Planner/Scheduler

Creative Solutions Services, LLC; City of White Plains (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Planner/Scheduler, where you will play a crucial role in supporting project managers and engineers in capital and O&M projects. This position involves planning and scheduling, ensuring timely project completion, and coordinating with various departments. You will generate project schedules, analyze information, and provide actionable recommendations while implementing process improvements. An established industry player offers a collaborative environment where your expertise will directly impact project success. If you are a motivated individual with a knack for problem-solving and project management, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required in Engineering or Construction.
• 3 years of recent experience in Project or Program scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Oversee project schedules and identify schedule risks.
• Generate and distribute monthly project progress reports.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Effective Communication

Problem-Solving

Project Management

Independent Work

Task Breakdown

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Construction

3 years of experience in Project Scheduling

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Tools

Microsoft Office

MS Project

Primavera P6

SAP

Maximo

Job description

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Job Title: Planner/Scheduler

Location(s): White Plains, NY

Project Overview

This role supports project managers and engineers for capital and O & M projects including planning, scheduling, schedule forecasting analysis, and closeout for Utility Operations. The Planner/Scheduler will help build and update project schedules for projects owned by an assigned project manager. The ideal candidate will help direct the overall project plan and project schedule to establish milestone compliance measures and ensure project completion on time while coordinating with engineering, design, and project management.

Job Functions & Responsibilities

1. Oversee monthly inputs from the various leads (engineering, project management, subcontractors, and sites) to identify and mitigate schedule risks.
2. Generate project schedules, update tracking tools for the Operations Support Services Group, analyze schedule information, provide actionable recommendations, and generate required reports.
3. Generate and distribute monthly progress reports for project status including updated schedules by project owner, project region, and individual project schedules, identified work delays, and any other relevant project information.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of PM and/or industry standard methodologies and tools and provide technical expertise to projects.
5. Coordinate and correlate schedule information with cost and resources to provide resource-loaded schedules as needed based on project requirements.
6. Coordinate project reporting to leads, monitor deliverables, and coordinate work within or between departments.
7. Review and analyze third-party schedules for critical path, logic ties, etc.
8. Implement process improvements to meet quality standards, perform feasibility studies, and solve basic problems.
9. Maintain the reports relative to progress/productivity, and project forecasts, to assist the Lead and Project Manager.
10. Ensure the appropriate application of codes at the Project and activity level; set and maintain Project Baselines.
11. Accountable for building project schedules for projects owned by the assigned Program Manager.
12. Accountable for progressing each schedule at pre-defined intervals as defined by the client in line with the Reporting cycle (monthly).
13. Accountable for ensuring consistency, accuracy, and integrity of all data housed within the Master schedule.
14. Accountable for ensuring the life-cycle schedule is built and maintained on a “rolling-wave” basis, where the time horizon for the most detailed planning is 2 years.
15. Accountable for the incorporation into the Master Schedule, whether they exist within or outside of the client environment, information related to schedules provided by contractors.
16. Accountable for ensuring the Master Schedule is built in a way that adheres to guidelines and instruction set forth.
17. Accountable for analyzing cost forecasts to ensure schedule forecasts are in alignment, and responsible for escalating areas of misalignment to the project team.
18. Accountable for identifying and communicating key risks or opportunities that emanate from the impacts of schedule delays or advancements.
19. Accountable for ensuring outage requirements are incorporated into the schedule clearly, accurately, and consistently.
20. Accountable as point-person for all questions related to master schedule detail.
21. There will be no other master schedule used other than the one that exists within the client environment.
22. Expected to be a part of the Project Team and therefore is expected to take part in regularly scheduled project team meetings.
23. In coordination with the cost analyst, hold regular monthly meetings with the project team(s) to review cost and schedule information concurrently, and identify/remedy areas of misalignment.

Skills

1. Excellent interpersonal skills. Effective communication and writing skills.
2. Ability to interface and coordinate work daily with other Authority divisions and external organizations.
3. Ability to view tasks logically, break them down into essential requirements, and generate a solution to meet the project goals.
4. Ability to handle smaller projects from start to finish.
5. Ability to work independently and with minimal daily supervision.
6. Ability to identify and solve problems.
7. Must be able to create and maintain EPS, WBS, and resources to provide actionable feedback to stakeholders regarding milestone adherence, resource loading, and Earned Value.
8. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office products.
9. Knowledge of MS Project required, experience with Primavera P6 preferred.
10. Knowledge of SAP is a plus but not a requirement.
11. Knowledge of Maximo is a plus but not a requirement.

Education & Certifications

1. Bachelor’s Degree required. (BA/BS) in Engineering and/or Construction preferred.
2. 3 years of recent experience in Project or Program scheduling.
3. Knowledge of other scheduling platforms is a plus.
4. Experience in cost/resource loading is a plus.
5. Experience in Electrical Utility or large-scale Construction industry preferred.
6. Project Management Professional (PMP), AACE, or similar certification preferred.
7. Considerable proven experience and expert knowledge in schedule analysis and development, including but not limited to: milestone management, baseline management, CPM, time contingencies, crashing, QA, etc.

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.