Project Scheduler Associate - Sr. | Transmission

American Electric Power•Roanoke, VA

11d•$74,551 - $111,826•Onsite

About The Position

This role will be responsible for coordinating scope of work team activities and supporting the Project Managers (PMs). With some supervision, perform functions of as scheduler and/or commodity tracker for major projects. Develop, maintain & analyze less complex scope of work schedules using the assigned system. Develop and analyze scope of work schedules using assigned systems. Provide integrated cost loaded, resource loaded, and logic driven schedules, as applicable. Perform schedule maintenance, collecting progress data, developing and implementing scope of work schedule/status reports, and providing consistent, accurate information to the scope of work execution team.

Requirements

No experience required with a qualified Associate's or Bachelor's degree.
With a High School Diploma, a minimum of 2 years’ qualified experience.
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, and 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.
Immediate 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.
Safely and effectively perform light physical duties at various work sites including home and AEP locations in varying conditions.
Understand and support the policies, values, principles, structure and behavior of AEP.

Nice To Haves

A professional or trade certification such as a CCMP, CETa, IQCP, PMP, RMP, etc. is not required at this level.
A certification is required to progress to the Principal (grade 008) level of this job family if you have a high school diploma / GED or non-qualified higher education degree.
Otherwise, a certification is preferred at the Principal level.

Responsibilities

Define activities, durations, work sequences, and relationship logic to develop the scope of work plan and develop milestones to represent key decisions and deliverables that take place during execution.
Ensure all scope and deliverables are accounted for.
Develop, maintain, and analyze scope of work project schedules using the assigned system (Primavera, SmartSheet, etc.).
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.
Understand the AEP project management organizational standards and assist in the management of projects to those standards.
Adhere to the guidance and standards put forth by the AEP Project Management Governance Committee.
Work with Administrator to assign security, profiles, and roles for new users.
Learn, use, and refine sound techniques and best practices to update progress, acquire information, baseline schedules, maintain schedules, 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 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).