Senior Planner & Scheduler, Project Controls; Hybrid

Eversource will not offer immigration-related sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B, O-1, J-1, TN, E-3, etc.). Applicants requiring visa sponsorship to start employment with Eversource will not be considered.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Transmission Project Controls team as a Senior Project Planner & Scheduler.

The role is based in Hartford, CT

As the Senior Project Scheduler & Planner, the primary focus will be supporting the Transmission Organization:
Capital Projects, Maintenance Projects, and Distribution Projects managed by Transmission across the Eversource projects portfolio.

You will complete complex tasks associated with establishing, maintaining, analyzing, and reporting of costs and schedule dates associated with projects activities contained in the overall project schedules.

In addition, the Senior Project Scheduler & Planner is responsible for obtaining and providing information as well as implementing recommendations to meet project goals and positively influence project direction.

In addition, the successful candidate will assist project managers, project team stakeholders and Transmission and Engineering Controls and Contracts in determining engineering and construction resource solutions for meeting project cost and schedule objectives. Experience to apply project management theories and methodologies and utilize a variety of related project control tools.

• Maintain and manager Project Schedules from initiation through closeout that primarily support the Transmission Organization:
  Capital Projects, Maintenance Projects and Distribution Projects managed by Transmission.
• Support and collaborate with different internal organizations (Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Permitting, etc.) by having properly Resource Loaded schedules, with reflective logic and duration that will inform about resources over allocation, under absorption, ability to move forward in the project due to internal / external constraints.
• Develop, maintain, analyze, and manage project activities and resources to the level necessary to support project and department requirements and needs.
• Establish, monitor, and report on baselines for cost and schedule.
• Provide internal and external engineering and construction resource solutions for meeting project objectives.
• Identify internal and external engineering and construction resources in the schedule and any engineering and construction resource constraints on current projects and future demands.
• Communicate project status and resource loading with team members and management.
• Anticipate project plan changes and advise team members and management of potential project impacts, conflicts and solutions.
• Expedite project plan changes and negotiate and coordinate internal and external reallocation of engineering and construction resources to accommodate changes and conflicts.
• Evaluate key functional department forecasts to assure desired project performance results are achieved.
• Initiate actions and assist in developing alternative solutions resolving potential project impacts, resource constraints, schedule conflicts and cost overruns.
• Provide consulting and support services in the areas of project planning and scheduling, project management and project controls.
• Coordinate intra and inter departmental activities to assure adherence to schedule and established guidelines.
• Prepare and facilitate weekly meetings reviewing project status and identify actions to resolve project impacts and schedule conflicts.

• Possess excellent multi-tasking skills, be detail oriented, meet expectations of multiple organizations and possess the ability to understand goal-driven deliverables.
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