Energy & Utilities Director, Schedule

As an Energy & Utilities Director, Schedule, you will be a part of a growing team working in a fast-paced environment to help clients solve complex issues and deliver exceptional results. You love leading, inspiring, coaching and developing people and teams. You deliver complicated transformations at the highest quality. You're an advanced problem solver and effective client relationship manager. You keep a laser focus on key metrics that matter.

This role will primarily work with our Energy & Utility clients across a portfolio of major generation, transmission and distribution capital projects. The Energy & Utilities Director, Schedule is accountable for providing oversight to an experienced scheduling team for a large portfolio of capital projects.

Responsibilities include:

• Deliver complex client work focused on:
• Manage a team of P6 schedulers who are responsible for developing, managing updating, and analyzing project schedules.
• Provide deliverable review, development and coaching to scheduling resources.
• Proactively identify risks on projects schedules and review proposed corrective actions, working closely with project director, enterprise program office, and executive stakeholders.
• Maintain a thorough, current knowledge of new and innovative techniques in the project planning, scheduling, and cost estimating fields.
• Lead implementation of and adherence to standards and practices set up by the Central Program Office.
• Ensure the quality, timeliness, and insights for key project schedule metrics.
• Provide comprehensive oversight and leadership for cross-practice delivery activities, including managing day-today project operations and teams.
• Collaborate closely with business development and practice leadership to identify and scope. opportunities, develop proposals and building relationships with existing clients and new ones
• Lead a team of consultants, with a focus on professional development through coaching, performance management, talent planning, and succession planning, nurturing a high-performing and engaged workforce.,
• Collaborate with business development and practice leadership to identify and scope. opportunities, develop proposals, and building relationships with existing clients and new ones.
• Optimize service delivery and nurture client relationships, serving as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert in the energy and infrastructure domain.
  
  

Qualifications: 

• 7 years of internal or external consulting experience required 
• 5 years of energy Industry experience  
• 10 years of progressive experience with project/program management and controls
• Advanced critical path method (CPM) scheduling capabilities including creating and managing complex, resource-loaded schedules
• Ability to establish and manage project baselines, track schedule performance, and manage/track baseline changes within P6. 
• Has analyzed risks, diagnosed schedule issues, and developed corrective actions to keep the project on track. 
• Experience leading teams, identifying enterprise needs, driving resolution, and holding team members accountable 
• Ability to effectively build and maintain relationships executive stakeholders (verbal and written) 
• Track record of successfully fostering client account growth and development  
• Proven skills in the identification and resolution of client challenges  
• Demonstrated ability to identify, develop, and win new opportunities and hit revenue targets.
  
  

Location(s):

• Pioneer Minneapolis Office: 212 3rd Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 
• Pioneer Denver Office: 1550 Wewatta St, Denver, CO 80202
  
  
  

Benefits

The estimated base salary range for this role is $160-220K annually. This is based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skillset and years and depth of experience. This may differ from location to location. Bonuses and other incentives are awarded at the Company's discretion and are based upon individual contributions and overall company performance. Pioneer is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) including employer match, tuition reimbursement, and a broad range of health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, long and short-term disability, etc.