Planning & Scheduling Lead

X-Energy, LLC; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 155,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement/Professional Dev

Job summary

X-energy LLC is seeking a Planning & Scheduling Lead to join its team in Gaithersburg, MD. The role will monitor and measure the schedule, applying best practices to optimize fidelity and reporting to management.

Responsibilities include leading planning processes, guiding scheduling resources, and collaborating with project controls SMEs to implement standards across programs. A bachelor’s degree and ~8 years of experience are required, with Primavera P6 experience highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in management, business, engineering, science, or related discipline.
• Typically eight years of project controls and scheduling experience.
• Experience using software applications for schedule management (e.g., Primavera P6).
• Demonstrated ability to lead work efforts, coordinate priorities, and provide guidance to peers or junior resources.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and scheduling processes, procedures, and toolsets within the project controls department, including scoping, coordination, implementation, and support of planning and scheduling activities.
• Provide guidance and direction to planning and scheduling resources for the effective and timely execution of assigned tasks and help optimize project controls resources to meet deliverable deadlines.
• Work with other project controls SMEs to establish, implement, and monitor best practices and guidelines related to planning and scheduling across the organization.
• Support Business Development efforts with project controls needs during initial client engagements, proposals, and project initiation and planning phases.
• Ensure effective communication between the planning and scheduling team and individual project teams or functional organizations.
• Work with the planning and scheduling team to establish and conduct project controls training for internal resources and project teams as needed.
• Maintain professional demeanor and behavior at all times in all forms of communication.
• Perform other duties as assigned by manager.

Skills

Project controls leadership

Schedule management

Mentoring peers

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

X-energy LLC conducts a thorough recruiting process and will never issue offers without interview to discuss qualifications and responsibilities. All applications will be submitted via our company career page, www.x-energy.com/careers/.

Job Description

X-energy is hiring a Planning & Scheduling Lead to join its team. The Planning & Scheduling Lead will monitor and measure the schedule using established processes and industry best practices to optimize the schedule and ensure overall schedule fidelity. They will also conduct schedule analyses and variance reviews to determine schedule impacts and reporting to management. The role provides technical direction to personnel who establish, implement, monitor, and carry out program and project planning and scheduling activities. The primary objective is to support and strengthen project controls best practices and guidelines across the organization in support of current and future programs and projects.

Tasks/Responsibilities

• Lead planning and scheduling processes, procedures, and toolsets within the project controls department, including scoping, coordination, implementation, and support of planning and scheduling activities.
• Provide guidance and direction to planning and scheduling resources for the effective and timely execution of assigned tasks and help optimize project controls resources to meet deliverable deadlines.
• Work with other project controls SMEs to establish, implement, and monitor best practices and guidelines related to planning and scheduling across the organization.
• Support Business Development efforts with project controls needs during initial client engagements, proposals, and project initiation and planning phases.
• Ensure effective communication between the planning and scheduling team and individual project teams or functional organizations.
• Work with the planning and scheduling team to establish and conduct project controls training for internal resources and project teams as needed.
• Maintain professional demeanor and behavior at all times in all forms of communication.
• Perform other duties as assigned by manager.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in management, business, engineering, science, or related discipline from an accredited university or college.
• Typically, eight years of project controls and scheduling experience supporting large and complex organizations, programs, or projects and working within a Project Management Office environment.
• Experience using software applications for schedule management (e.g., Primavera P6).
• Demonstrated ability to lead work efforts, coordinate priorities, and provide guidance to peers or junior resources.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting project controls activities in a nuclear, engineering, or highly regulated environment.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and analyzing integrated project schedules.
• Familiarity with project controls best practices, forecasting, progress measurement, and schedule risk awareness.
• Experience supporting proposals, client engagements, or project initiation activities.
• Strong communication and coordination skills with the ability to work across technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience training or mentoring team members in scheduling tools or processes.

Location: 9801 Washingtonian Blvd, Gaithersburg, MD

Work Schedule: 5 days a week in office

Travel Expectations: Up to 10% as needed

Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm, Mon-Fri

The salary range for this position is: $155,000- $177,500

Position Job Classification Full time - Exempt

X Energy, LLC offers a robust benefits package that includes a 401K plan with an employer match, Medical/Dental /Vision Insurance, Life and Disability Insurance, Paid Time Off, and a Tuition Reimbursement/Professional Development policy that supports the continuing education of our employees.

X-energy is delivering the next generation of carbon-free energy by reinventing nuclear power. We believe in leaving a cleaner planet for our children and grandchildren, while continuing to provide sufficient and affordable power to sustain growing populations around the world. That is why we have reinvented nuclear power, with a unique combination of proven technologies and new innovations, to meet our current and future needs.

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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Posters X-energy does not discriminate in employment against qualified individuals on the basis of a disability, and understands its obligation to make reasonable accommodation for individuals with physical or mental impairments that qualify as a disability under the ADA and ADAAA, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the company. It is an applicant’s or employee’s responsibility to participate in this interactive process by seeking an accommodation, assisting X-energy in reviewing accommodation alternatives and providing medical certification of the need for an accommodation. Any applicant or employee who wishes to seek an accommodation under this policy should contact the Human Resources Department via email at [e-mail]. Whether a requested accommodation would create an undue hardship will be determined based on the facts of each particular case.