Material Coordinator / Scheduler

Project Scheduler

Position Summary: Project Scheduler supports the portfolio of capital projects being performed by site projects department through development of schedules and supporting work order processing.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Assist Project Managers in developing project schedules for both on overhaul and capital improvement projects.
• Update schedules to reflect completed activities.
• Report monthly on overall project schedule statuses across the department to leadership.
• Utilize an integrated master schedule report to monitor and inform project teams and leadership on the progress of the entire portfolio of projects at various review meetings.
• Support the development and implementation of department-level standard scheduling processes, and support ongoing training and onboarding of PMs.
• Maintain and report on status and readiness of work orders being processed within the scheduling process.
• Develop project schedules, with identified contingencies, using Microsoft Project and/or Primavera (P6).
• Support Project Managers by assessing the reporting on fieldwork associated with assigned projects during their implementation phase.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• Must have at least 3-5 years of construction and/or utility experience related to successful scheduling, coordinating and implementing maintenance and engineering projects.
• Familiarity with design, operating and testing plant systems and components is desired.
• Familiar with Microsoft Project and Primavera Scheduling software.

Desired Strengths and Skills:

• Gathers, analyzes, translates and delivers information in clear, concise and meaningful formats based on specific project and/or program requirements and according to established standards.
• Provides the project manager support and assistance in scheduling, documentation, and communication of potential risks.
• Updates the project plan.
• Assists in information collection and validations.
• Facilitates collaborative documents and data stores.
• Helps prepare status reports and presentations.
• May coordinate the activities of a project sub team and/or project activities to the extent those efforts might affect completion of assigned tasks.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.
• Must have strong knowledge of MS Office and Primavera Scheduling software.