Senior Scheduler

Talascend; Troy (MI); Remote; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in advanced reactor projects is seeking a Senior Scheduler to support planning and scheduling efforts. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in project scheduling, particularly with Oracle Primavera P6, and will be responsible for developing schedules, reporting progress, and ensuring project milestones are met. This role requires strong analytical skills and the ability to work collaboratively with project teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of project scheduling experience.
• Experience in R&D, engineering, or DOE projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an integrated baseline lifecycle schedule in P6.
• Provide weekly progress reports and update the master schedule.
• Analyze critical path and constraints to ensure milestones are achieved.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

PMP Certification

PMI-SP Certification

AACE Certification

Tools

Oracle Primavera P6

MS Power BI

Microsoft Project Online

Atlassian Tools

Job description

Talascend is currently seeking a Senior Scheduler for a contract opportunity Remote

SUMMARY :

Talascend is seeking to contract with a Senior Project Scheduler that will have responsibility for supporting planning and scheduling efforts of our advance reactor projects. The successful candidate must have demonstrated proficiency in Oracle Primavera P6 scheduling software. Additionally, the candidate must have the ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks with a high volume of interruptions, develop and progress the schedule, integrate and validate teaming partners and subcontractor updates, follow-up on tasks and report schedule trends and metrics, and process project change notices into the control schedule

RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Develop and maintain an integrated baseline lifecycle schedule in P6.
• Regularly update and provide weekly progress reports, layouts and publication of the master schedule.
• Identify and communicate variances from the original plan and weekly baseline snapshots.
• Evaluate project schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas.
• Process project change notices into P6 baseline and live schedule monthly.
• Analyze critical path and constraints to determine the effect of progress changes to schedule and recommend solutions to ensure baseline key milestones are achieved.
• Support P6 administration functions to ensure EPPM data, global code fields, baseline copies and data interface to other applications are maintained properly.
• Assist with the facilitation of project review meetings, and project planning support as assigned and actively interact with project team members.
• Assist and interact with team members to drive out continual improvement of schedule project controls metrics and other performance indicators.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS :

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalenttechnical field preferred.
• PMP, PMI-SP or AACE certificate is preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of project scheduling experience,preferably including work in R&D, engineering and / or Department of Energy (DOE O 413.3B) projects.
• Proficiency in Oracle Primavera P6 and EPPM application.
• Experience in MS Power BI Service, Oracle BI or other data analytics platforms.
• Experience with Atlassian tools such as Confluence and JIRA a bonus.
• Experience using Microsoft Project Online a bonus.
• Strong analytical / problem solving skills, creative thinker.
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork.
• Actual position starting level and title will be determined based on assessment of qualifications.