What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Controls Scheduler / Senior Scheduler - Generation position at Arizona Public Service - APS?
Arizona Public Service generates reliable, affordable and clean energy for 2.7 million Arizonans. As the state’s largest and longest-serving energy provider, our more than 6,000 dedicated employees power our vision of creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona.
Summary
The Project Controls Scheduler / Senior Schedueler develops, integrates and performance manages complex, baseline-driven schedules across multiple Generation capital projects. Develops and maintains integrated master schedules that align engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, outage readiness, plant resource needs and in-service milestones into a single, defensible project timeline. Acts as a key partner to project managers, Generation leadership, engineering, construction, procurement, plant operations, maintenance and outage planning teams by providing advanced schedule analysis, risk insights, variance review and forecasting to support critical decision-making and protect key project and outage milestones. Establishes scheduling standards, drives continuous improvement and mentors schedulers and project team members to elevate overall project controls capability within Generation Capital Project Support and Services.
Minimum Requirements
Project Controls Schedueler
This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates ('Pinnacle West') maintain a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, recruiting, hiring, promoting, compensating, reassigning, demoting, transferring, laying off, recalling, terminating employment, and training for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, disability, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other classification or characteristic protected by law.
For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to EEO is the Law poster. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of every person hired to work in the United States, refer to E-Verify poster. View the employee rights and responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
In compliance with the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988, the Company is committed to a work environment that is free from the effects of alcohol and controlled substances, and free from the abuse or inappropriate use of prescribed and over-the-counter medications. The Company requires employees to be subject to drug and alcohol testing that is job-related and consistent with business necessity, regulatory requirements and applicable laws.
Hybrid: Employees in hybrid roles work both in their home offices (virtually) and alongside their colleagues (in person).
In order for employees to build strong relationships and to promote meaningful in-person interactions, hybrid employees are expected to work about 40% of their time in-person at an APS or other (non-home office) location.
Summary
The Project Controls Scheduler / Senior Schedueler develops, integrates and performance manages complex, baseline-driven schedules across multiple Generation capital projects. Develops and maintains integrated master schedules that align engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, outage readiness, plant resource needs and in-service milestones into a single, defensible project timeline. Acts as a key partner to project managers, Generation leadership, engineering, construction, procurement, plant operations, maintenance and outage planning teams by providing advanced schedule analysis, risk insights, variance review and forecasting to support critical decision-making and protect key project and outage milestones. Establishes scheduling standards, drives continuous improvement and mentors schedulers and project team members to elevate overall project controls capability within Generation Capital Project Support and Services.
Minimum Requirements
Project Controls Schedueler
- High school diploma/GED
- Plus two (2) years scheduling and/or project controls experience.
- High school diploma/GED
- Plus five (5) years of scheduling, project controls, project management, construction, outage planning, operations, maintenance and/or related experience supporting capital, plant, industrial or utility projects.
- Advanced working knowledge of scheduling principles, critical path methodology, baseline management, schedule health analysis, variance reporting and project controls fundamentals.
- Experience developing and maintaining schedules in Primavera P6 and other scheduling tools.
- Experience supporting Generation, utility, industrial, power plant, outage-driven or capital project environments.
- Ability to manage multiple high impact priorities in parallel.
- Strong facilitation skills across cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with Power BI, Excel, earned value reporting, stage-gate processes and capital project forecasting.
- Leads development, integration and maintenance of complex, logic-driven and baseline-driven schedules in Primavera P6 across assigned Generation capital projects and portfolios, including plant modifications, equipment replacements, outage-driven work, reliability, environmental, regulatory, facilities and other generation-related projects. Establishes Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), activity coding, calendars, milestones, schedule logic, baselines and reporting structures. Ensures schedule structure supports project controls, EPMS milestones, cost alignment, stage-gate readiness and leadership reporting needs.
- Performs advanced critical path, near-critical path, total float, schedule health, baseline variance and logic analyses. Identifies schedule risks, impacts, trends and recovery opportunities and recommends corrective actions to project managers (PM) and leadership. Evaluates schedule impacts to outage windows, pre-outage milestones, engineering deliverables, procurement lead times, construction sequencing, commissioning, in-service dates, plant resource availability and capital forecast commitments.
- Produces and reviews schedule reporting, including weekly progress reports, three-week look-aheads, milestone summaries, monthly schedule narratives, portfolio dashboards, earned value inputs and leadership-level variance reporting. Provides forecast insights and schedule performance analysis to support project execution, stage-gate decisions, outage readiness, capital planning and Generation portfolio visibility.
- Partners with PMs, engineering, construction, procurement, finance, plant leadership, operations, maintenance, outage planning and other Generation stakeholders to develop, validate and update project schedules. Leads schedule review meetings, facilitates schedule alignment across project teams and supports formal change control, reforecasting and baseline revision processes. Presents schedule status, risks and mitigation options in project, plant, outage readiness and leadership meetings.
- Establishes, maintains and improves Generation scheduling standards, templates, activity coding libraries, schedule levels, progressing methods, reporting practices and data quality expectations.
- Provides guidance, training and mentorship to schedulers, project managers and project team members on P6 scheduling practices, baseline management, schedule updates, schedule review expectations and reporting outputs. Supports continuous improvement of Capital Project Support and Services scheduling services, project controls integration and Generation capital project execution support.
This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates ('Pinnacle West') maintain a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, recruiting, hiring, promoting, compensating, reassigning, demoting, transferring, laying off, recalling, terminating employment, and training for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, disability, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other classification or characteristic protected by law.
For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to EEO is the Law poster. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of every person hired to work in the United States, refer to E-Verify poster. View the employee rights and responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
In compliance with the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988, the Company is committed to a work environment that is free from the effects of alcohol and controlled substances, and free from the abuse or inappropriate use of prescribed and over-the-counter medications. The Company requires employees to be subject to drug and alcohol testing that is job-related and consistent with business necessity, regulatory requirements and applicable laws.
Hybrid: Employees in hybrid roles work both in their home offices (virtually) and alongside their colleagues (in person).
In order for employees to build strong relationships and to promote meaningful in-person interactions, hybrid employees are expected to work about 40% of their time in-person at an APS or other (non-home office) location.
- Employees are expected to reside in Arizona (or New Mexico for Four Corners-based employees).
- Working from a home office requires adequate technology and an appropriate ergonomic set up.
- Role types are subject to change based on business need.