Project Scheduler Sr

UNICON International Inc.; Moundsville (WV); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Other standard benefits

Job summary

UNICON is seeking a Project Scheduler Sr in Moundsville, WV, onsite. The role coordinates team activities, acts as scheduler and commodity tracker, and develops complex scope schedules while interfacing with execution teams, contractors, suppliers, and client management.

You will lead schedule reviews, maintain baselines, update KPIs, and mentor junior schedulers, adhering to client governance and project standards.

Qualifications

• Define activities, durations, sequences and milestones for execution.
• Develop fully integrated system schedules with resource loading and critical path methodology.
• Mentor and train junior schedulers and provide periodic status reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead schedule review meetings with stakeholders and incorporate details.
• Provide schedule analysis updates and alert teams to risks delaying milestones.
• Assist in administering client project management standards and governance.

Skills

P6 Primavera CPM

Schedule management

Stakeholder communication

Microsoft Office

KPI reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Associate's degree in related field

High School Diploma with 6 years' experience

Tools

P6 Primavera

Job description

Position Overview

This role will be responsible for coordinating team activities and supporting the Project Managers (PMs). With minimal supervision, perform role as scheduler and/or commodity tracker for major projects. Independently lead the effort to develop and analyze intermediate and complex scope of work schedules using the assigned system. Able to plan, schedule, integrate, baseline, update, maintain, and analyze scope of work schedules with minimal supervision or oversight. When applicable, maintain security, reporting, maintenance, and daily operation of systems and software and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for assigned scopes of work projects. Must be self-motivated, a good communicator, and team focused individual able to competently perform scheduling techniques and analyses on all scope of work aspects. Additional duties may include developing and implementing scope of work schedule status reports for the management team. The candidate must be able to interface with a variety of stakeholders including execution teams, contractors, suppliers, and client management.

Job Title: Project Scheduler Sr

Location: Moundsville, WV

Work Model: Onsite

What You Will Be Doing

• Define activities, durations, work sequences, and relationship logic to develop the plan and develop milestones to represent key decisions and deliverables that take place during execution.
• Ensure all logic and activities support the level of detail required by the customer and meet internal department standards and guidance.
• Ensure all scope and deliverables are accounted for.
• Develop fully integrated system schedules (including resource loading and leveling) for complex and intermediate scope of work execution teams including detailed system schedules that utilize critical path methodology based on work scope from the work packages and planners work list.
• 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 analysis updates to team, alerting them to schedule risks and issues that could delay milestones.
• Communicate schedule status to project stakeholders.
• Lead the administration of the client project management organizational standards and assist in the management of projects to those standards.
• Adhere to the guidance and standards put forth by the client Project Management Governance Committee.
• Work with Administrator to assign security, profiles and roles for new users.Use 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 KPIs. Mentor and train junior level schedulers.
• Perform/coordinate schedule and cost integration including SPI/CPI and setup/maintenance of associated data systems and processes on a project/outage basis.
• Recommend and develop What-If schedules such as compressed or crashed schedules, etc., as required to address problems that arise over the course of the scope of work and incorporate the necessary activity and logic changes into the schedule to provide minimum impact to the schedule.

Whats Needed

• 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.
• 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.

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.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office tools and ability to develop complex spreadsheets.
• Some travel, including overnight, may be required. On rare occassions, temporary relocation might be required to complete projects.
• 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.
• Safely and effectively perform light physical duties at various work sites including home and client locations in varying conditions.
• Understand and support the policies, values, principles, structure and behavior of client.
• Must be available to work overtime, call-out overtime and shift work, as required.
• Proficient at reviewing scope, client requirements, division of responsibility, project objectives and constraints to develop the strategy for effective project delivery.
• 5 years of P6 Primavera Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling experience. Must be able to update and perform schedule maintenance. Must have lead schedule experience. Outage scheduling experience preferred.
• As applicable based on role and site, duties can involve construction site walkdown on unstable surfaces, climbing ladders, and awareness of hazardous site conditions, as applicable.

Compensation & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Other standard benefits as applicable

Distribution List: Engineering

About Unicon

UNICON is a workforce solutions provider with over 35 years of experience supporting organizations across a variety of industries. We partner with our clients to deliver skilled professionals while maintaining a strong focus on quality, compliance, and long-term relationships. UNICON is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.