Senior Project Scheduler – Complex Utilities Projects

Project Scheduler (Principal
- Staff) | COMPETITIVE TRANSMISSION (2 opportunities)
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July 25, 2026 (9 days left to apply) job requisition :
R14126
** Job Posting End Date
** 07-25-2026

Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.
** Job Summary
** This role will be responsible for coordinating team activities and supporting the Project Managers (PMs). With minimal supervision, perform role as scheduler and/or commodity tracker for major projects. Support the development and analysis of a wide range of scope of work types, especially complex schedules using the assigned system. Must be self-motivated, an excellent communicator, and team focused individual able to demonstrate competency in scheduling techniques and analyses on all scope of work aspects.

Additional duties include schedule maintenance, collecting progress data, developing and implementing scope of work schedule/status reports, and providing consistent, accurate information to the senior management team. The candidate must be able to interface with site execution teams, contractors, and AEP senior management.
** Job Description
**** WHAT YOU’LL DO
** Define activities, durations, work sequences, and relationship logic to develop implement the scope of work plan and develop milestones to represent key decisions and deliverables that take place during execution.

Ensure all logic and activities support the level of detail required by the customer and meet internal department standards and guidance. Ensure all scope and deliverables are accounted for.

Develop fully integrated system schedules (including resource loading and leveling) for complex and intermediate scope of work execution teams including detailed system schedules that utilize critical path methodology based on work scope from the work packages and planners work list.

Mentor and assist junior schedulers in organizing schedule review meetings with all stakeholders and incorporate appropriate details.

Ensure clear minutes and action items, as required.  Engage team and stakeholders to create schedules and provide schedule analysis updates to team, alerting them to schedule risks and issues that could delay milestones.

Communicate schedule status to project stakeholders.  Direct and guide the administration of the AEP project management organizational standards and assist in the management of projects to those standards.

Adhere to the guidance and standards put forth by the AEP Project Management Governance Committee.  Work with Administrator to assign security, profiles and roles for new users.  Diagnose and resolve issues with scope of work schedules.

Mentor and train junior level schedulers on the following: preparing and analyzing metric reports; preparing and analyzing schedule risk; developing what-if schedules to address various scenarios and options as necessary; crashing scope of work schedule durations; following processes and handbook procedures; and all aspects of scheduling within the assigned systems and software.

Perform/coordinate schedule and cost integration including SPI/CPI processes on a scope of work basis.

Work with the project teams to provide risk assessments and recommended mitigation actions as requested.
** WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
** Based on education, experience, interview and internal equity, these
** two (2) opportunities
** will be filled commensurately at either title.  For this posting, minimum requirements are at the lower grade.  Increased expectations are at the higher grade.
** Project Scheduler Staff** (grade
9):  base salary = $117K - $151K
** Project Scheduler Principal** (grade
8):  base salary = $99K - $128K

Education:

* Education requirement is dependent upon experience as indicated below. Qualified degrees must be in a related field from an accredited university or college and could include Accounting, Business, Construction…