Project Scheduler Staff

Job Description

This role is responsible for coordinating team activities and supporting Project Managers with minimal supervision. The position involves scheduling and commodity tracking for major projects, developing and analyzing complex schedules using the assigned system. The candidate must demonstrate competency in scheduling techniques and analyses and provide consistent, accurate information to management.

Responsibilities

• Define activities, durations, work sequences, and relationship logic to develop and implement the scope of work plan.
• Develop milestones to represent key decisions and deliverables during execution.
• Ensure all logic and activities support the required level of detail and meet internal standards.
• Develop fully integrated outage schedules, including resource loading and leveling for complex scope execution teams.
• Mentor and assist junior schedulers, organizing schedule review meetings and incorporating appropriate details.
• Engage team and stakeholders to create schedules and provide schedule analysis updates.
• Communicate schedule status to project stakeholders and guide the administration of project management standards.
• Adhere to project management governance standards and assist in security profile and role assignments.
• Diagnose and resolve issues with scope of work schedules.
• Mentor and train junior schedulers in preparing and analyzing metric reports, developing what-if schedules, and crashing schedule durations.
• Perform schedule and cost integration, including SPI/CPI processes, and provide risk assessments with mitigation actions.

• 7 years' qualified experience with a High School Diploma or GED, or 5 years with an Associate's degree, or 3 years with a Bachelor's degree.
• 5 years of Primavera experience required.
• Utility-specific operations knowledge with experience in design, operations planning, project management, cost tracking, and analysis.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office tools and ability to develop complex spreadsheets.
• Proficient in reviewing scope, client requirements, and project delivery strategies.

• Professional or trade certification preferred, such as CCMP, CETa, IQCP, PMP, RMP.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Team player with collaboration skills.
• Self-motivated individual capable of working under general supervision.

The role requires travel to plant sites during outages and involves light physical duties at various work sites, including home and AEP locations, in varying conditions. It may involve construction site walkdowns, climbing ladders, and awareness of hazardous conditions. Availability for overtime, call-out overtime, and shift work is required, following the PCC Travel Policy.

The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $70.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Fulton,AR.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 16, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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