Project Scheduler

Edgewater Technical Associates, LLC; Carlsbad (NM); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Edgewater Technical Associates in Carlsbad, NM seeks a Project Scheduler to support the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). The role centers on training maintenance personnel to use Oracle Primavera P6 for planning across multiple horizons and improving coordination and execution.

Responsibilities include building, updating, and maintaining P6 schedules, tracking preventive maintenance, coordinating outages, and integrating P6 practices into the maintenance program for long-term adoption.

Qualifications

• P6 scheduling experience required.
• Experience with PM scheduling and outages is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Teach staff to build, update, and maintain P6 schedules.
• Schedule and track preventive maintenance on a weekly, monthly, and annual basis.
• Assist in scheduling outages and manage resources with P6.
• Integrate P6 practices into the maintenance program for long‑term adoption.

Skills

Scheduling

Maintenance planning

Tools

Oracle Primavera P6

Job description

Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking qualified candidates for a Project Scheduler opportunity in Carlsbad, NM to support the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).

Work Location: On-Site at WIPP

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is the nation’s only permanent nuclear waste repository for defense-generated transuranic (TRU) waste generated from Department of Energy (DOE) sites across the country. Waste is permanently isolated over 2,000 feet underground in deep salt beds.

Position Overview

This role will train maintenance personnel on the effective use of Oracle Primavera P6 (P6) for planning and scheduling activities across multiple timeframes. This includes developing and managing the Plan of the Day, Plan of the Week, and Plan of the Month to improve coordination, efficiency, and execution of maintenance work.

Duties

• Responsibilities include instructing staff on how to build, update, and maintain schedules within P6, ensuring alignment with operational priorities and resource availability.
• The role will also support the scheduling and tracking of preventive maintenance (PM) activities on a weekly, monthly, and annual basis, ensuring compliance with maintenance requirements and minimizing downtime.
• Assist in scheduling, outage planning, and outage management, and scheduling, leveraging P6 to coordinate complex work scopes, optimize sequencing, manage resources, track execution progress, and ensure efficient completion of all outage activities.
• Integrate and institutionalize P6 scheduling practices into the existing maintenance program, providing guidance, standard processing, and support to ensure long‑term adoption and sustainability.

Qualifications

• P6 Schedule planning and production experience.

Edgewater will not submit your resume without first having detailed discussions with you and obtaining your permission to do so. We look forward to hearing from you!

WORKING WITH EDGEWATER

Founded in 2003, Edgewater is a professional and technical services firm supporting the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S., U.K., and Canadian Commercial Nuclear Industry, and private sector businesses involved in high-hazard or complex operations. Edgewater proudly offers expertise in numerous technical disciplines necessary to support operational environments where Integrated Safety Management and formal, disciplined operations are essential to ensure safety, quality, security, and regulatory compliance.

Edgewater is committed to recruiting and maintaining a staff of highly skilled professionals to support our customers. In keeping with this objective, we offer highly competitive salaries and employee benefit packages structured to best suit your needs. We offer multiple individual and family benefit options including paid time off, medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance, and a pre‑tax 401 (k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning DAY 1.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Edgewater is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected Veterans, or individuals with disabilities.