Project Controls Scheduler

Position Summary

The Project Controls Scheduler plays a key role in supporting the planning, execution, and successful delivery of engineering, construction, and capital improvement projects by providing project scheduling, controls, performance reporting, and project governance support throughout the project lifecycle.

Working as part of the Project Controls team, this position is responsible for developing, maintaining, and analyzing integrated project schedules using Primavera P6 to support project planning and execution. The successful candidate will perform schedule development and maintenance, baseline and schedule update reviews, critical path and schedule risk analyses, and prepare monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc schedule performance reports. Additional responsibilities include monitoring project progress and resource updates, maintaining scheduling and engineering coding structures, supporting project controls documentation and execution plans, developing scheduling standards and best practices, and providing technical support for Primavera P6 administration, implementation, user training, and reporting tools.

This role collaborates closely with project teams and stakeholders to provide accurate scheduling information, improve project controls processes, and support the successful delivery of capital projects.

Note: This opportunity is available at multiple levels. Final placement will be determined based on the selected candidate’s experience, skills, and alignment with business needs. We are committed to providing fair and equitable consideration for all applicants.

• Lead the development, maintenance, and status updates of integrated project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Develop and maintain both summary and detailed project schedules for large-scale engineering, construction, and capital improvement projects.
• Review project requirements and contract documents to ensure scheduling deliverables are accurately incorporated into project plans.
• Perform baseline schedule reviews, schedule updates, and schedule quality assessments to ensure compliance with project objectives and established standards.
• Review and analyze contractor schedules, including cost- and resource-loaded schedules, to evaluate progress, schedule integrity, and project performance.
• Monitor project progress against approved baseline schedules by identifying critical path activities, schedule variances, delays, and potential impacts to project delivery.
• Perform critical path analyses, schedule risk assessments, what-if analyses, time impact evaluations, and recovery plan reviews to support project decision-making.
• Prepare and present monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc schedule performance reports, dashboards, narratives, and executive summaries for project teams and stakeholders.
• Analyze schedule and performance trends to identify project risks, recommend corrective actions, and support mitigation strategies.
• Maintain project resource assignments, engineering coding structures, calendars, and other scheduling data to support accurate project reporting.
• Develop and maintain project controls documentation, scheduling procedures, execution plans, standards, guidelines, and best practices.
• Evaluate existing scheduling processes and recommend continuous improvement initiatives to enhance project controls effectiveness.
• Support the administration, implementation, maintenance, and user training of Primavera P6 scheduling software and related reporting tools.
• Ensure compliance with scheduling methodologies, project controls standards, and applicable delivery methods, including design-build projects.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, construction managers, contractors, and other stakeholders to gather schedule data, validate project progress, and support project delivery.
• Attend project meetings, planning sessions, and site visits to verify schedule status, project milestones, and construction progress.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior-level scheduling and project controls staff.
• Support project governance activities by providing accurate scheduling data, performance metrics, and project…