Project Controls Scheduler

Arizona Public Service - APS; Phoenix (AZ); Presencial; USD 85.000 - 115.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Arizona Public Service (APS) in Phoenix, AZ, seeks a Project Controls Scheduler to support the planning and execution of critical Transmission & Distribution projects. You will develop and maintain integrated project schedules, provide schedule analysis and reporting, and help teams identify and mitigate schedule risks.

This role ensures projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and on time by partnering with project managers, engineers, construction teams, procurement professionals, and other

Formación

• High school diploma or GED plus 2 years scheduling or project controls experience.
• Experience with Primavera P6 or equivalent scheduling tools.
• Working knowledge of scheduling principles and project controls fundamentals.

Responsabilidades

• Build, maintain, and analyze integrated project schedules for T&D capital projects.
• Track progress, identify schedule risks, and develop mitigations.
• Provide clear reporting, look-ahead schedules, and milestone tracking.
• Support scheduling standards and tools improvement.
• Contribute to successful delivery of substations, transmission, and distribution projects.

Conocimientos

Scheduling

Project controls fundamentals

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Educación

High school diploma or GED

Herramientas

Primavera P6

InEight Estimate

Hard Dollar

Power BI

Excel

Descripción del empleo

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.

Join APS and Help Deliver Critical Energy Infrastructure

APS is seeking a Project Controls Scheduler to support the planning and execution of critical Transmission & Distribution projects that power communities across Arizona. In this role, you will develop and maintain integrated project schedules, provide schedule analysis and reporting, and help project teams proactively identify and mitigate project risks.

This position plays a key role in ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and on time. You will collaborate with project managers, engineers, construction teams, procurement professionals, and other stakeholders to maintain schedule integrity and support informed decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.

What You’ll Do

• Build, maintain, and analyze integrated project schedules for T&D capital projects.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to track project progress, identify schedule risks, and develop mitigation strategies.
• Provide clear project reporting, schedule performance updates, and milestone tracking to project teams and leadership.
• Support project controls processes and help drive continuous improvement in scheduling standards, methods, and tools.
• Contribute to the successful delivery of substation, transmission, and distribution projects that support Arizona's growing energy needs.

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

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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). Why APS? At APS, you'll have the opportunity to work on impactful infrastructure projects that support reliable energy delivery across Arizona while collaborating with experienced professionals in engineering, construction, and project management. Your work will directly influence project success and help shape the future of Arizona's energy grid.