Transmission and Substation Project Scheduler

Verdantas; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work

Parental Leave

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

401(k) Match

PTO & Holidays

Job summary

Verdantas is seeking a Project Scheduler in the Houston area to support a multi‑billion-dollar electric transmission capital program. The role requires hybrid work and local presence in the Houston office.

You will own CPM schedules, integrate multi‑discipline milestones, and deliver auditable schedules to program leadership. Candidates should have 5+ years in project scheduling, deep experience with Primavera P6 and MS Project, and strong Excel skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project scheduling experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience using Primavera P6 and MS Project.
• Proven ability to develop, baseline, update, maintain, and analyze CPM schedules for large capital projects.
• Experience with portfolio analytics and reporting.
• Experience with risk assessment and mitigation planning.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Professional certifications such as PMP/PMI-SP/PSP are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Independently develop, baseline, and maintain CPM schedules in Primavera P6 and MS Project for transmission line and substation projects.
• Integrate milestones, regulatory milestones, long-lead procurement, outage windows, construction sequences into a single plan.
• Establish and maintain WBS, activity coding, calendars, constraints, milestones, and resource assignments.
• Perform critical path/float analysis, variance analysis, earned value, and time-impact analysis.
• Monitor float consumption and identify deterioration causes.
• Produce look-ahead schedules, narratives, progress curves, and dashboards.
• Collect and validate progress data from project teams and contractors.

Skills

Project scheduling

Project controls

Portfolio analytics

Excel

Verbal communication

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Power BI

SAP

Unifier

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 Project Scheduler to support a multi-billion-dollar electric transmission capital program in the Houston region. This position is hybrid and must be local to our Houston office.

The Project Scheduler owns schedule development and schedule integrity for assigned transmission and substation projects within a large capital program. Working with full independence, this role builds and maintains resource-loaded Critical Path Method (CPM) schedules in Primavera P6, integrates engineering, procurement, outage, construction, and energization sequences into a coherent plan, reviews EPC contractor schedules for logic and feasibility, and translates schedule data into the variance analysis and recovery options project leadership needs to act.

What You’ll Do:

Portfolio Performance Monitoring & Schedule Management

• Independently develop, baseline, and maintain detailed Critical Path Method (CPM) schedules in Primavera P6 and MS Project for assigned transmission line and substation projects, selecting logic and structure appropriate to the project rather than relying on templates
• Integrate engineering milestones, permitting and regulatory approvals, long-lead equipment procurement, material deliveries, outage windows, construction sequences, testing, commissioning, and energization into a single defensible plan
• Establish and maintain the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), activity coding, calendars, constraints, milestones, and resource assignments to program standards so schedules can be rolled up across the portfolio
• Perform critical path and near-critical path analysis, total and free float analysis, variance analysis, earned value, what-if scenarios, time-impact analysis, and recovery scheduling
• Monitor float consumption and distinguish legitimate use from deterioration caused by delay, resequencing, rework or late decisions
• Produce look-ahead schedules, schedule narratives, progress S-curves, resource histograms, milestone reports and executive dashboards on the program reporting calendar
• Collect and validate progress from project managers, engineers, EPC contractors and construction teams, challenging status that is not supported by field evidence

Contractor Schedule Review & Governance

• Assess schedule quality against defined metrics, open ends, negative float, excessive lags, constraint misuse, out-of-sequence progress, and document deficiencies for resolution
• Require and evaluate narrative justification for material movement in float, logic, forecast dates, or critical-path activities
• Support development and continuous improvement of schedule governance, including the EPC schedule specification, scheduling procedures and KPI definitions
• Evaluate schedule impacts of change orders, scope changes and delay claims, and support mitigation and recovery planning

Client & Stakeholder Communication

• Communicate schedule status, variance and forecast directly to owner project managers and program leadership, clearly, concisely and with a recommendation rather than raw data
• Lead schedule update and review meetings with project
• Present schedule performance in project, program, and milestone-readiness reviews, internally among the project team
• Coordinate schedule information flow between discipline leads, procurement, construction management, and the project manager to maintain a single credible view of status

Risk Identification & Escalation

• Identify emerging schedule risk, constraint conflicts, long-lead slippage, outage window exposure, permitting dependencies, resource shortfalls, and elevate with impact analysis, alternatives, and a recommended action
• Escalate against defined thresholds and timeframes rather than waiting for a milestone to be missed
• Maintain schedule assumptions, mitigation commitments, and recovery actions in the program risk and decision records, and track them to closure

People & Team Development

• Mentor early career staff on P6 practice, schedule quality, and client communication
• Contribute to onboarding and training of controls staff joining the program

What You’ll Bring:

• Associate degree
• 5+ years of project scheduling and/or project controls experience
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience using Primavera P6 and MS Project
• Proven ability to develop, baseline, update, maintain, and analyze Critical Path Method (CPM) schedules for large capital projects
• Experience supporting major energy infrastructure projects
• Experience with project scheduling and control, document control, and management, and use of ProCore or similar software
• Experience with portfolio analytics and reporting
• Experience with risk assessment and mitigation planning
• Strong understanding of construction sequences, long-lead equipment procurement, utility outage coordination, testing, commissioning, and energization activities
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related field
• Experience supporting an Owner’s Engineer, owner’s representative, or utility capital program environment
• Experience reviewing, validating, and challenging EPC contractor schedules
• Familiarity with Earned Value Management (EVM) and Time Impact Analysis (TIA)
• Experience using Power BI or similar reporting and dashboard platforms
• Working knowledge of SAP, Unifier, or comparable ERP/project management systems.
• Use of Copilot tool development
• Professional certifications such as Project Management Professional (PMP),PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP), or AACE Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP)

Salary Range:

At Verdantas, we offer comprehensive benefits packages for our employees. Actual salary is based on the circumstances of each position and candidate, such as geographic location, skills, and certifications. We recognize and reward exceptional performance and strive to ensure fair compensation across all roles and departments within the company. The minimum salary range for this position is $129,000 (negotiable based on the criteria presented above).

Benefits:

• Flexible Work Environment
• Paid Parental Leave
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Paid Time Off + Holidays

Verdantas strives to develop new ways to increase diversity awareness within our organization. We recruit and reward our employees based on capability and performance — regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion, or physical ability. For us, it is imperative to build balanced teams from all walks of life and we believe that a diverse workforce is a stronger workforce.

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