Sr. Scheduler

Sr. Scheduler

MATRIX is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Sr. Scheduler to join our dynamic team. This position would be responsible for developing, maintaining, and updating complex engineering and construction project schedules, including resource loading, schedule calculations, progress tracking, and identifying potential scheduling conflicts. The role works closely with project management, clients, owners, and vendors to ensure projects remain on schedule and properly staffed. It also provides leadership to junior staff and supports project safety, quality, and operational objectives. The position requires extensive scheduling and power plant experience, proficiency with Primavera P6, and nuclear industry experience.

Duration: 6 months with possibility of extension

Work Schedule: 40 hours per week; individual would be onsite 3 days per week with 1 remote day

Location: Killona, LA

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Develop and update project schedules, perform resource loading, and maintain multi-disciplined engineering and construction schedules.
• Perform schedule calculations, organize activities, assign resources, and perform daily/weekly status updates.
• Interface with owner and vendor organizations, monitors work activities, and identifies potential schedule conflicts.
• Notify project management of pending or future scheduling discrepancies.
• Ensure development of mobilization curves (load boards) and histograms to compare resource needs to actual personnel availability.
• Lead and direct the work of others, with primary duties to customarily and regularly direct the work of two or more other employees, including but not limited to more junior staff in employee's discipline; make substantive recommendations to MATRIX as to the hiring, firing or discipline of employees.
• Perform primarily office and non-manual work.
• Perform work related to the management or general business operations of MATRIX or its customers/clients, while exercising discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance to MATRIX and its customers/clients.
• Interface with managers or head of a unit/department requiring the integration of multiple functional organizations.
• Educate MATRIX and Client on project goals, operations, and safety.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations and guidelines: promotes health and safety awareness consciousness, and implements all MATRIX health and safety procedures.
• Use "lessons learned" to improve quality of MATRIX's future projects; make recommendations to MATRIX as to the implementations of future policies and procedures.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in power plant operations or equivalent military experience.
• Minimum of 10 years scheduling experience required or equivalent military experience.
• P6 experience is required.
• Nuclear experience is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• The employee is self-motivated and has a willingness to learn.
• Has extensive knowledge of nuclear applications.
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Able to handle high paced work environment.
• The ability to communicate well with customers and other MATRIX and customer/client employees.
• Must be dependable.
• Must have proficient computer skills.