Senior Transmission and Substation Project Scheduler

Verdantas•Houston, TX

1d•$148,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Verdantas is seeking a Senior Project Scheduler to support a multi-billion-dollar electric transmission capital project. The position is hybrid and requires the candidate to be local to the Houston, Texas office. The Senior Scheduler owns the integrated master schedule and scheduling function across a large transmission capital portfolio, establishing and applying consistent scheduling specifications, coding, quality metrics, and reporting across concurrent projects and multiple EPC contractors. The role develops and manages complex schedules, monitors portfolio performance and risk, establishes schedule governance, and communicates performance and recovery options to client leadership and contractors. It also coordinates schedule interfaces across projects, works regularly at the client's downtown Houston offices as an embedded member of the internal project team, and mentors scheduling and project controls staff. The minimum salary is $148,000, negotiable based on factors such as location, skills, and certifications. Verdantas describes its culture as people-focused and committed to sustainability, employee well-being, and diversity.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related field.
10+ years of project scheduling and/or project controls experience.
10+ years of hands-on experience using Primavera P6 and MS Project.
5+ years of experience leading projects and scheduling large infrastructure projects.
Proven experience developing, maintaining, and owning integrated master schedules for large, multi-project capital programs.
Direct experience supporting major energy infrastructure projects.
Demonstrated ability to review, challenge, and approve EPC contractor schedules.
Experience developing and implementing schedule specifications, procedures, and governance standards.
Strong knowledge of Critical Path Method scheduling, float management, earned value management, and time impact analysis.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Procore, or similar software.
Strong communication and presentation skills, including experience delivering schedule performance updates to senior client stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience serving as an Owner's Engineer, Owner's Representative, or utility owner-side program team member.
Experience establishing project controls or scheduling frameworks for new programs.
Experience coordinating schedule interfaces across adjacent utilities, shared corridors, or interconnected infrastructure projects.
Prior experience mentoring, leading, or supervising scheduling professionals.
Experience developing dashboards and reporting tools using Power BI or similar platforms.
Working knowledge of SAP, Oracle Unifier, or comparable ERP and project management systems.
Experience with Copilot tool development.
Professional certifications such as Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP), or AACE Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP).
Experience performing delay analysis and construction claims support activities.

Responsibilities

Own the integrated master schedule across the portfolio, including its Work Breakdown Structure, activity coding, calendar, and milestone conventions.
Develop and baseline complex Critical Path Method schedules in Primavera P6 and MS Project for technically demanding projects, including multi-contractor, multi-front, and outage-constrained work.
Lead critical path, float, variance, earned value, what-if, time-impact, and recovery analyses at project and portfolio levels.
Manage float as a program resource and monitor its consumption across projects.
Identify systemic schedule risk across the portfolio and distinguish recurring patterns from isolated project issues.
Design schedule reporting frameworks and produce portfolio dashboards and executive reports.
Coordinate schedule interfaces between projects, including shared corridors, outage windows, long-lead equipment, and adjacent utility dependencies.
Author and maintain the program schedule specification, scheduling procedures, schedule quality criteria, and KPI definitions in collaboration with client governance teams.
Establish contractor schedule review and acceptance processes, including thresholds for justification, impact analysis, and escalation.
Lead review and acceptance of EPC contractor baseline and update schedules across multiple contractors.
Own schedule change control, assess scope-change impacts, evaluate delay claims and time-extension requests, and support mitigation and recovery planning.
Improve scheduling practices by incorporating lessons learned into procedures, templates, and training.
Serve as the senior scheduling point of contact for owner program leadership and present performance, forecast confidence, and recovery options in program and executive reviews.
Lead schedule discussions with EPC contractors and maintain productive working relationships while holding contractors to the schedule specification.
Present at milestone-readiness reviews and support stage-gate decisions with schedule evidence.
Work regularly at the client's downtown Houston offices as an embedded member of the internal project team.
Surface emerging portfolio-level schedule risk with quantified impacts, alternatives, and recommended actions.
Define and apply escalation thresholds and response times for schedule exposure.
Maintain the record of schedule assumptions, mitigation commitments, and recovery actions, and drive them to verified closure.
Mentor and develop project-level schedulers and project controls staff and promote consistency in Primavera P6 practice.
Support recruitment, technical assessment, and onboarding of scheduling staff.
Serve as the firm's senior scheduling resource on the program and a technical reference for the wider project controls community.