Senior Utility Project Scheduler | P6 Expert

Coalesce Management Consulting; Redfield (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Coalesce Management Consulting in the Little Rock Metropolitan Area is seeking an experienced Project Scheduler to support major generation and combined cycle capital projects. You will develop, maintain, and monitor project schedules to ensure alignment with client goals and timelines.

Responsibilities include using Primavera P6, tracking progress, analyzing variances, and providing critical path analyses for stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in utility project scheduling.
• Proven expertise with Primavera P6.
• Strong background in combined cycle or generation projects.
• Interface with project teams, contractors, and utility clients.
• Excellent reporting, communication, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules using Primavera P6
• Monitor progress, analyse variances, and recommend corrective actions
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and contractors to align schedules with project milestones and budgets
• Prepare schedule updates, progress reports, and critical path analyses for stakeholders
• Support risk identification and schedule recovery planning
• What You'll Be Doing: Develop and maintain detailed Primavera P6 project schedules
• Build and manage integrated engineering, procurement, and construction schedules
• Establish project baselines, milestones, critical paths, and WBS structures
• Perform critical path and schedule variance analysis
• Track planned, actual, and earned project progress
• Analyze schedule performance and identify potential delays
• Review and validate contractor schedules and schedule updates
• Monitor contractor progress against contractual milestones
• Develop schedule forecasts and provide completion-date projections
• Identify schedule risks and recommend mitigation/recovery strategies
• Support schedule change management and impact analysis
• Prepare schedule reports, dashboards, and executive-level updates
• Work closely with Project Managers and field teams to ensure schedule accuracy
• 10+ years of project scheduling / project controls experience
• Utility capital project experience required
• Strong hands-on experience with Primavera P6
• Experience scheduling large-scale capital construction projects
• Understanding of engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities
• Experience analyzing critical path, float, schedule variance, and progress
• Experience reviewing and challenging contractor schedules
• Experience working within EPC project environments
• Ability to communicate schedule risks and impacts to project leadership
• Owner-side and/or EPC contractor scheduling experience
• Experience with Acumen Fuse, Microsoft Project, and schedule risk analysis
• PMI and/or AACE International certifications
• Experience supporting complex, multi-year utility programs
• This is an opportunity to play a key scheduling role on a multi-billion-dollar utility infrastructure project, gaining exposure to a complex, highly visible capital program from planning through construction and execution.
• CMC is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages and backgrounds and assess candidates solely on merit, skills, and potential. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate in any way.

Skills

Project scheduling

Primavera P6

Stakeholder communication

Schedule analysis

Risk management

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Coalesce Management Consulting in the Little Rock Metropolitan Area is seeking an experienced Project Scheduler to support major generation and combined cycle capital projects. You will develop, maintain, and monitor project schedules to ensure alignment with client goals and timelines.

Responsibilities include using Primavera P6, tracking progress, analyzing variances, and providing critical path analyses for stakeholders.