Project Scheduler - Project Scheduler Prin at American Electric Power

New Albany, Ohio, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Mid-level (3 to 4 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

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Utilities, EnergyIndustries

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED with 5 years' qualified experience, or Associate's degree (qualified, related field) with 3 years' qualified experience, or Bachelor's degree (qualified, related field) from accredited university/college with 1 year qualified experience
Qualified experience includes utility specific operations knowledge/experience with good working knowledge of work processes and procedures
Experience in design, operations, planning, project management, cost tracking analysis, forecasting, project budgets, working with accounting principles, and/or construction or maintenance of systems

Responsibilities

Coordinate scope of work team activities and support Project Managers (PMs) with some supervision, performing functions as scheduler and/or commodity tracker for major projects
Develop, maintain, and analyze less complex scope of work schedules using assigned system (e.g., Primavera, SmartSheet)
Develop and analyze scope of work schedules using assigned systems; provide integrated cost loaded, resource loaded, and logic driven schedules as applicable
Perform schedule maintenance, collect progress data, develop and implement scope of work schedule/status reports, and provide consistent, accurate information to the scope of work execution team
Define activities, durations, work sequences, and relationship logic to develop the scope of work plan and develop milestones to represent key decisions and deliverables during execution
Ensure all scope and deliverables are accounted for
Organize and lead schedule review meetings with all stakeholders, incorporate appropriate details, ensure clear minutes and action items as required
Engage team and stakeholders to create schedules, provide schedule analysis updates, alert to schedule risks and issues that could delay milestones
Communicate schedule status to project stakeholders
Understand AEP project management organizational standards and assist in managing projects to those standards; adhere to AEP Project Management Governance Committee guidance and standards
Work with Administrator to assign security, profiles, and roles for new users
Learn, use, and refine sound techniques and best practices to update progress, acquire information, baseline schedules, maintain schedules, develop commodity curves, track metrics, and support project/outage teams routinely
Provide periodic summary level status reports as requested
Prepare and analyze metrics reports or Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)