Senior Project Scheduler – Energy & Utilities (P6)

K&A Engineering; St. Louis (MO); Remote; USD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401K (Traditional and Roth)

Paid Holidays and Flexible PTO

Career development opportunities

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

K&A Power Group is seeking a seasoned Project Scheduler/Planner to join our St. Louis team.

You will lead master scheduling for major energy projects, coordinating across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning while visiting sites several times per week to verify progress and updates. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in scheduling and CPM analysis, a related engineering degree, and strong Primavera P6 expertise to align baselines with client needs and deliver timely project

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in project scheduling, planning, and controls.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• Extensive experience supporting generation projects (natural gas, coal, or utility scale power).
• Experience supporting EPC contractors, utilities, or OEMs in major energy infrastructure builds is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Project Scheduling & Planning.
• Develop and manage the master schedule in Primavera P6 (or client tools).
• Integrate engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup activities.
• Track progress, forecast impacts, and assess schedule risks across all workstreams.
• Conduct critical path, what-if, and optimization analyses.
• Align schedules, reporting, and baselines with the client’s on-site scheduler.
• Field & Site Coordination to visit the site multiple times per week to gather progress and validate schedule updates.
• Review contractor look-ahead schedules, manpower plans, and productivity.
• Verify assumptions and updates through direct field coordination with superintendents and project teams.
• Prepare weekly/monthly schedule reports, dashboards, and leadership updates.
• Communicate variances, risks, delays, and recommended mitigations.
• Participate in planning meetings, progress reviews, and coordination sessions.
• Support earned value, KPIs, and productivity reporting.
• Identify schedule risks, constraints, and improvement opportunities.
• Update schedules to reflect design changes, procurement delays, and field issues.
• Maintain schedule baselines and support change management processes.

Skills

Project scheduling & planning

CPM / critical path

Communication

On-site coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

K&A Power Group is seeking a seasoned Project Scheduler/Planner to join our St. Louis team.

You will lead master scheduling for major energy projects, coordinating across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning while visiting sites several times per week to verify progress and updates. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in scheduling and CPM analysis, a related engineering degree, and strong Primavera P6 expertise to align baselines with client needs and deliver timely project