Project Controls Scheduler

APS (Arizona Public Service); Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Arizona Public Service (APS) seeks a Project Controls Scheduler to develop and maintain integrated project schedules for Transmission & Distribution projects, including substations and transmission lines. You will work with PMs, engineers, and construction leads to keep schedules accurate, identify risks, and support decision-making.

Responsibilities include updating progress, creating WBS, tying cost and schedule data, and delivering regular reports and narratives.

Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED plus two (2) years scheduling and/or project controls experience.
• Experience with Primavera P6 or equivalent scheduling tools.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains logic-driven, resource-loaded schedules in Primavera P6 across T&D projects.
• Partners with PMs, engineers and procurement to capture schedule impacts and update accordingly.
• Produces weekly progress reports, look-ahead schedules and monthly schedule narratives.
• Runs critical path, total float and logic analyses; identifies risks and proposes actions.
• Applies scheduling standards and templates; gains proficiency with cost and estimating platforms and reporting tools.

Skills

Scheduling

Project controls

Team collaboration

Risk assessment

Education

High school diploma/GED

Tools

Primavera P6

InEight Estimate / Hard Dollar

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Arizona Public Service generates clean, reliable and affordable energy for 2.7 million Arizonans. Our service territory stretches across the state, from the border town of Douglas to the vistas of the Grand Canyon, from the solar fields of Gila Bend to the ponderosa pines of Payson. As the state's largest and longest-serving energy provider, our more than 6,000 dedicated employees power our vision of creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona.

Since our founding in 1886, APS has demonstrated a strong commitment to our customers in one of the country's fastest growing states, earning a reputation for customer satisfaction, shareholder value, operational excellence and business integrity.

Our present and future success depends on the creative and dedicated people of our company who demonstrate the principles outlined in the APS Promise: Design for Tomorrow, Empower Each Other and Succeed Together.

Summary

The Project Controls Scheduler supports the planning, development, and maintenance of integrated project schedules for Transmission & Distribution (T&D) projects. This role develops and updates logic-driven schedules, monitors schedule performance, and provides routine reporting and analysis to support effective project execution and decision-making.

The Project Controls Scheduler works closely with project managers, engineering, construction, procurement, and other stakeholders to maintain schedule accuracy, identify potential risks and impacts, and ensure alignment with project objectives. The role applies established scheduling standards and contributes to the continuous improvement of project controls tools, processes, and reporting practices.

Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma/GED plus two (2) years scheduling and/or project controls experience. Experience with Primavera P6 or equivalent scheduling tools.
• Preferred Special Skills, Knowledge or Qualifications: Working knowledge of scheduling principles and project controls fundamentals.

Major Accountabilities

1. Develops and maintains logic-driven, resource-loaded schedules in Primavera P6 across assigned T&D projects, including substations, overhead and underground transmission, and distribution feeders. Statuses activities weekly with input from project managers (PM), engineers and construction leads, updating progress, actual dates and remaining durations. Develops Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), activity coding, calendars, milestones, and logic ties on new schedules with senior review. Aligns schedule structure with the project controls cost structure so data ties cleanly between schedule and cost.
2. Partners directly with PMs, engineers, construction leads and procurement to capture schedule impacts and update accordingly. Presents schedule status on projects in client meetings with APS, partnering with the PM as the situation requires. Processes schedule revisions through formal change control, with senior review.
3. Produces weekly progress reports, look-ahead schedules, milestone summaries and monthly schedule narratives for project teams and leadership. Supports earned value reporting in partnership with cost analysts. Creates and manages metric reporting.
4. Runs critical path, total float and logic analyses on assigned schedules; identify risks and propose actions, not just observations. Checks schedule health and remediate leads, lags, hard constraints and missing logic on your schedules.
5. Applies established scheduling standards, templates, activity coding libraries and progressing methodologies; suggest improvements as you go. Builds proficiency with cost and estimating platforms (e.g., InEight Estimate / Hard Dollar) and reporting tools (Power BI, Excel).

Export Compliance / EEO Statement

This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates ('Pinnacle West') maintain a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, recruiting, hiring, promoting, compensating, reassigning, demoting, transferring, laying off, recalling, terminating employment, and training for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, disability, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other classification or characteristic protected by law.

For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to EEO is the Law poster. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of every person hired to work in the United States, refer to E-Verify poster. View the employee rights and responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

In compliance with the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988, the Company is committed to a work environment that is free from the effects of alcohol and controlled substances, and free from the abuse or inappropriate use of prescribed and over-the-counter medications. The Company requires employees to be subject to drug and alcohol testing that is job-related and consistent with business necessity, regulatory requirements and applicable laws.

Hybrid

Hybrid: Employees in hybrid roles work both in their home offices (virtually) and alongside their colleagues (in person).

In order for employees to build strong relationships and to promote meaningful in-person interactions, hybrid employees are expected to work about 40% of their time in-person at an APS or other (non-home office) location. *Employees are expected to reside in Arizona (or New Mexico for Four Corners-based employees).

*Working from a home office requires adequate technology and an appropriate ergonomic set up.

*Role types are subject to change based on business need.