Project Scheduler/Planner

Job Title: Project Scheduler/Planner

Location: White Plains, NY 10601 (Hybrid)

Duration: 12 months (With possible extension)

Project Overview

• Supports project managers and engineers for capital and O&M projects, including planning, scheduling, schedule forecasting analysis, and closeout for Utility Operations.
• Helps build and update project schedules for projects owned by an assigned project manager.
• Directs the overall project plan and project schedule to establish milestone compliance measures and ensure project completion on time while coordinating with engineering, design, and project management.

Job Functions & Responsibilities

• Oversee monthly inputs from various leads (engineering, project management, subcontractors, and sites) to identify and mitigate schedule risks.
• Generate project schedules, update tracking tools for the Operations Support Services Group, analyze schedule information, provide actionable recommendations, and generate required reports.
• Generate and distribute monthly progress reports for project status, including updated schedules by project owner, project region, and individual project schedules, identified work delays, and any other relevant project information.
• Demonstrate knowledge of PM and/or industry-standard methodologies and tools and provide technical expertise to projects.
• Coordinate and correlate schedule information with cost and resources to provide resource-loaded schedules as needed based on project requirements.
• Coordinate project reporting to leads, monitor deliverables, and coordinate work within or between departments.
• Review and analyze third-party schedules for critical path, logic ties, etc.
• Implement process improvements to meet quality standards, perform feasibility studies, and solve basic problems.
• Maintain reports relative to progress/productivity and project forecasts to assist the Lead and Project Manager.
• Ensure the appropriate application of codes at the project and activity level.
• Set and maintain Project Baselines.
• Accountable for building project schedules for projects owned by the assigned Program Manager.
• Accountable for progressing each schedule at pre-defined intervals as defined by NYPA in line with the NYPA Reporting cycle (monthly).
• Accountable for ensuring consistency, accuracy, and integrity of all data housed within the Master schedule.
• Accountable for ensuring the life-cycle schedule is built and maintained on a “rolling-wave” basis, where the time horizon for the most detailed planning is 2 years.
• Accountable for incorporating into the Master Schedule, whether they exist within or outside of the NYPA environment, information related to schedules provided by contractors.
• Accountable for ensuring the Master Schedule is built in a way that adheres to guidelines and instructions set forth by NYPA.
• Accountable for analyzing cost forecasts to ensure schedule forecasts are in alignment and responsible for escalating areas of misalignment to the project team.
• Accountable for identifying and communicating key risks or opportunities that emanate from the impacts of schedule delays or advancements.
• Accountable for ensuring outage requirements are incorporated into the schedule clearly, accurately, and consistently.
• Accountable as the point-person for all questions related to master schedule detail.
• Utilize the NYPA-provided P6 environment to manage the master schedule (no other master schedule will be used outside the NYPA environment).
• Expected to be part of the Project Team and take part in regularly scheduled project team meetings.
• In coordination with the cost analyst, hold regular monthly meetings with project teams to review cost and schedule information concurrently and identify/remedy areas of misalignment.

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Effective communication and writing skills.
• Ability to interface and coordinate work daily with other Authority divisions and external organizations.
• Ability to view tasks logically, break them down into essential requirements, and generate a solution to meet project goals.
• Ability to handle smaller projects from start to finish.
• Ability to work independently with minimal daily supervision.
• Ability to identify and solve problems.
• Must be able to create and maintain EPS, WBS, and resources to provide actionable feedback to stakeholders regarding milestone adherence, resource loading, and Earned Value.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office products.
• Knowledge of MS Project required, experience with Primavera P6 preferred.
• Knowledge of SAP is a plus but not a requirement.
• Knowledge of Maximo is a plus but not a requirement.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required (BA/BS) in Engineering and/or Construction preferred.
• 3 years of recent experience in Project or Program scheduling.
• Knowledge of other scheduling platforms is a plus.
• Experience in cost/resource loading is a plus.
• Experience in Electrical Utility or large-scale Construction industry preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), AACE, or similar certification preferred.
• Considerable proven experience and expert knowledge in schedule analysis and development, including but not limited to milestone management, baseline management, CPM, time contingencies, crashing, QA, etc.

If you are a driven professional looking to enhance your career and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply!

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $40.00 - $55.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: Hybrid remote in White Plains, NY 10606

Salary : $40 - $55