Project Scheduler

Type One Energy Group, Inc.; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Stock options

Insurance plans

Retirement options

Job summary

Type One Energy Group, Inc. is hiring a Project Scheduler in Knoxville, TN to build and maintain detailed project schedules for FusionDirect.

You will gather progress, validate data, and update plans while learning CPM and schedule governance under an experienced Lead Master Scheduler. You will coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, and manufacturing teams, develop reports and dashboards in Power BI, and help integrate contractor schedules with internal plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, project management, business, data analytics, or a related discipline.
• Approximately 1-5 years of experience in project scheduling or related roles.
• Understanding of schedules, dependencies, milestones, progress tracking, and CPM.
• Strong attention to detail and data handling abilities.
• Ability to communicate clearly across technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience with Excel, MS Project, and 365 suite; familiarity with Primavera P6/Smartsheet.
• Exposure to capital-intensive programs and schedule reporting.

Responsibilities

• Schedule development and maintenance for detailed project schedules.
• Collect progress, validate inputs, and update schedules on a regular cycle.
• Conduct schedule health checks; identify gaps, constraints, and float issues.
• Review critical paths with scheduler lead to identify delays and risks.
• Maintain baselines, document changes, and support variance analysis.
• Prepare milestone reports, look-ahead schedules, and dashboards for Power BI/PowerPoint.
• Coordinate with internal teams and with EPC/EPCM inputs for integrated schedules.
• Support planning workshops and follow up to close gaps.

Skills

CPM

Primavera P6

Schedule governance

Excel

Microsoft Project

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, project management, business, data analytics, or related discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Primavera Cloud

Smartsheet

Power BI

Excel

Microsoft Project

MS 365

Job description

About this position

• Join us in our mission to commercialize fusion energy

About Type One Energy

Type One Energy Group is mission-driven to provide sustainable, affordable fusion power to the world. Established in 2019 and venture-backed in 2023, the company is led by a team of globally recognized fusion scientists with a strong track record of building state-of-the-art stellarator fusion machines, together with veteran business leaders experienced in scaling companies and commercializing energy technologies.

If you are searching for the best new ideas and share our vision, join us as a Project Scheduler . This is what you need to know:

Location: Knoxville, TN

Salary: Highly Competitive Plus Benefits

Contract: Permanent, full time

Reporting to: Director of Project Controls

Your role in the mission:

The Project Scheduler will support the development, maintenance, and analysis of project and program schedules for FusionDirect. This is an early-career project controls role designed for someone who wants to build strong scheduling capability while working alongside an experienced Lead Master Scheduler.

You will help collect progress updates, maintain schedule data, check logic and milestones, prepare reports, and coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, manufacturing, and program teams. Over time, you will take ownership of assigned schedules and work packages, with coaching in Critical Path Method (CPM), Primavera P6, schedule governance, and owner-side EPC/EPCM integration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Schedule development and maintenance: Support the creation and maintenance of detailed project schedules, including activities, durations, logic, milestones, calendars, and coding structures.
• Progress collection and updates: Coordinate with project managers, engineers, procurement, construction, manufacturing, and other stakeholders to collect status, validate inputs, and update schedules on an agreed cycle.
• Schedule quality: Assist with schedule health checks by identifying open ends, missing logic, excessive constraints, out-of-sequence progress, unusual float, and incomplete activity details.
• Critical path support: Review critical and near-critical paths with the Lead Master Scheduler and help identify emerging delays, handoff risks, and schedule integration issues.
• Baseline and change control: Maintain approved baselines, document schedule changes, and support variance analysis in accordance with project controls and change-control processes.
• Reporting and dashboards: Prepare milestone reports, look-ahead schedules, variance summaries, schedule narratives, and data extracts for Power BI, PowerPoint presentations.
• Integrated schedule coordination: Help integrate internal workstream schedules with contractor and partner schedules, including EPC/EPCM schedule inputs.
• Planning workshops: Participate in schedule development and review sessions, capture assumptions and actions, and follow up with owners to close planning gaps.
• Continuous improvement: Support templates, procedures, coding standards, schedule dictionaries, and reporting improvements that make schedule information more consistent and useful.

What you’ll need

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, project management, business, data analytics, or a related discipline. Equivalent relevant experience will also be considered.
• Approximately 1-5 years of experience in project scheduling, project controls, project coordination, engineering planning, construction planning, or a related role. Relevant internships and co-op experience may count.
• Basic understanding of project schedules, dependencies, milestones, progress tracking, and the Critical Path Method, or a demonstrated ability to learn these concepts quickly.
• Strong attention to detail and comfort working with dates, data, logic, and structured information.
• Ability to communicate clearly, follow up professionally, and work across technical and non-technical teams.
• Working proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project and the Microsoft 365 suite.
• Curiosity, accountability, and willingness to learn from an experienced scheduling lead in a fast-moving technical program.
• Experience with Primavera P6, Primavera Cloud, Smartsheet, or another scheduling or project-management platform.
• Exposure to engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, commissioning, energy, infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, or other capital-intensive programs.
• Experience preparing schedule reports or dashboards in Excel or Power BI.
• Familiarity with WBS structures, baseline management, earned value concepts, schedule risk, or change control.
• Coursework or certification progress related to PMI, AACE International, project management, construction management, or project controls.

We offer :

In addition to a basic salary and yearly bonus, you will also get…

• A hybrid work policy
• Stock options
• Insurance plans
• Retirement options
• And many more great voluntary benefits

Type One Energy applies proven advanced manufacturing methods, modern computational physics and high-field superconducting magnets to develop its optimized stellarator fusion energy system. Our FusionDirect development program pursues the lowest-risk, shortest-schedule path to a fusion power plant over the coming decade, using a partner-intensive and capital-efficient strategy.

Type One Energy is committed to community engagement in the development and deployment of its clean energy technology. For more information, visit www.typeoneenergy.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

Export Control Compliance Notice

This position may require access to technology, technical data, software, or other information that is subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations. Any offer of employment will be contingent upon the Company's ability to comply with applicable U.S. Export Control Laws, including obtaining any required government authorizations.

Type One Energy is a Global, U.S.-based company that develops and utilizes technologies subject to U.S. export control and trade compliance regulations. Certain positions may require access to controlled technologies, technical data, software, or other information regulated by U.S. Export Control Laws.

For positions involving access to export-controlled technology or information, the Company may be required to determine whether any government authorization or license is needed before such access can be provided. Any offer of employment for such positions may be contingent upon the Company's ability to comply with applicable U.S. Export Control Laws and obtain any required government authorizations.

U.S. Employment Eligibility Verification

For positions based in the United States, Type One Energy participates in E-Verify and verifies the identity and employment authorization of newly hired employees in accordance with applicable federal law. Employees hired to work in the United States will be required to complete the Form I-9 employment eligibility verification process upon hire.

Type One Energy is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, business needs, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

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