Project Scheduler

CycloKinetics•Salt Lake, UT

5d•Onsite

About The Position

CycloKinetics is hiring a Project Scheduler to develop, maintain, and analyze integrated schedules for large-scale capital projects, from front-end loading through construction, commissioning, and startup. The role also supports enterprise scheduling by consolidating project schedules into a portfolio view, helping leadership manage critical paths, resource demand, contractor performance, funding, and milestone commitments. The Project Scheduler will maintain the internal Research & Development project schedule and track interdependencies between R&D scope and project execution. The position is based on-site in Salt Lake City, Utah. Employment is contingent on successful completion of background verification and drug screens. This is an exempt position. CycloKinetics is an at-will, VEVRAA, Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, E-Verify participant, and drug-free workplace.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
4–7 years of scheduling experience on capital projects in industrial, energy, chemical, or infrastructure settings.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project or Primavera P6, including baselines, calendars, relationships, and resource loading.
Working knowledge of enterprise scheduling concepts, including multi-project environments, EPS/OBS structures, portfolio roll-ups, and cross-project resource management.
Working knowledge of CPM scheduling, earned value management, and progress measurement.
Experience reviewing contractor schedules on EPC or EPCM execution.
Strong Excel skills and ability to communicate schedule drivers clearly to non-specialists.
Successful completion of background verification and drug screens.
Ability to meet the physical requirements, which may include lifting or moving items weighing up to 50 pounds, bending, standing, reaching, climbing, walking, and prolonged sitting.
Safe work habits and compliance with company safety policies; use of provided personal protective equipment is mandatory.

Nice To Haves

Experience with enterprise scheduling platforms such as P6 EPPM, Primavera Cloud, or similar, and portfolio reporting.
Experience on government projects, such as DOE, DoD, or other federally or state-funded programs.
Familiarity with IMS deliverables, EVMS (ANSI/EIA-748), and schedule quality assessments such as the DCMA 14-point check.
PSP (AACE) or PMI-SP certification, or certification in progress.
Experience with schedule risk tools such as Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis, Acumen, or similar.
Experience with synthetic and renewable fuels, power generation, oil and gas, process facilities, or defense-adjacent infrastructure projects.
Exposure to stage-gate/FEL frameworks and projects with grant-, loan-, or government-funded milestone reporting.
Familiarity with Power BI or similar reporting tools.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain resource- and cost-loaded Level 1–4 schedules in Microsoft Project or Primavera P6, aligned with the work breakdown structure and stage-gate deliverables.
Support the enterprise scheduling environment, including enterprise project structure, standardized calendars, codes, and global resource pools.
Develop and maintain program- and portfolio-level integrated master schedules and Level 1 summary schedules for executive and investment committee reporting.
Analyze cross-project dependencies, shared resources, and long-lead procurement across the portfolio; support capacity planning and prioritization.
Integrate and review EPC/EPCM contractor schedules, validating logic, durations, float, and critical path.
Produce monthly and weekly schedule updates, including progress measurement, variance analysis, and forecast completion dates.
Perform schedule risk analysis, such as Monte Carlo analysis, and support contingency and schedule-reserve development.
Run critical-path, near-critical-path, and what-if analyses, and recommend recovery or mitigation plans.
Evaluate contractor change orders and delay claims for schedule impact; support time-impact analysis.
Maintain baseline and re-baseline control, including revision history and change documentation.
Partner with cost control, procurement, engineering, and construction to maintain integrated cost/schedule reporting, including earned value.
Track long-lead procurement and permitting milestones, and report on external milestones tied to financing or government funding.
Prepare schedule deliverables that meet government and funding-agency reporting requirements.
Contribute to schedule standards, templates, and lessons learned.
Maintain the internal R&D project schedule and track interdependencies between R&D scope and project execution.
Follow company safety policies and use provided personal protective equipment as required.