Project Scheduler - Project Scheduler Prin

AEP; Gahanna (OH); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AEP is seeking a Project Scheduler to coordinate scope of work activities and support Project Managers in scheduling and control functions. The role involves developing and maintaining complex schedules, tracking progress, and preparing status reports for the scope of work execution team.

The candidate should have related education, several years of experience in project planning, and familiarity with scheduling tools like Primavera or SmartSheet. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Analytical thinking and problem solving.
• Willingness to learn and take initiative.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Define activities, durations, sequences and milestones for scope of work plans.
• Ensure all scope and deliverables are accounted for.
• Develop and analyze project schedules using Primavera or SmartSheet; lead schedule reviews.
• Capture minutes, action items, and schedule updates; highlight risks and issues.
• Communicate schedule status to stakeholders and ensure governance alignment.
• Support governance standards and security role assignments; generate status reports.
• Prepare and analyze KPI metrics and reports.

Skills

Communication

Analytical skills

Proactive

Learning mindset

Independent thinker

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate's degree

High School Diploma / GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Summary

Location: Gahanna, OH

Category : Project Management/Controls

This role will be responsible for coordinating scope of work team activities and supporting the Project Managers (PMs). With some supervision, perform functions of as scheduler and/or commodity tracker for major projects. Develop, maintain & analyze less complex scope of work schedules using the assigned system. Develop and analyze scope of work schedules using assigned systems. Provide integrated cost loaded, resource loaded, and logic driven schedules, as applicable. Perform schedule maintenance, collecting progress data, developing and implementing scope of work schedule/status reports, and providing consistent, accurate information to the scope of work execution team.

Job Description

What you’ll do:

• Define activities, durations, work sequences, and relationship logic to develop the scope of work plan and develop milestones to represent key decisions and deliverables that take place during execution.

• Ensure all scope and deliverables are accounted for.

• Develop, maintain, and analyze scope of work project schedules using the assigned system (Primavera, SmartSheet, etc.). Organize and lead schedule review meetings with all stakeholders and incorporate appropriate details.

• Ensure clear minutes and action items, as required. Engage team and stakeholders to create schedules and provide schedule updates to team, alerting them to schedule risks and issues that could delay milestones.

• Communicate schedule status to project stakeholders.

• Understand the AEP project management organizational standards and assist in the management of projects to those standards. Adhere to the guidance and standards put forth by the AEP Project Management Governance Committee.

• Work with Administrator to assign security, profiles, and roles for new users. Learn, use, and refine sound techniques and best practices to update progress, acquire information, baseline schedules, maintain schedules, develop commodity curves, track metrics, and support project/outage teams on a routine basis. Provide periodic summary level status reports as requested.

• Prepare and analyze metrics reports or Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Project Scheduler:
What you'll need:

• Education requirement is dependent upon experience as indicated below. Qualified degrees must be in a related field from an accredited university or college and could include Accounting, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Technology, or Project Management.

• With a High School Diploma or GED, 5 years' qualified experience.

• With a qualified Associate's degree, three (3) years' qualified experience.

• With a qualified Bachelor's degree, one (1) year of qualified experience.

• Qualified experience includes utility specific operations knowledge/experience with a good working knowledge of work processes and procedures. Experience should be in design, operations, planning, project management, cost tracking analysis, forecasting, project budgets, working with accounting principles, and/or construction or maintenance of systems and/or equipment.

License/Certifications:

• A professional or trade certification such as a CCMP, CETa, IQCP, PMP, RMP, etc. is not required at this level. A certification is required to progress to the Principal (grade 008) level of this job family if you have a high school diploma/GED or non-qualified higher education degree. Otherwise, a certification is preferred at the Principal level.

Desired Skills:
Excellent communication, analytical, engaged, proactive, must have a willingness and a want to learn, independent thinker.
Other Requirements

• Demonstrate ability to manage time effectively and efficiently; show capacity for organizational and planning skills; as well as having an aptitude for accuracy, attention to detail, and ability to achieve goals.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Team player with ability to work and collaborate well with others.

• Immediate knowledge of Microsoft Office tools and ability to develop complex spreadsheets.

• Some travel, including overnight, may be required.

• Must be a self-motivated individual and able to work under general supervision, be independent, and competently perform current scheduling techniques and analyses on all scope of work aspects

• Understand and support the policies, values, principles, structure and behavior of AEP.

Project Scheduler, Sr:
What you’ll need:

• Education requirement is dependent upon experience as indicated below. Qualified degrees must be in a related field from an accredited university or college and could include Accounting, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Technology, or Project Management.

• With a High School Diploma or GED, 6 years' qualified experience. (Note: For Cook Nuclear Plant, 6 years of nuclear experience will suffice and a professional or trade certification is not required).

• With a qualified Associate's degree, 4 years' qualified experience.

• With a qualified Bachelor's degree, 2 years' qualified experience required.

Experience:

• Qualified experience includes utility specific operations knowledge/experience with a good working knowledge of work processes and procedures. Experience should be in design, operations, planning, project management, cost tracking analysis, forecasting, project budgets, working with accounting principles, and/or construction or maintenance of systems and/or equipment.

License/Certifications:

• A professional or trade certification such as a CCMP, CETa, IQCP, PMP, RMP, etc. is not required at this level. A certification is required to progress to the principal (grade 008) level of this job family if you have a high school diploma/GED or non-qualified higher education degree. Otherwise, a certification is preferred at the principal level.

Project Scheduler, Principal:
What you’ll need:

• Education requirement is dependent upon experience as indicated below. Qualified degrees must be in a related field from an accredited university or college and could include Accounting, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Technology, or Project Management.