T&D Scheduler

• Join a boutique T&D leader delivering big- firm expertise with a personal touch.
• Own schedules for major 69-500kV projects using top tools like P6 and Power BI.

About Our Client

A nationally respected, Fortune-500-caliber engineering and EPC powerhouse, this firm is widely regarded as one of the most influential technical leaders in the power delivery, energy, and critical infrastructure sectors. Operating for more than a century, the company is recognized for its deep bench of multidisciplinary engineers, industry-defining technical standards, and a long record of delivering complex, grid-critical transmission, substation, distribution, and generation projects for major utilities across North America.

Job Description

Scheduling & Planning

• Develop, maintain, and update integrated project schedules (IPS) for transmission, substation, and distribution projects from engineering through construction.
• Build baselines, conduct schedule health checks, and maintain logic-driven CPM schedules.
• Track progress, analyze variances, determine schedule impacts, and provide recovery recommendations.
• Facilitate weekly/monthly schedule review meetings with Project Managers, Construction Managers, Engineering, and client stakeholders.
• Incorporate permitting, outage coordination, procurement lead times, engineering deliverables, and construction sequencing.
• Support Earned Value Management (EVM), including SPI, CPI, forecasted completion dates, and risk analysis.

Coordination & Project Controls

• Interface with engineering leads (civil, structural, electrical), procurement, and field leadership to ensure schedule accuracy.
• Coordinate schedule inputs around outage windows, switching activities, and energized-work constraints.
• Collaborate with Project Controls on cost scheduling alignment, reporting, and forecasting.
• Provide schedule-driven insight to mitigate risks, resource overloads, and critical-path delays.

Reporting

• Generate weekly and monthly schedule reports, S-curves, manpower histograms, and critical path updates.
• Prepare executive dashboards and client-facing updates summarizing milestones, risks, and mitigation plans.

Required Software Expertise

Scheduling & Planning Tools

• Primavera P6 (expert level - required)
• Microsoft Project
• Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis (preferred)
• Acumen Fuse / Acumen Risk (preferred)

Project Controls, Documentation & Analytics

• MS Excel (advanced) - pivot tables, lookups, formulas
• Power BI (reporting dashboards preferred)
• SharePoint, MS Teams, One Note
• SAP / Oracle ERP (nice to have)

GIS & Utility-Specific Tools (Preferred)

• ESRI ArcGIS or utility GIS viewers
• Transmission line routing tools / plan-profile familiarity (nice to have)

Project Scopes You Will Support

Transmission Line Projects

• 69kV, 115kV, 138kV, 230kV, 345kV, 500kV, 765kV
• New build transmission corridors, reconductoring, fiber installation (OPGW/ADSS), structure replacements, access roads, and foundation packages.

Substation Projects

• 12kV-500kV AIS & GIS substations
• Greenfield substations, breaker replacements, transformer additions, relay upgrades, protection & control retrofits, and yard expansions.

Distribution Projects

• 4kV, 12kV, 25kV, 35kV feeder upgrades
• Undergrounding, pole replacements, overhead rebuilds, sectionalizing, and reliability improvement programs.

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

The Successful Applicant

Qualifications

• 3-10+ years of scheduling experience in Utilities, EPC, Transmission & Distribution, Power Delivery, or related industries.
• Strong understanding of T&D construction sequencing, outage planning, and utility workflows.
• Deep knowledge of CPM methodology and schedule logic development.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, plan & profile sheets, structure lists, one-lines, and substation layout packages.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to support field and engineering teams.

Preferred Background

• Experience working with major IOUs, G&Ts, EPC firms, or utility contractors.
• Familiarity with NESC, utility standards, and energized work rules (preferred).
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Controls, or related field (preferred).

What's on Offer

• Competitive salary ranging from $125,000 to $170,000 annually.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement.
• Collaborative work environment with a focus on innovation.

If you're ready to contribute to impactful energy and natural resources projects in Atlanta, apply today!

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Jackson Edwards

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