What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Scheduler - Data Centers position at SLB?
Come join us at SLB New Energy & Industrial and be part of a global company driving energy innovation for a balanced planet
SLB New Energy & Industrial (NEI) is a division of SLB; our portfolio includes ventures in carbon capture and sequestration, geothermal power, energy storage, sustainable battery-grade lithium, hydrogen and Data center infrastructure solutions. To know more about NEI please visit https://www.slb.com/about/driving-energy-innovation/scaling-new-energy-systems
Our Data Center infrastructure solutions business provides Innovative and cost-effective solutions that enable building faster, smarter and more resilient data centers. Our modular infrastructure solutions scale AI and cloud computing capacity while minimizing capital risk and deployment delays. From design and supply chain to commissioning and operations, by standardizing components and relocating labor to controlled offsite environments, we help reduce costs, improve lead times, and lower construction risk while ensuring quality and global repeatability. To know more about our Data Centers Infrastructure solutions please visit https://www.slb.com/products-and-services/scaling-new-energy-systems/data-center-infrastructure-solutions
SLB is seeking a highly qualified and motivated project scheduler to develop, update, and maintain project schedules that accurately reflect ongoing progress and forecast completion across all phases of Data Center projects. The Project Scheduler works closely with construction, engineering, supply chain, and project controls teams to ensure consistent and reliable schedule data. This role requires strong analytical capability, attention to detail, and active engagement with site teams to validate progress and support timely decision-making.
Roles And Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain the overall project schedule covering engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning phases.
- Develop and maintain detailed schedules for engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning using Primavera P6.
- Integrate updates from contractors, vendors, and internal teams into the overall project schedule
- Conduct regular progress reviews with construction and project controls to verify accuracy of reported data.
- Perform critical path and trend analyses to highlight potential schedule impacts and recommend mitigation measures.
- Prepare weekly and monthly schedule updates, variance summaries, and progress curves for reporting.
- Support change management by assessing the schedule impact of approved variations.
- Maintain traceability of schedule logic, constraints, and assumptions for audit and review.
- Assist in developing lookahead schedules and progress forecasts to support field execution planning.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
- 5–10 years of experience in project planning and scheduling for large-scale construction or industrial projects.
- Proficient in Primavera P6 and schedule management processes.
- Strong understanding of construction workflows and sequencing.
- Experience preparing progress reports and performing critical path analyses.
- Prior experience supporting large-scale data centers or mission-critical facilities is preferred.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Professional certification such as AACE PSP or PMI-SP
- Experience with schedule visualization and reporting tools such as Power BI or Excel dashboards
- Candidates must be able to legally work and reside in the US, without sponsorship.