Transmission and Substation Project Scheduler

Verdantas•Houston, TX

4d•$129,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Verdantas is seeking a Project Scheduler to support a multi-billion-dollar electric transmission capital program in the Houston region. The position is hybrid and requires the successful candidate to be local to the Houston office. The Project Scheduler owns schedule development and integrity for assigned transmission and substation projects. Working independently, the scheduler builds and maintains resource-loaded Critical Path Method (CPM) schedules in Primavera P6, integrates engineering, procurement, outage, construction, and energization sequences, reviews EPC contractor schedules for logic and feasibility, and provides project leadership with variance analysis and recovery options.

Requirements

Associate degree.
At least 5 years of project scheduling and/or project controls experience.
At least 5 years of hands-on experience using Primavera P6 and MS Project.
Proven ability to develop, baseline, update, maintain, and analyze CPM schedules for large capital projects.
Experience supporting major energy infrastructure projects.
Experience with project scheduling and control, document control and management, and ProCore or similar software.
Experience with portfolio analytics and reporting.
Experience with risk assessment and mitigation planning.
Strong understanding of construction sequences, long-lead equipment procurement, utility outage coordination, testing, commissioning, and energization activities.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related field.
Experience supporting an Owner's Engineer, owner's representative, or utility capital program environment.
Experience reviewing, validating, and challenging EPC contractor schedules.
Familiarity with Earned Value Management (EVM) and Time Impact Analysis (TIA).
Experience using Power BI or similar reporting and dashboard platforms.
Working knowledge of SAP, Unifier, or comparable ERP/project management systems.
Use of Copilot tool development.
Professional certifications such as Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP), or AACE Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP).

Responsibilities

Independently develop, baseline, and maintain detailed CPM schedules in Primavera P6 and MS Project for assigned transmission line and substation projects.
Integrate engineering milestones, permitting and regulatory approvals, long-lead equipment procurement, material deliveries, outage windows, construction sequences, testing, commissioning, and energization into a defensible project plan.
Establish and maintain the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), activity coding, calendars, constraints, milestones, and resource assignments to program standards.
Perform critical- and near-critical-path analysis, total and free float analysis, variance analysis, earned value analysis, what-if scenarios, time-impact analysis, and recovery scheduling.
Monitor float consumption and distinguish legitimate use from schedule deterioration caused by delay, resequencing, rework, or late decisions.
Produce look-ahead schedules, schedule narratives, progress S-curves, resource histograms, milestone reports, and executive dashboards according to the program reporting calendar.
Collect and validate progress from project managers, engineers, EPC contractors, and construction teams, challenging status unsupported by field evidence.
Assess contractor schedule quality, including open ends, negative float, excessive lags, constraint misuse, and out-of-sequence progress, and document deficiencies for resolution.
Require and evaluate narrative justification for material movement in float, logic, forecast dates, or critical-path activities.
Support the development and continuous improvement of schedule governance, including the EPC schedule specification, scheduling procedures, and KPI definitions.
Evaluate schedule impacts of change orders, scope changes, and delay claims, and support mitigation and recovery planning.
Communicate schedule status, variance, and forecast to owner project managers and program leadership with clear recommendations.
Lead schedule update and review meetings with project stakeholders.
Present schedule performance in project, program, and milestone-readiness reviews.
Coordinate schedule information among discipline leads, procurement, construction management, and the project manager to maintain a credible view of status.
Identify emerging schedule risks, constraint conflicts, long-lead slippage, outage-window exposure, permitting dependencies, and resource shortfalls; escalate with impact analysis, alternatives, and recommended actions.
Escalate schedule issues against defined thresholds and timeframes rather than waiting for a milestone to be missed.
Maintain schedule assumptions, mitigation commitments, and recovery actions in program risk and decision records, and track them to closure.
Mentor early-career staff on P6 practice, schedule quality, and client communication.
Contribute to onboarding and training controls staff joining the program.