Senior Project Scheduler

Strata Careers; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Strata Careers seeks a Senior Project Scheduler to lead scheduling across multiple utility-scale solar and BESS projects with budgets from $25MM to $300MM. The role emphasizes CPM, Primavera, and cross-functional coordination on EPC execution. You will coach junior staff and interface with clients as needed.

Responsibilities include driving schedule creation, reporting, risk analysis, and process standardization within an EPC portfolio, while maintaining clear visibility into performance trends.

Qualifications

• 7+ years using Primavera P6: driving meetings and live updates.
• 5+ years in EPC project scheduling, preferably solar/renewable energy.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, CPM, resource loading, activity codes, and Earned Value reporting.
• Strong understanding of EPC workflows and construction sequencing.
• Excellent communication and proactive, detail-oriented mindset.
• Willingness to travel to project sites (<5%).

Responsibilities

• Facilitate cross functional planning sessions with engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams to build schedules.
• Oversee reporting to project teams: look-ahead schedules, manpower forecasts, KPI dashboards.
• Work at project and portfolio level to drive clear organization-wide reporting.
• Step into the role of any planner to identify quality issues and solutions.
• Conduct schedule risk analysis, critical path reviews, and mitigation recommendations.
• Standardize scheduling practices and reporting across EPC portfolio.
• Provide visibility into schedule status and performance trends.
• Educate non-schedulers on CPM basics and Primavera date calculations.
• Support scheduling tool coding and enterprise information.

Skills

Primavera P6

CPM scheduling

Earned Value

Resource loading

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Senior Project Scheduler is a leader and contributor in the organization within the scheduling function on multiple utility-scale solar and BESS projects ranging from $25MM to $300MM. This role requires full lifecycle project experience with a strong emphasis on EPC execution and cross-functional coordination. In addition to applying Critical Path Method and Takt Planning method to projects ensure all functions work in concert, the Sr Planner teaches and coaches less experienced persons within the organization and may also interface with clients, on occasion.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Facilitate cross functional planning sessions with engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams to build new schedules from a template.
• Oversee transparent and consistent reporting to project teams, including look-ahead schedules, manpower forecasts, and KPI dashboards.
• Works at both the individual project level and the portfolio level to drive consistently clear reporting to those in the entire organization.
• Can step into the shoes of any planner on any project and quick discern quality issues, critical items, and potential solutions.
• Conduct schedule risk analysis, critical path reviews, and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Drive standardization of scheduling practices and reporting formats across the EPC portfolio.
• Support project teams with clear visibility into schedule status and performance trends.
• Support process and tool enhancements as we work toward efficient processes from project inception to project closeout, cost and schedule reporting, and creation of resource histograms for Engineering and Construction.
• Educate non-schedulers on how CPM scheduling works and how Primavera calculates dates as you’ll be the expert.
• Supports scheduling tool coding and structure in addition to other enterprise level information.

Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements

• 7+ years using Primavera P6: driving meetings and live updates, understanding how the tool works including early dates, late dates, constraints, best practices, and baselines.
• 5+ years in EPC project scheduling, preferably in solar or renewable energy.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, with expertise in CPM, resource loading, activity code assignment, and reporting with knowledge of Earned Value Methodology.
• Strong understanding of EPC workflows and construction sequencing.
• Excellent communication skills and a proactive, detail-oriented mindset.
• Willingness to travel to project sites as needed (< 5%).

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

Durham, NC headquarters with some travel to sites and for training (< 10%). Must be able to sit, stand, bend, and lift up to 20 lbs.

This job description is intended to describe the essential job functions of this position and is not intended to be an all-inclusive statement of job responsibilities.