Project Scheduler

Encore Talent Solutions; West Wheatfield Township (PA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Encore Talent Solutions is seeking a skilled Project Scheduler for on-site work in Wheatfield, IN. The role focuses on developing and controlling project schedules, integrating cost and risk management tools to forecast performance and support corrective actions.

Responsibilities include building qualitative and risk-managed baselines, conducting schedule reviews, and coordinating with stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Advanced ability to plan and schedule; develop, assess, analyze, progress; generate schedule levels of hierarchy; schedule database proficiency.
• Experience reading/interpreting schedules and proficiency with scheduling software.
• Integrated knowledge of project scope-schedule-cost, risk-quality management.

Responsibilities

• Increase proficiency in schedule development and schedule analysis and integrated cost and schedule forecasting using quantitative risk management tools and techniques.
• Develop qualitative and risk-managed integrated project baselines for performance measurement and action.
• Applies integrated objective risk management to project baselines and optimizes risk responses.
• Orchestrates contract commercial management and performs schedule performance analysis and forecasting.
• Applies core project controls expertise and integrates project management guidelines and tools.
• Tailors schedule management tools and provides life cycle planning with risk forecasting.
• Manage the project schedule performance baseline and forecast SV, identifying opportunities to avoid negative variances.
• Drive schedule assessment processes, integrate quality and risk response planning, and incorporate forward-looking actions into the schedule.
• Implement schedule predictive actions and produce standard project schedule reports.

Education

High School diploma

Construction/Engineering experience 4+ years with 2 years as scheduler

Tools

Primavera P6

Spreadsheet development

Job description

• This job will be on site in Wheatfield, IN
• Working remotely would be approved on a as needed based off of operational needs.
• Need to be able to travel to the other plants as needed for meetings and other scheduling needs.

Responsibilities:

• Increase proficiency in schedule development and schedule analysis and integrated cost and schedule forecasting using quantitative risk management tools and techniques (Expected Monetary Value and Sensitivity Analysis) to better predict project schedule and cost performance and enable timely corrective, preventive, and predictive action.
• Develop qualitative and risk-managed integrated project baselines that are used to effectively measure project performance and provide the ability to take corrective / preventive / predictive action. Apply the cost of quality to schedule management (development and monitoring and control).
• Applies integrated objective risk management to the project baselines to optimize project risk responses.
• Orchestrates contract commercial management, conducts contract performance assessment and reporting and initial contract performance analysis and contract schedule assessment, analysis, and change management forecasting. Performs contract reviews relative to contract scope and schedule performance; makes recommendations to the project management team and project manager as well as the Manager of Project Scheduling - Project Controls.
• Applies core project controls expertise.
• Review and coordinate the management and utilization of project management guidelines, project management standards, processes, job aids, and tools.
• Integrates all project management subsidiary systems to improve project performance.
• Tailors / creates schedule management tools / techniques to advance schedule performance.
• Provides continuous life cycle planning and scheduling processes with progressive risk management forecasting with increased predictability, accuracy and precision.
• Manages the project schedule performance baseline (as well as the integrated project baselines).
• Forecasts schedule performance and schedule variance (SV) and identifies opportunities to avoid negative schedule variances.
• Drives / directs schedule assessment and analysis processes, methods, tools and techniques and integrates quality and risk response planning to determine project preventive actions / predictive actions and incorporates path optimum forward activities, logic, resource requirements, work around, contingency plans, etc. into the project schedule to progressively increase schedule accuracy, flexibility, and precision.
• Works to implement schedule predictive (opportunity) actions.
• Perform standard and advanced project and special project schedule reporting as anticipated for the project stakeholders; compiles and produces schedule reports as needed.
• Drives a project integration mindset; integration of people, processes, tools, and techniques to advance the probability of project success.
• Optimize product life cycle costing competence.
• Becomes a project subject matter expert to the project management team, Major Project managers, Director, and other relevant stakeholders for proposed corrective, preventive, and predictive actions.
• Applies integrated thinking to schedule management that facilitates improved objective performance.

Required for Selection:

• Valid driver’s license
• High School diploma and four years of experience working as a scheduler or High School diploma and six years of construction / engineering experience with two of those years working as a project scheduler.
• Advanced ability to plan and schedule; develop, assess, analyze, progress; generate schedule levels of hierarchy; schedule database proficiency
• Ability to read and interpret schedules, schedule software proficiency; database development proficiency.
• High degree of proficiency in scheduling software (P6) and spreadsheet development, utilization, and controlled manipulation.
• Integrated knowledge base in project scope-schedule-cost, and risk-quality management.
• Integrated comprehension and application of project management subsidiary guidelines, standards, processes, and job aids.
• Integrated proficiency in risk and quality management tools and techniques.
• Enhanced comprehension of project planning and scheduling guidelines, standards, processes, and job aids.
• Experience in large industrial Capital Project environments preferred