Project Scheduler

Position: Project Scheduler Staff
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Job Description # Project Scheduler Staff Apex Systems is actively hiring for a
** Project Scheduler
** role with a
** Power and Utilities Client!
*** Define activities, duration, work sequences, and relationship logic to develop the 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.
* Organize and lead 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.
* Lead the administration of the Company's project management organizational standards and assist in the management of projects to those standards. Adhere to the guidance and standards put forth by the Company Project Management Governance Committee.
* Work with the Administrator to assign security, profiles, and roles for new users.
* Use sound techniques and best practices to update progress, acquire information, baseline schedules, maintain schedules, and develop commodity curves, track metrics, and support project/outage teams on a routine basis.
* Provide periodic summary-level status reports as requested. Prepare and analyze metrics reports or KPIs.
* Perform/coordinate schedule and cost integration, including SPI/CPI and setup/maintenance of associated data systems and processes on a project/outage basis.
* Qualified degrees must be in a related field from an accredited university or college and could include Accounting, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Technology, or Project Management.
* Qualified experience includes utility-specific operations knowledge/experience with a good working knowledge of work processes and procedures.  + Experience should be in design, operations, planning, project management, cost tracking analysis, forecasting, project budgets, working with accounting principles, and/or construction or maintenance of systems and/or equipment.
* Demonstrate ability to manage time effectively and efficiently; show capacity for organizational and planning skills; as well as having an aptitude for accuracy, attention to detail, and ability to achieve goals.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills.
* Team player with ability to work and collaborate well with others.
* Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office tools and ability to develop complex spreadsheets.
* Must be a self-motivated individual and able to work under general supervision, be independent, and competently perform current scheduling techniques and analyses on all scope of work aspects.
* Understand and support the policies, values, principles, structure and behavior of company.
* Proficient at reviewing scope, client requirements, division of responsibility, project objectives and constraints to develop the strategy for effective project delivery
*** Apex Benefits Overview:
**** Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a retirement plan (401k or local country equivalent) program. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a Support Linc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.

In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach.

You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
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