Project Controls Specialist (Scheduler)

Key Accountabilities

• Supports project team and estimating / scheduling personnel efforts toward the development of the project plan and translating the project plan into the project estimate / schedule.
• Develops and provides analysis of project estimates or schedules including as applicable CPM software implementation time impact and delay analysis and review of periodic schedule updates.
• Ensures the credibility of the information contained in the estimate / schedule.
• Assists with the preparation of project time and / or cost claims.
• Develops and records project historical estimate / schedule information and lessons learned.
• Applies methodologies techniques and tools software standards and guidelines for estimating and / or planning / scheduling; knowledgeable in application of estimating / scheduling software and application of the software.
• Ensures that required project estimating and / or planning / scheduling controls are appropriately implemented and maintained.
• Participates in continuous improvement of the estimating / scheduling organization through benchmarking and maintaining affiliations with industry estimating / scheduling organizations and local / national chapters. Scheduling Specific :
• Develops master and detail schedules inclusive of major milestones detailed WBS assignment of costs labor and equipment to activities resource leveling etc.
• Monitors and updates schedule progress toward achieving the desired project completion date and informing management team of changes to schedule outcome.
• Prepares and provides schedule progress reports trending charts and schedule analysis and re-ports forecasts for all significant project activities. Analyzes the effects to the critical path activities; identifies changes to the project that affect the schedule and develops the recovery schedules and alternate courses of action.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

This is a dual track base requirement job; education & experience requirements can be satisfied through one of the following options :

• Bachelors degree in engineering Architecture Construction Management Business Business Administration or a related field & 3 years of job-relevant experience.
• Associate degree in engineering Construction Management Business Accounting Math or related field & 5 years of job-relevant experience.
• High School or GED & 7 years of job-relevant experience.

Other Qualifications

Preferred

• Scheduler : 2 years of experience working with Primavera preferably P6
• Estimator : 2 years of experience in construction estimating on large projects

Other Requirements

• May require the physical ability to work in a power plant environment (e.g climb stairs work in hot confined environments.
• Communicates effectively (verbally & in writing) with individuals at all levels inside and outside the Corporation.
• Written and verbal communication & advocacy skills consistent with the ability to present results of projects & research and engage in persuasive written & verbal interaction with all levels of the business unit.
• Analytical & problem solving skills consistent with the ability to identify key issues from a broad range of alternatives and recommend optimal solutions for various situations.
• Ability to develop / coordinate crossfunctional work groups and projects yielding optimal outcomes.
• Working knowledge of financial & economic analysis project & risk management.
• Scheduler :

Knowledge in design scheduling construction scheduling program scheduling and cost & resource loading. This includes developing detailed WBS milestones activities definition logical sequences durations activity dependencies and interdependencies and activity contingencies.

• Understanding of schedule models and methods schedule quality analysis schedule strategy schedule integration techniques Monte Carlo Analysis schedule performance analysis techniques etc

Key Skills

Primavera,Construction Experience,Project Scheduling,Primavera P6,Risk Analysis,Cost Control,Project Server,Schedule Management,Earned Value Management,Project Planning,Project Management Software,Microsoft Project

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1