Project Scheduler (Job Family)

Project Scheduler

Location: Valparaiso, Indiana

Hybrid Schedule: Onsite Tuesday-Thursday

Open to all levels: Associate Project Scheduler, Project Scheduler, Senior Project Scheduler

Associate Project Scheduler (Entry / Developing Level)

Focus: Learning, supporting, developing core scheduling proficiency

Primary Scope

• Supports schedule development and updates under guidance.
• Performs foundational project controls tasks (schedule logic, duration estimating, variance assessment).
• Collects data from teams/contractors and enters it into templates/systems.
• Builds competency in P6, WBS development, risk basics, and schedule reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain milestone and summary schedules.
• Conduct project walkdowns to validate durations and logic.
• Develop and maintain Work Breakdown Structures (WBS).
• Update activity progress and assist with variance assessments.
• Support schedule baselining and change control.
• Assist with standard reporting and stakeholder communication.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma (Bachelor's degree preferred) for all levels
• 1–3 years of experience working in a technical field
• Understanding of project planning and scheduling guidelines, standards, processes, and job aids
• Develop initial proficiency with Primavera P6 and spreadsheets
• Ability to coordinate work, use cognitive and communication skills, apply decision-making, and manage stakeholders
• Ability to read and interpret schedules

Compensation Range: $62,000 - $86,800 USD Annual

Project Scheduler (Intermediate / Independent Practitioner Level)

Focus: Independently developing, integrating, and analyzing schedules; coordinating across teams

What's New at This Level

• Leads schedule development for major capital projects or outages.
• Owns integrated master schedules and drives cross-functional coordination.
• Critiques contractor schedules and drives higher schedule quality.
• Performs deeper schedule analysis, conflict resolution, and recovery planning.
• Improves scheduling processes and tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead creation and maintenance of integrated project schedules.
• Build multi-layer WBS structures aligned with cost and resource tracking.
• Validate contractor schedule submissions and identify gaps.
• Analyze schedule performance trends and propose mitigation strategies.
• Manage schedule, resource, and cost systems at the project level.
• Communicate schedule impacts and alternatives to project managers.
• Support process standardization and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• 4–6 years of experience in a technical field (in in project scheduling or related work preferred)
• Project Management experience utilizing project scheduling software
• Ability to manage multiple projects in parallel under tight deadlines
• Understanding of contractor roles on major construction/maintenance projects
• Ability to interpret architectural and engineering drawings
• Strong technical communication skills for cross-disciplinary coordination
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and scheduling/tracking systems
• Valid driver's license; ability to travel (up to 10%)
• Ability to work flexible schedules when required
• Comfort working with cross-functional departments (Accounting, Purchasing, Engineering, Maintenance, Planning)

Compensation Range: $96,60 - $144,900 USD Annual

Senior Project Scheduler (Advanced / Subject Matter Expert Level)

Focus: Integration, predictive analysis, risk-driven forecasting, leadership, and strategy

What's New at This Level

• Acts as the expert in integrated schedule management.
• Fully integrates cost, scope, risk, and quality systems with schedule.
• Leads predictive, quantitative schedule forecasting (e.g., EMV, sensitivity analysis).
• Develops integrated project baselines and risk-managed schedule plans.
• Evaluates contract schedule compliance and performance.
• Tailors schedule methodologies and tools to project needs.
• Serves as strategic advisor to project managers and leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage fully integrated project performance baselines.
• Conduct advanced schedule forecasting and risk-based analysis.
• Lead contract schedule reviews and advise on commercial impacts.
• Drive lifecycle planning with progressive risk integration.
• Create and refine scheduling processes, tools, and techniques.
• Deliver high-level schedule reports and executive decision support.
• Serve as SME in schedule management, project controls, and integration.
• Lead teams through conflict resolution, prioritization, and decision-making.

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of construction/engineering experience, including at least 2 years as a project scheduler
• High-level proficiency with Primavera P6 and advanced spreadsheet tools
• Experience managing schedules in large industrial capital project environments
• Strong integrated understanding of scope, schedule, cost, risk, and quality management
• Proficiency with risk and quality management tools and techniques
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder engagement, conflict resolution, and decision-making skills
• Ability to generate, analyze, and progress complex multi-level schedules and databases
• Ability to read and interpret schedules; database and schedule software proficiency

Compensation Range: $96,60 - $144,900 USD Annual

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