What are the responsibilities and job description for the Front End Scheduler position at CB&A Project Management Services, LLC?
Front-End Planning Scheduler Bullets
- Support PSS Project Controls front-end planning by partnering with project/operations stakeholders to define scope, success criteria, and key deliverables through Chartering, Definition, and Scoping phases.
- Translate early scope and execution strategy into a consistent WBS and milestone structure that aligns with PSS/Business Operations reporting expectations.
- Contribute to the Schedule Management Plan (SMP): define update cadence, reporting needs, baseline approach, milestone governance, and schedule change-control expectations.
- Drive “readiness to schedule” by facilitating gate checks (scope definition, engineering maturity, permits/approvals, constructability, access/outage windows, and procurement readiness) before committing dates.
- Establish and maintain an assumptions and constraints log (owners, due dates, status) and track constraint burn-down to improve plan reliability.
- Coordinate long-lead material status and procurement milestones and ensure they are logically tied to engineering and construction activities to protect critical path.
- Coordinate with Cost, Risk, Change, and Metrics/Reporting functions to ensure schedule data supports integrated project controls (e.g., progress measurement expectations and reconciliation to other project tools).
- Perform schedule health checks early and often (logic quality, constraints, durations, calendars, float) to ensure CPM outputs are credible before baseline and formal reporting.
- Develop early milestone and key-path views; publish look-ahead plans and highlight schedule risks, near-critical paths, and decision points for leadership.
- Manage the handoff from front-end planning into execution scheduling: establish the initial baseline approach, confirm reporting cadence (e.g., SSR cycle where applicable), and align schedule change control with project governance.
Develop and maintain integrated project and maintenance schedules using Primavera P6
Build and manage Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), activities, logic ties, and resource loading in Oracle Primavera P6
Perform critical path analysis and identify schedule risks and constraints
Update schedules based on progress, delays, and field input; provide accurate forecasting
Coordinate outage and turnaround schedules using P6, including milestones and dependencies
Generate reports, dashboards, and schedule metrics from P6 for management review
Conduct what-if scenario analysis to support decision-making and resource optimization
Ensure schedule integrity, including proper logic, float management, and coding structures