Project Scheduler

Type One Energy•Knoxville, TN

25d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Project Scheduler supports the development, maintenance, and analysis of project and program schedules for FusionDirect. This early-career project controls role works alongside an experienced Lead Master Scheduler and helps collect progress updates, maintain schedule data, check logic and milestones, prepare reports, and coordinate across engineering, procurement, construction, manufacturing, and program teams. With coaching in Critical Path Method (CPM), Primavera P6, schedule governance, and owner-side EPC/EPCM integration, the scheduler will progressively take ownership of assigned schedules and work packages. The position is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, follows a hybrid work policy, is permanent and full-time, and reports to the Director of Project Controls. Compensation is described as highly competitive, with benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, project management, business, data analytics, or a related discipline; equivalent relevant experience will also be considered.
Approximately 1–5 years of experience in project scheduling, project controls, project coordination, engineering planning, construction planning, or a related role. Relevant internships and co-op experience may count.
Basic understanding of project schedules, dependencies, milestones, progress tracking, and the Critical Path Method, or demonstrated ability to learn these concepts quickly.
Strong attention to detail and comfort working with dates, data, logic, and structured information.
Ability to communicate clearly, follow up professionally, and work across technical and non-technical teams.
Working proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, and the Microsoft 365 suite.
Curiosity, accountability, and willingness to learn from an experienced scheduling lead in a fast-moving technical program.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Primavera P6, Primavera Cloud, Smartsheet, or another scheduling or project-management platform.
Exposure to engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, commissioning, energy, infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, or other capital-intensive programs.
Experience preparing schedule reports or dashboards in Excel or Power BI.
Familiarity with WBS structures, baseline management, earned value concepts, schedule risk, or change control.
Coursework or certification progress related to PMI, AACE International, project management, construction management, or project controls.

Responsibilities

Support the creation and maintenance of detailed project schedules, including activities, durations, logic, milestones, calendars, and coding structures.
Coordinate with project managers, engineers, procurement, construction, manufacturing, and other stakeholders to collect status, validate inputs, and update schedules on an agreed cycle.
Assist with schedule health checks, identifying open ends, missing logic, excessive constraints, out-of-sequence progress, unusual float, and incomplete activity details.
Review critical and near-critical paths with the Lead Master Scheduler and help identify emerging delays, handoff risks, and schedule integration issues.
Maintain approved baselines, document schedule changes, and support variance analysis in accordance with project controls and change-control processes.
Prepare milestone reports, look-ahead schedules, variance summaries, schedule narratives, and data extracts for Power BI and PowerPoint presentations.
Help integrate internal workstream schedules with contractor and partner schedules, including EPC/EPCM schedule inputs.
Participate in schedule development and review sessions, capture assumptions and actions, and follow up with owners to close planning gaps.
Support templates, procedures, coding standards, schedule dictionaries, and reporting improvements.