicts across EPC schedules; escalates and resolves conflicts proactively.
• Review and validate EPC-submitted schedules for completeness, logic, and alignment with contractual milestones and project objectives.
• Partner with the Senior Cost Manager to produce project cash flows through cost-loaded scheduling methodologies.
• Apply best practices for cost loading and resource loading within P6 and Microsoft Project to support accurate cash flow forecasting.
• Apply industry-standard schedule quality metrics, including Schedule Quality Index (SQI) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI), to assess and communicate schedule health.
• Implement and enforce scheduling best practices, including critical path analysis, logic sequencing, and float management.
• Produce and maintain schedule-related reporting and analytics for internal stakeholders and leadership.
• Serve as a power user of Sitetracker.
• Maintain consistency and data integrity across scheduling tools, including Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and Sitetracker.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of scheduling templates, processes, and standards across the Project Controls function.

Skills

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

CPM scheduling

Cost loading

Resource loading

Master schedule

Cash flow forecast

Schedule risk mgmt

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management

Bachelor’s degree in Project Management

Tools

Sitetracker

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Scheduler to lead a small team oversee a portfolio of twelve late-stage projects and numerous early-stage initiatives in a dynamic energy environment.

The role focuses on delivering accurate schedules using Primavera P6, MS Project, and Sitetracker, ensuring integration across multiple EPC inputs, and maintaining data integrity while coordinating with cost management to forecast cash flows. Excellent communication is essential.