Principal Planner Scheduler

Why This Role Is Critical

As the need for nuclear energy grows, the future couldn’t be brighter. Join our vital mission to create lasting solutions for our planet’s greatest challenges. In this role, you are ready to shape the future of clean energy and make a long‑lasting global impact. With us, anticipate engaging and challenging projects that deliver innovative solutions and value‑added technologies helping power more than 38 million North American homes.

• Develops, maintains current project schedules, schedule status and schedule analysis with appropriate software.
• Develops or assists in developing project work breakdown structure for projects to meet scheduling and cost tracking requirements.
• Provides critical path analysis and creates 'what if' scenarios; evaluates impact of changes to critical path.
• Identifies and ensures adherence to required project resources (staff, materials, equipment, etc.).
• Coordinates with IS on implementation, updating and enhancement to scheduling software tools.
• Participates on project teams providing valued project data and analysis; leads project schedule status meetings.
• Provides scheduling training, coaching and leadership to project staff, as needed.
• Develops and analyzes project metrics; generates accurate, timely reports and schedules for management.
• Recommends and develops scheduling process improvements.
• Typically directs the activities of less experienced staff in a related capacity.

Schedule Leadership & Ownership

Lead and manage the entire planning function for the project, serving as the primary point of contact for all schedule‑related topics. Develop, maintain, and update the Schedule covering engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, commissioning, and project close‑out. Ensure schedule logic, dependencies, and constraints are clearly defined and consistently applied. Implement robust critical path analysis, float evaluation, and scenario modelling to support project decision‑making.

Guarantee compliance with corporate scheduling standards, methodologies, and tools.

Team Management

Supervise, mentor, and coach a team of schedulers assigned to different project work streams. Coordinate workload distribution, ensure consistency of scheduling practices, and support skill development within the team. Review and approve schedule updates produced by junior schedulers, ensuring alignment with the master plan. Promote continuous improvement, best practices, and methodological rigor within the scheduling function.

Coordination & Stakeholder Communication

Work closely with Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Quality, and Finance to ensure accurate and timely schedule input. Facilitate cross‑functional planning meetings and schedule coordination workshops. Present schedule status, plans during project reviews and steering committees. Act as the interface with customers, partners, and key suppliers for schedule negotiations or alignment activities.

Analysis & Reporting

Perform periodic schedule health checks, integrity verification, and schedule risk analysis. Identify opportunities, deviations, and risks and propose recovery plans or optimizations. Generate high‑quality reports, dashboards, milestones tracking sheets, variance analysis, and performance indicators for project leadership. Support Earned Value Management (EVM) activities by ensuring accurate integration between schedule and cost data.

Tools & Methods

Ensure proper use of scheduling software ( Primavera P6, ), templates, and compliance with Framatome process. Establish and maintain schedule baselines and lead baseline change control processes. Drive consistency across all sub‑schedules and guarantee configuration management of versions and updates.

Strategic Contribution

Provide proactive insights to help anticipate issues in procurement, manufacturing, or construction sequences. Contribute to project strategy by modelling alternatives, identifying constraints, and proposing optimization paths. Support claims management by preparing documented schedule evidence and time impact analyses.

Skills & Qualifications

Minimum 8 years of experience in project…