Project Scheduler

Domino Technologies, Inc.; Middletown Township (PA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Holidays and Vacation

Positive Work-Life Balance

Job summary

A leading IT solutions provider is seeking a Project Scheduler in Middletown, PA. The role involves developing and managing project schedules for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's Unified Back Office Solution. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years of project scheduling experience, strong knowledge of Microsoft Project, and excellent communication skills. This position offers a hybrid work environment, focusing mostly on remote work with some on-site presence. Join the team to contribute to an impactful technology project.

Qualifications

• 5+ Years of experience in IT project scheduling.
• Strong attention to detail and collaboration across teams.
• Familiarity with critical path concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules.
• Coordinate with project managers to validate resource availability.
• Track progress against approved baselines.

Skills

Experience supporting large scale IT Project or Program Schedules

Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project

Ability to manage and reconcile schedule inputs

Experience identifying schedule risks

Clear written and verbal communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, or related field

Microsoft Project module training

Tools

Microsoft Project

Azure DevOps

SharePoint

Job description

UBOS Project Scheduler / Full-Time / Hybrid / Middletown, PA

Become a member of a growing team of Information Technology professionals making an impact and providing solutions for Government and Commercial clients since 1996 – Join the Domino Tech Team!

The Position:

Location: Hybrid; Remote Off-Site and On-Site in Middletown, PA

Duration: 24+ Month Project

Note: Hybrid work environment is expected to be primarily remote off-site with one week per month on-site in Middletown, PA; varying with project needs. In addition to the PA ePATCH background check, PTC requires a National Criminal Background Check prior to engagement start.

We are seeking a highly skilled, experienced Project Scheduler to join our team assisting the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) Information Technology (IT) Department on their exciting and innovative technology project called the Unified Back Office Solution (UBOS). UBOS is an advanced back-office system that, when developed and deployed, will allow customers to engage with the Commission to address all their business needs, via a multitude of channels (web, mobile app, chatbot, chat, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), phone, social media, etc.).

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a key contributor within the UBOS Program Management Office, supporting a complex Tolling Back Office program implementation using commercial off the shelf software.
• Develop, maintain, and report on detailed project and program schedules under the guidance of Program, Project Managers, and technical/functional leads.
• Work closely with project managers, technical leads, and cross-functional teams to ensure schedule accuracy, visibility, and timely communication of risks and impacts.
• Focus on execution-level scheduling, dependency tracking, and progress reporting using Microsoft Project.
• Develop, maintain, and update detailed project and program schedules using Microsoft Project, supporting multiple teams and workstreams, while referencing the detailed tasks in Microsoft ADO.
• Create and manage a fully resource-loaded schedule, incorporating labor resources, role-based assignments, and effort estimates across internal teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Support the integrated master schedule (IMS) by maintaining task logic, dependencies, milestones, and constraints across assigned projects.
• Coordinate with, and drive, project managers, team leads, and vendors to collect schedule updates and validate task status, forecasted date, resource allocations, availability, resource contention analysis, and forecast demand.
• Track progress against approved baselines and identify schedule variances.
• Perform basic critical path and dependency analysis to identify potential schedule risks and impacts.
• Escalate schedule risks, issues, and cross-team dependency conflicts to Program and Project Managers with clear impact summaries.
• Support change control activities by assessing schedule impacts related to scope changes, technical decisions, or resource constraints.
• Prepare routine schedule reports, milestone trackers, and status summaries for program leadership and governance forums.
• Drive schedule review meetings, planning sessions, and milestone readiness discussions.
• Ensure schedules align with PMO standards, delivery methodologies, and reporting requirements.
• Maintain schedule documentation and support auditability and traceability of schedule changes.
• Assist with continuous improvement of scheduling templates, standards, and practices within the PMO.
• Fully document all created work associated with this position, including impact analysis reports, lessons learned, best practices for others to follow, plus any other documentation as required by the Commission. This documentation shall follow the format and / or templates as instructed by the Commission.
• Develop and maintain a productive working relationship with technology staff, business owners, project sponsors, vendors, and key clients.
• Lead and participate in project team activities for planning efforts related to enterprise systems build.
• Work independently to accomplish the tasks and duties assigned.
• Adhere to and follow all Commission standards, policies, and procedures.
• Utilize various software and/or technology tools to perform job duties.
• Perform tasks and other duties as related to this position and role and assigned by the Commission.

Skills and Experience

• 5+ Years: Experience supporting large scale IT Project or Program Schedules
• Demonstrated solid scheduling fundamentals, strong attention to detail, and effective collaboration across multiple teams
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project and Microsoft Planner, including task breakdown and sequencing, dependency and constraint management, milestones and baseline tracking, schedule updates and variance reporting, resource loading, effort estimation, and capacity tracking
• Experience creating and maintaining resource-loaded schedules, coordinating labor assignments across multiple teams, roles, vendors, or system dependencies
• Ability to work with project managers and team leads to validate resource availability, workload balancing, and forecasted staffing needs
• Ability to manage and reconcile schedule inputs from multiple stakeholders
• Experience identifying schedule risks, dependency conflicts, and potential delivery impacts
• Ability to clearly communicate schedule concerns and risks to Project and Program Managers
• Familiarity with basic critical path concepts and schedule impact analysis
• Experience supporting IT initiatives such as software development, systems integration, or enterprise applications
• Support hybrid delivery models by aligning sprint-level planning with milestone-based tracking in Microsoft Project and backlog tools such as Azure DevOps
• Understanding of PMO processes, project lifecycle phases, and governance checkpoints
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently on assigned tasks while collaborating within a broader program team
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, multi-priority environment
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Business Management, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Microsoft Project module training or certification is a plus
• PMP or PMI-Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) certification is a plus
• ITIL Foundation certification is a plus
• Agile or SAFe fundamentals certification is a plus

Additional / Preferred Skillset

• Experience planning and delivering Tolling, Transportation, Customer Service, Back Office systems, or public sector programs
• Exposure to working with system integrators or external vendors
• Familiarity with tools such as ServiceNow (Project/Demand), SharePoint, or similar collaboration/reporting tools
• Basic experience with schedule reporting dashboards or executive status reporting
• Exposure to Agile planning events (e.g., sprint planning, release planning, PI planning)
• Working knowledge of backlog tracking tools such as Azure DevOps (ADO), Jira, ALM, etc. and PowerBI

The Company

The mission of Domino Technologies, Inc. is to provide clients with IT solutions for their individual business processes that lead to strategic market advantages. Since its founding in 1996, the Domino Tech Team has built a solid record of performance working with clients in the Government and Commercial sectors.

The Perks

• Paid Holidays and Vacation
• Positive Work-Life Balance

The Location

Domino Technologies is based in the Harrisburg area – the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Dauphin County. Located on the east bank of the Susquehanna River, Harrisburg is the anchor of the Susquehanna Valley metropolitan area.

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Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting