Senior Primavera P6 Scheduler for Electric Distribution Projects

Socket.dev; Morristown (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

CARIAN is seeking a Project Controls Scheduler – Electric Distribution (Primavera P6) to support major electric utility distribution capital programs. The role develops, maintains, analyzes, and reports on detailed project schedules in Oracle Primavera P6.

This role may be based in Morristown, NJ; Akron, OH; or Reading, PA, with client-site presence and travel as required by project needs. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of project controls and scheduling experience, strong analytical skills,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or a related field required.
• 4+ years of experience in project controls, scheduling, construction management, or capital project delivery.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle Primavera P6 required.
• Strong understanding of schedule development, activity sequencing, logic ties, critical path analysis, progress measurement, schedule updates, and variance reporting.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, data analysis, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update detailed project schedules in Oracle Primavera P6.
• Support electric utility distribution capital projects across planning, engineering, procurement, construction, and closeout.
• Develop and maintain schedule activities, logic, milestones, durations, dependencies, resources, and progress updates.
• Support multiple project managers concurrently across active distribution projects and programs.
• Coordinate schedule updates with project managers, engineers, construction teams, contractors, and client stakeholders.
• Perform schedule quality checks to confirm accuracy, logic integrity, sequencing, and alignment with project requirements.
• Analyze schedule performance, critical path, milestones, constraints, and variances and support development of corrective actions or recovery plans.
• Track project progress and identify potential schedule risks, delays, dependencies, and execution constraints.
• Support project controls reporting, including schedule status, milestone tracking, variance analysis, look-ahead reporting, and management dashboards.
• Integrate and analyze schedule data using Microsoft Excel and other reporting tools.
• Support alignment of schedule information with project cost, forecast, and other project controls data.
• Participate in project meetings and provide schedule updates, analysis, and recommendations as needed.
• Maintain organized schedule files, logs, reports, and supporting project documentation.
• Support project closeout activities, including final schedule updates and documentation turnover.

Skills

Primavera P6

Excel

Scheduling

Project Controls

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

CARIAN is seeking a Project Controls Scheduler – Electric Distribution (Primavera P6) to support major electric utility distribution capital programs. The role develops, maintains, analyzes, and reports on detailed project schedules in Oracle Primavera P6.

This role may be based in Morristown, NJ; Akron, OH; or Reading, PA, with client-site presence and travel as required by project needs. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of project controls and scheduling experience, strong analytical skills,