Senior Transmission and Substation Project Scheduler

Verdantas; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Verdantas, a leader in environmental consulting and sustainable engineering, seeks a Senior Project Scheduler to support a multi-billion-dollar electric transmission capital project. This hybrid role is local to our Houston, TX office, with regular on-site engagement.

The Senior Scheduler will own the integrated master schedule, set scheduling standards, and apply them across concurrent projects and EPC contractors so portfolio performance is visible, defensible, and actionable.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated master schedule across the portfolio, establishing the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), activity coding, calendar, and milestone conventions.
• Develop and baseline complex CPM schedules in Primavera P6 and MS Project for multi-contractor, outage-constrained work.
• Lead critical path, float, variance, earned value, time-impact, and recovery analysis at project and portfolio level.
• Coordinate schedule interfaces between projects and EPC contractors.
• Author and maintain schedule specifications, procedures, quality criteria, and KPI definitions.

Job description

Welcome to Verdantas, where innovation meets sustainability, and your career finds purpose!

At Verdantas, we're redefining environmental consulting and sustainable engineering through our use of cutting-edge modeling and digital technology and our genuine commitment to people. Our work spans high-growth sectors like water resources, resilient land use, energy transformation, and civil infrastructure.

Our commitment to excellence, across more than 90 offices, is championed by a team of over 2,000 experts, scientists, engineers, geologists, and technical specialists, embedded in a people-focused culture, prioritizing the well-being of our employees, clients, and the communities we serve. We partner with clients to deliver smart, data-driven solutions to complex environmental and infrastructure challenges. We don't just solve problems; we help shape a more sustainable future.

Join a people-first culture that values your well-being, empowers your growth, and amplifies your impact. At Verdantas, your career goes beyond the expected, and your work helps build a better world.

Ready to shape the future of resilient communities?

We are seeking a Senior Project Scheduler to support a multi-billion-dollar electric transmission capital project. This position is hybrid and must be local to our Houston, TX office.

The Senior Scheduler owns the integrated master schedule and the scheduling function across a large transmission capital portfolio. This role sets the program's scheduling standard, including the schedule specification, coding structure, quality metrics, and reporting framework, and applies it across concurrent projects and multiple EPC contractors so portfolio-level performance is visible, comparable, and defensible.

What You'll Do:

Portfolio Performance Monitoring & Schedule Management

Own the integrated master schedule across the portfolio, establishing the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), activity coding, calendar, and milestone conventions that allow concurrent projects to be rolled up and compared

Develop and baseline complex Critical Path Management (CPM) schedules in Primavera P6 and MS Project for the most technically demanding projects, including multi-contractor, multi-front, and outage-constrained work

Lead critical path, float, variance, earned value, what-if, time-impact, and recovery analysis at both project and portfolio level

Manage float as a program resource, monitoring consumption across projects and identifying where surplus on one project can release constrained resources to another

Identify systemic schedule risk across the portfolio, distinguishing a recurring pattern from an isolated project problem

Design the schedule reporting framework, determining what is measured, how it is presented, and what triggers action, and produce portfolio dashboards and executive reporting

Coordinate schedule interfaces between projects, including shared corridors, shared outage windows, common long-lead equipment, and adjacent utility dependencies

Schedule Governance & Standards

Author and maintain the program schedule specification, scheduling procedures, schedule quality criteria, and schedule KPI definitions, in collaboration with client governance teams

Establish the contractor schedule review and acceptance process, and the thresholds at which schedule movement requires narrative justification, impact analysis, or escalation

Lead review and acceptance of EPC contractor baseline and update schedules across multiple contractors, holding a consistent standard across the portfolio

Own schedule change control, assessing impacts of scope change, evaluating delay claims and time extension requests, and supporting mitigation and recovery planning

Drive continuous improvement of scheduling practice, feeding lessons learned back into procedures, templates, and training

Client & Stakeholder Communication

Serve as the senior scheduling point of contact for owner program leadership, presenting portfolio schedule performance, forecast confidence, and recovery options in program and executive reviews

Lead schedule discussions with EPC contractors, holding them to the specification while keeping the working relationship productive

Present at milestone-readiness reviews and support stage-gate decisions with schedule evidence

Work on site at the client's downtown Houston offices on a regular basis as an embedded member of the internal project team

Risk Identification & Escalation

Surface emerging portfolio-level schedule risk early, with quantified impact, alternatives, and a recommended course of action

Define and apply escalation thresholds and response times for schedule exposure, and hold the program to them

Maintain the record of schedule assumptions, mitigation commitments, and recovery actions, and drive them to verified closure

People & Team Development

Mentor and develop project-level schedulers and project controls staff; raise consistency of P6 practice across the program team

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