Senior Consultant, Scheduling & Project Controls

Pioneer Management Consulting•Denver, CO

1d•$110,000 - $165,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Scheduler and Project Controls Consultant on Pioneer’s Energy & Infrastructure team, you will own the integrated schedule for major energy capital projects, including wind, solar, battery energy storage (BESS), combustion turbine, thermal, and LNG projects. Working on the owner’s side, you will build and control the owner’s master schedule, hold EPC contractors and vendors to a credible plan, and provide client executives with schedule information they can use to make decisions. This is a hands-on Primavera P6 expert and client-advisor role. You will own the schedule as the single source of truth from development through construction, commissioning, and handover. The position is hybrid and based in Pioneer’s Denver, Colorado office. The estimated salary range is $110,000–$165,000 annually, with discretionary bonuses and other incentives.

Requirements

At least 8 years of hands-on CPM scheduling in Primavera P6 on large energy or infrastructure capital projects, including a track record of building integrated schedules from scratch.
At least 3 years managing schedules from the owner’s side, including oversight and review of EPC contractor and vendor schedules.
At least 2 years in a consulting or client-facing advisory role, presenting to and influencing project and executive leadership.
Delivery experience on at least one of the following: wind, solar, BESS, combustion turbine, combined cycle or other thermal generation, LNG, or transmission and substations.
Full lifecycle exposure to development and permitting, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover.
Expert-level Primavera P6 capability, stated as non-negotiable.
Ability to build and administer enterprise structures, including EPS, OBS, global and project activity codes, calendars, user-defined fields, and layouts.
Ability to manage baselines and scheduling options, including retained logic, progress override, longest path, and multiple float path analysis.
Ability to apply resource and cost loading, activity percent complete types and steps, and Global Change.
Experience importing, reviewing, and integrating contractor XER files, and using schedule comparison and Claim Digger to trace changes between updates.
Ability to build report layouts and data extracts that feed dashboards and monthly reporting.
Deep command of CPM logic, critical path and float management, baseline and variance analysis, and progress measurement.
Working knowledge of recognized standards, such as AACE International recommended practices, the DCMA 14-point assessment, and the GAO Schedule Assessment Guide.
Experience preparing or reviewing time impact analyses and schedule recovery plans.

Responsibilities

Build integrated master schedules in Primavera P6 using scope, permitting, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover inputs.
Own schedule logic, calendars, constraints, durations, coding, WBS, and the written basis of schedule.
Set and control baselines; process changes through formal change control and preserve versions, data dates, and an audit trail.
Integrate long-lead equipment, interconnection, permitting, outage, and commercial milestones into a logic-driven network.
Structure schedules at appropriate levels of detail for executive and contractor audiences.
Run weekly status and monthly schedule updates, validating actual dates, remaining durations, physical progress, and logic changes with accountable owners.
Identify critical, near-critical, and longest paths, float erosion, emerging slippage, and recovery options; provide decision-ready analysis to leaders.
Perform what-if scenarios and time impact analyses; support delay analysis and claims evaluations when required.
Run schedule quality checks, such as the DCMA 14-point assessment, on each update and resolve or explain exceptions.
Support schedule risk analysis by facilitating risk input, building three-point durations, and interpreting P50 and P80 outcomes.
Produce schedule narratives, milestone reports, and schedule views for monthly performance reporting and dashboards.
Act as the owner’s scheduler and hold EPC contractors, engineers, and vendors to a credible, compliant plan.
Write contractor scheduling specifications; review schedule submittals for logic and quality; and recommend acceptance, revision, or rejection.
Integrate contractor and vendor schedules into the owner’s integrated master schedule through interface milestones with named owners on both sides.
Protect the owner’s position on baseline approval, float use, and time extension requests.
Advise client project directors, project controls managers, and executives, presenting schedule status, risks, and recommendations clearly.
Facilitate schedule reviews, planning workshops, and look-ahead sessions with engineering, procurement, construction, and commercial teams.
Set up scheduling standards, templates, coding structures, and P6 environments that clients can own and reuse.
Train and coach client schedulers and project teams, transferring lasting capability.
Own workstreams end to end, coordinate across client stakeholders and Pioneer team members, and help grow client relationships through excellent delivery.

Benefits

Meaningful time off
Paid holidays
Parental leave
401(k) with employer match
Tuition reimbursement
Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
Life coverage
Disability coverage
Discretionary bonuses and other incentives based on individual contributions and overall company performance