Project Scheduler

<span class="jobdescription"><p style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>A WORLD LEADER IN TESTING, INSPECTION & CERTIFICATION SERVICES</strong></span></span></p> <p style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bureau Veritas offers dynamic, exciting employment opportunities with an attractive salary/benefit package and an opportunity to play a vital role with a global organization. If you would enjoy working in a dynamic environment and are looking for an opportunity to become part of a stellar team of professionals, we invite you to apply online today.</span></span></p> <p style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bureau Veritas is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other non-job-related characteristics.</span></span></p> <p style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This position is responsible to ensure equal opportunity in employment in that all persons are treated equally and on the basis of merit, in decisions regarding selection, placement, promotions, training, work assignments, transfers and other personnel actions.</span></span></p> <p style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">City: Remote</span></span> </p> <p style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">State: Remote</span></span></p><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><h4 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Description</b></h4> </div><div><p>Role: Planning, scheduling & general BO admin. Project support, not directly generating revenue</p> <p>The project scheduler will be responsible for developing, analyzing, and maintaining comprehensive project master schedules and project controls functions within the project controls functions within the renewable energy industry. Key responsibilities include conducting detailed schedule health checks, performing in-depth schedule reviews, and creating and maintaining integrated master project schedules that align with industry best practices. The role requires advanced analytical capabilities to perform comprehensive earned value management (EVM) analysis, tracking project performance through detailed metrics including schedule performance index (SPI), cost performance index (CPI), and variance analysis. The candidate will be expected to develop and maintain performance measurement baselines, and analyses to the project management team.</p> <p>The successful professional will collaborate with internal subject matter experts, internal and external project stakeholders to ensure accurate schedule development, proactive risk management, and project cost performance tracking across complex engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects, with a focus on maintaining project efficiency, controlling costs, and achieving critical milestones.</p> <p> </p> <p> Principal Duties and Responsibilities: <br>•    Collaborates with Business Development and Operations teams to develop preliminary project schedules for estimating and proposal purposes.</p> <p>•    Creates, maintains, and updates the Integrated Master Project Schedule (IMPS) including the necessary work breakdown structure (WBS) required to cover scope of the project.</p> <p>•    Develop and maintain project breakdown structures (WBS, CBS, OBS) and incorporate them into project planning.</p> <p>•    Ensures schedules have proper logic ties, dependencies, and resource alignment across multiple disciplines and contractors to provide a realistic and achievable master schedule.</p> <p>•    Manages weekly schedule updates during construction, validating progress reporting from contractors and suppliers with appropriate stakeholders and subject matter experts.</p> <p>•    Develops and maintains schedule performance indicators (SPI, critical path, float trends, earned value metrics) for both internal and external stakeholders, including construction partners, equipment suppliers, and subcontractors.</p> <p>•    Monitors and advises on critical path and near-critical activities using advanced project management software (e.g., Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project) and identifies potential bottlenecks before they impact delivery.</p> <p>•    Proactively gathers and verifies project data from multiple sources (engineering deliverables, procurement status, subcontractor updates, field progress) to maintain schedule accuracy.</p> <p>•    Prepares schedule narratives, progress curves, and scenario analyses to support risk assessments, decision-making, and reporting to senior leadership.</p> <p>•    Provides early warnings of deviations from the baseline plan and works with project management teams to develop and implement recovery plans.</p> <p>•    Supports integration of project controls functions by coordinating with cost control, risk management, and reporting teams.</p> <p>•    Willingness to travel (up to 25%) to support project scheduling and planning efforts. Travel may include visits to project sites to gather data, facilitate planning meetings, and provide support to clients and project teams during construction execution phase. At a minimum, travel will be required once per project during the construction execution phase. Additional travel may be necessary for internal team meetings and engagements with existing and prospective clients.</p> <p>•    Performs additional tasks as delegated by the Scheduling Manager in alignment with project priorities.</p></div></div></div><p style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0px">If you are an individual with a disability and you would like us to assist you with searching the Careers Page site for employment opportunities and/or assistance with completing your profile and application, please contact us at 1-888-357-7020 or email us with your request to <a href="mailto:NorthAmericaTA@bureauveritas.com">NorthAmericaTA@bureauveritas.com</a>. </span></span></p> <p style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0px">We are happy to assist you and encourage you to consider Bureau Veritas for your next great career opportunity!</span></span></p> <p style="line-height:20.8px"> </p> <p style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0px">If you would like additional information regarding Bureau Veritas' federal obligations in regards to equal employment opportunity, please click the link below:</span></span></p> <p><a href="https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters">https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters</a></p> <p> </p> </span>

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