Project Scheduler (Principal - Staff) | NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT (Primavera P6)

American Electric Power•Columbus, OH

17d•$98,993 - $151,132•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Scheduler coordinates team activities and supports Project Managers, performing scheduling and/or commodity tracking for major projects with minimal supervision. The role supports the development and analysis of a wide range of scopes of work, especially complex schedules, and maintains schedules, collects progress data, develops scope-of-work schedule and status reports, and provides accurate information to senior management. The scheduler interfaces with site execution teams, contractors, and AEP senior management. The position develops and maintains integrated project schedules, including resource loading and leveling, using critical path methodology. It supports schedule reviews, progress and risk analysis, schedule and cost integration, stakeholder communications, and adherence to AEP project management standards. The role also mentors and trains junior schedulers. This posting covers multiple grade levels; the minimum qualifications described are for the Project Scheduler Principal level, with higher levels requiring increased education, skills, or experience. The role is on-site and may require travel, including overnight, and on rare occasions temporary relocation. Work at nuclear power sites may involve hazardous areas and possible radiation exposure within NRC limits. Depending on the role and site, work may also involve construction-site walkdowns on unstable surfaces, climbing ladders, and awareness of hazardous site conditions. The job is classified as sedentary work, involving sitting most of the time with occasional walking or standing and exertion of up to 10 pounds occasionally.

Requirements

Education and experience requirements depend on education level: high school diploma or GED plus 7 years of qualified experience; qualified associate degree plus 5 years; or qualified bachelor's degree plus 3 years.
For Cook Nuclear Plant, 7 years of nuclear experience may suffice for the high-school-diploma route, and a professional or trade certification is not required.
Qualified degrees must be in a related field from an accredited college or university; examples include Accounting, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Technology, or Project Management.
Qualified experience includes utility-specific operations knowledge or experience and good working knowledge of work processes and procedures. Relevant experience may include design, operations, planning, project management, cost tracking analysis, forecasting, project budgets, accounting principles, or construction or maintenance of systems and equipment.
A professional or trade certification such as CCMP, CETa, IQCP, PMP, or RMP is required for candidates with only a high school diploma or a non-qualified higher education degree; otherwise, certification is preferred but not required.
Ability to manage time effectively and demonstrate organizational and planning skills, accuracy, attention to detail, and goal achievement.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate as a team player.
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to develop complex spreadsheets.
Self-motivated and able to work under general supervision, independently, and competently apply scheduling techniques and analyses across project scope aspects.
Ability to review scope, client requirements, division of responsibility, objectives, and constraints to develop an effective project delivery strategy.
Ability to safely perform light physical duties at work sites and work in varying conditions.
Ability to support AEP policies, values, principles, structure, and behavior.
Availability for overtime, call-out overtime, and shift work as required.
For nuclear work, ability to work at nuclear power sites where hazardous areas and possible radiation exposure within NRC limits may be involved.
As applicable to the role and site, ability to conduct construction-site walkdowns on unstable surfaces, climb ladders, and remain aware of hazardous site conditions.

Nice To Haves

Primavera P6; alternatively, experience with MS Project and nuclear scheduling.
Professional or trade certification such as CCMP, CETa, IQCP, PMP, or RMP, when not required based on education.
Experience supporting or developing complex schedules and performing schedule analyses.

Responsibilities

Define activities, durations, work sequences, relationship logic, and milestones to develop scope-of-work plans.
Ensure schedules include all scope and deliverables and satisfy customer detail requirements and internal standards.
Develop integrated schedules for complex and intermediate scope-of-work execution teams, including resource loading and leveling and critical path methodology.
Organize schedule review meetings with stakeholders, incorporate appropriate details, and document minutes and action items as needed.
Provide schedule analysis updates and alert teams to risks and issues that could delay milestones.
Communicate schedule status to project stakeholders and administer AEP project management organizational standards.
Work with the Administrator to assign security, profiles, and roles for new users; diagnose and resolve schedule issues.
Mentor and train junior schedulers in metric reports, schedule risk analysis, what-if schedules, schedule duration crashing, processes, handbook procedures, and scheduling systems and software.
Perform or coordinate schedule and cost integration, including SPI/CPI processes, on a scope-of-work basis.
Provide risk assessments and recommended mitigation actions with project teams as requested.
Support Project Managers and coordinate team activities; perform scheduling and/or commodity tracking for major projects.
Maintain schedules, collect progress data, and develop schedule and status reports.
Work with site execution teams, contractors, and AEP senior management.
Be available for overtime, call-out overtime, and shift work as required.
Safely and effectively perform light physical duties at various work sites, including home and AEP locations.