Senior Scheduler

CoVolt Power•Houston, TX

9d•Onsite

About The Position

CoVolt Power is seeking an experienced Senior Scheduler to join its Project Controls / Scheduling team in the Houston office. The role sets technical standards and team practices for scheduling and includes mentoring and day-to-day technical direction of a small group of schedulers, with management responsibilities shared with the Scheduling Manager. The Senior Scheduler owns resource-loaded Primavera P6 master schedules for complex utility-scale solar projects and integrates schedule, cost, quantity, and progress data. The role leads schedule recovery planning, delay analysis, critical-path optimization, forecasting, and earned value analysis, translating findings into actionable recommendations for project and executive leadership. It also develops and governs Power BI dashboards and Power Query models, maintains schedule-to-cost-code data mappings, and improves scheduling tools, standards, and methods. The position partners with the Scheduling Manager on staffing and workload planning, facilitates schedule update meetings, and prepares progress reporting such as actual-versus-plan comparisons and S-curves. Travel to project sites approximately every one to two months is required to validate field progress and align schedules with site conditions. The role works with Project Managers, Planners, Project Controls, Project Engineers, subcontractors, and field construction staff. Work takes place in office and construction environments and may involve walking active job sites while following safety requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required.
6–8+ years of progressive EPC scheduling experience, including leading schedules on multiple complex projects.
Extensive hands-on experience with resource-loaded scheduling, schedule recovery planning, and critical-path and delay analysis on complex EPC projects.
Extensive experience with Power BI and Power Query (M language), including semantic models, KPI dashboards, and data-quality and governance standards.
Experience mapping P6 schedule activities to cost codes and reconciling schedule and cost systems.
Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and advanced Excel, including Power Query and pivot-based modeling.
Strong earned value management fluency, including PV, EV, AC, SV/SPI, CV/CPI, and ETC/EAC, and ability to communicate executive-ready insights.
Experience mentoring or informally leading schedulers and modeling strong scheduling discipline.
Ability and willingness to challenge and improve existing scheduling methodology, tools, and standards.
Ability to work independently and hold project teams accountable for schedule integrity.
Willingness and ability to travel to job sites approximately every one to two months.
EPC construction experience required.
Strong organization, communication, and time-management skills; ability to synthesize information from multiple sources and think strategically.
Ability to travel to construction sites and field locations as needed, work in office and construction environments, and walk active job sites while adhering to safety requirements.

Nice To Haves

Construction Management, Engineering, Project Management, or a related quantitative field.
PSP, PMI-SP, or PMP certification.
Utility-scale solar experience.

Responsibilities

Own and maintain resource-loaded Primavera P6 master schedules for complex, high-value utility-scale solar projects, integrating cost, quantity, and progress data.
Lead schedule recovery planning, delay analysis, critical-path optimization, and completion-date forecasting on assigned projects.
Perform earned value analysis, including CPI/SPI, ETC/EAC implications, and variance at completion, and provide actionable recommendations to project and executive leadership.
Build and maintain data mappings between P6 schedule activities and cost codes, keeping schedule and cost systems reconciled.
Develop and govern Power BI dashboards and Power Query (M) models for schedule, earned value, and KPI reporting across the Houston portfolio.
Mentor, train, and provide day-to-day technical direction to schedulers, sharing supervisory workload with the Scheduling Manager.
Help establish scheduling team standards and working practices, including SOPs, templates, quality assurance practices, and reporting cadence.
Identify and implement improvements to scheduling tools, standards, practices, rigor, and methodology.
Travel to project sites approximately every one to two months to validate field progress, strengthen schedule-to-field alignment, and build relationships with site teams.
Partner with the Scheduling Manager on resource planning, staffing, and workload balancing across the scheduling group.
Facilitate schedule update meetings and compile progress reports, including actual-versus-plan reporting and S-curves.
Communicate schedule risks and opportunities based on schedule analysis.
Work with Project Managers, Planners, Project Controls, Project Engineers, subcontractors, and field construction staff.