Project Scheduler III at The Planet Group
Jackson, MI 49201
About the Job
Job Description
Pay Rate: $50-60/hr
Overview:
- Organize, implement and maintain scheduling management system supporting identified projects and their plans.
- Assist to set up tasks and sub tasks to ensure satisfactory realization of project contract requirements as scheduled.
- Log project time-lines and maintain P6 database of tasks and its status.
- Log all new information into P6 database and provide scheduled reports for contract coordination and reporting purposes.
- Interact with project staff & project stakeholders to schedule work and coordinate assignments.
- Design and develop project schedules.
- Interact with project teams and contractors to define scope of work to develop and update detailed schedules and identification of variances from original plan.
- Evaluate project schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas.
- Analyze critical path and constraints to determine effect of changes to schedule and recommend alternative work paths.
- Develop and update weekly schedule working with superintendents and field engineers and project managers.
- Support project management team to maintain timely and effective change management processes, procedures and systems.
- Assist project team to develop and maintain periodic status reports to keep management informed on project progress.
- Conduct analysis to determine alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules.
- Interact with project team members, contractors, cost engineers, and management.
Required Skills:
- Must be able to interact and communicate effectively with project team members and stakeholders in order to receive and produce schedule information.
- Must be able to participate fully in all project and department meetings and discussions effectively.
- Must understand how to operate in a P6 environment including knowledge in layouts, activity codes, resources, group & sort and reporting.
- Must be proficent in Microsoft Excel.
Preferred Skills:
- PMP or other PMI certificaiton would be benefical but not required.
- PSP or CST or other AACEI certifcation would be beneficial but not required.
- Knowledge of Schedule Quality practices in regards to P6 schedules would be benefical but not required.
- Project Gating procedures knowledge would be benefical but not required.
- Prior work expereince in Gas & Electric Distribution and Transmission projects a plus.
Education:
- Project Scheduler needs at least a High School Education but candidates with Associate's Degree's, Bachelor's degree's or Master's Degree's will be factored into the selection.