Project Scheduler Sr

Apex Systems; Moundsville (WV); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESPP

401K program with company match

HSA

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Discount savings program

Professional development

Career coaching

Welcome Packet resources

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems in Moundsville, WV is seeking a Senior Project Scheduler to coordinate activities and support Project Managers during critical utility outage maintenance phases. You will act as scheduler and commodity tracker for major outage projects, overseeing planning for boiler and turbine initiatives and interfacing with execution teams, contractors, and management.

The role requires five years of Primavera P6 CPM scheduling experience, strong Excel skills, and the ability to

Qualifications

• Education: a qualified degree from an accredited institution in Accounting, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Technology, or Project Management is preferred.
• Five years of hands‑on Primavera P6 Critical Path Method scheduling experience, including lead scheduler experience.
• Qualified utility specific operations knowledge or experience with work processes, design, planning, forecasting, and project budgets.

Responsibilities

• Define project activities, durations, work sequences, and relationship logic to develop robust execution plans and milestones.
• Develop fully integrated system schedules utilizing critical path methodology, including resource loading and leveling.
• Organize and lead schedule review meetings with stakeholders, providing analysis updates, alerting teams to risks, and tracking action items.
• Use Primavera P6 to update progress, baseline schedules, develop commodity curves, and track project metrics.
• Prepare and analyze Key Performance Indicators and summary level status reports for the management team.
• Perform and coordinate schedule and cost integration, including Schedule Variance and Cost Variance tracking.
• Recommend and develop contingency schedules, such as compressed or crashed schedules, to mitigate project delays.
• Participate in construction site walkdowns, which may involve traversing unstable surfaces and climbing ladders in industrial settings.

Skills

Primavera P6 scheduling

Critical Path Method

Stakeholder coordination

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Excel

MS Project

Job description

Job#: 3058191

Project Scheduler Sr

Location: Moundsville, West Virginia (On-site)

The selected candidate will coordinate team activities and support Project Managers during critical utility outage maintenance phases. This professional will act as a scheduler and commodity tracker for major utility outage projects, specifically overseeing planning for complex boiler and turbine initiatives. The position involves leading the development, analysis, integration, and maintenance of project schedules utilizing Primavera P6. The ideal candidate must be self‑motivated, collaborative, and capable of interfacing with diverse stakeholders including execution teams, contractors, and management.

Key Responsibilities

• Define project activities, durations, work sequences, and relationship logic to develop robust execution plans and milestones.
• Develop fully integrated system schedules utilizing critical path methodology, including resource loading and leveling.
• Organize and lead schedule review meetings with stakeholders, providing analysis updates, alerting teams to risks, and tracking action items.
• Use Primavera P6 to update progress, baseline schedules, develop commodity curves, and track project metrics.
• Prepare and analyze Key Performance Indicators and summary level status reports for the management team.
• Perform and coordinate schedule and cost integration, including Schedule Variance and Cost Variance tracking.
• Recommend and develop contingency schedules, such as compressed or crashed schedules, to mitigate project delays.
• Participate in construction site walkdowns, which may involve traversing unstable surfaces and climbing ladders in industrial settings.

Required Qualifications

Education: A qualified degree from an accredited institution in Accounting, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Technology, or Project Management is preferred. Minimum requirements are based on experience: a High School Diploma or GED requires 6 years of qualified experience; an Associate degree requires 4 years of qualified experience; a Bachelor degree requires 2 years of qualified experience.

Experience: Five years of hands‑on Primavera P6 Critical Path Method scheduling experience, including lead scheduler experience. Qualified utility specific operations knowledge or experience with work processes, design, planning, forecasting, and project budgets is required.

Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 software and Microsoft Office tools, specifically in developing complex spreadsheets.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with outage scheduling in a power plant or heavy industrial environment.
• Active professional certifications such as PMP, RMP, CCMP, CETa, or IQCP.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

• medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.
• HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan)
• SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions
• corporate discount savings program and other discounts
• professional development, including certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA
• dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach
• full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.