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Scheduler

US Tech Solutions, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, United States

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Duration 12 Months

Hybrid Work Model 2-3 days in office per week, remote when not in office.

Job Description

As related customer equipment, facilities, or infrastructure projects: responsible for project delivery, profit & loss accountability, and customer satisfaction through management of project related activities and resources.

Responsible for departmental operations planning/execution or is focused on execution of professional activities within a technical discipline.

Functions with some autonomy but guided by established policies or review of end results.

The job allows modification of procedures and practices covering work as long as the end results meet standards of acceptability (quality, volume, timeliness etc.).

Working Model 2-3 days in office per week, remote when not in office.

Working Hours 8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday

Travel 10-15%, domestic

Why we come to work

In Project Controls, our goal is to ensure the right rigor around schedule and cost management processes to deliver projects on-time and within budget.

With focus and rigor around tools, processes, operating rhythm, and people, here you shall have the opportunity to learn, contribute, and excel in one of the best Project controls functions in the industry.

Surrounded by committed, loyal colleagues, if you can dare to bring your ingenuity and desire to make an impact, you’ll be exposed to game-changing, diverse projects that truly allow you to play your part in the energy transition.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Builds tender integrated schedules and cost estimates

Build project schedule and project budgeting in cost and schedule tools

Ensures compliance to the Global Standard process for Project Controls

Support PM to align project budgets to as sold in appropriate systems

Maintain project schedule and cost forecast throughout project

Analyse schedule and cost trends and provide forecasted cost and schedules to project team

Maintain a register of potential schedule and cost risks

Maintain a register of actual and committed costs

Checks and controls cost movements, compares with current scope and progress as well as with previous forecast. Also Compares with productivity factors and validates accuracy of estimates

Communicates schedule and cost status/forecasts/risk to functional cost owners and drives/supports risk mitigation

Provides internal and external project reporting of project status

Collaborate with 3rd parties on project cost and schedules

Presents all financial data in a transparent way, attends project and management review to present cost status

Provides change order calculations to ensure schedule and cost estimates are accurate

Updates changes in appropriate systems to ensure costs are aligned to the current situation

Aligns with Finance Controller to ensure reconciliation takes place between approved project financial data and books.

Support project close out and claims

Provide support to tenders

Oversee the planning function on the project

Ensure quality of the project controlling reporting.

Ensure accuracy of cost budgets, actuals, and forecasting

Ensure collaboration with functional cost owners to find strategies to reduce cost

Ensure alignment to established standards (WBS, process, procedures, tools usage)

Ensure efficiency and effectives of the project cost control team where applicable.

Quality & Lean

Comply with Quality Procedures, work instructions and Processes at GSI level and Project Controls Function

Report or resolve any non-conformances and process in a timely manner

Identify areas of opportunity for standardization / optimization and where possible participate in a Kaizen or similar lean event to implement any identified improvements

EHS

Demonstrate commitment to safety through participation in formal and informal discussions

Adhere to all safe working procedures in accordance with instructions

Ensure safety work instructions are complied

Participate in the resolution of safety issues.

Initiate actions to improve health and safety where needed

Performance Measurement

Schedule quality

Cost forecasting quality

Schedule forecast quality

Cost and schedule performance of project

Timeliness of reporting

Qualifications & Experience Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 5 years of experience in Job Family Group(s)/Function(s))

Deep domain knowledge of planning and use of Primavera

Strong oral and written communication skills

Desired Knowledge & Experience

5+ years planning large turnkey projects

2+ projects providing cost controlling on large turnkey projects

Lead planner on 2+ turnkey projects

Knowledge of cost control function on large complex turnkey projects

Knowledge of forensic analysis on large complex turnkey projects

Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems

Established project management skills

Planning Skills

Identifying the key stakeholders from who to get inputs. Explain/exemplify how some would start the planning process; (proactivity)

Clearly identify/understand the scope of work by reading the contract and also pushing the PM/CM to help and prepare contract summary. Push on every function leader to decompose the scope and agree on the schedule; (proactivity/leadership)

Able to translate the project scope of work, restrictions, constraints, assumptions into a schedule. Needs to know how to operate schedule tools, how to create schedule links, task types, WBS; (technical skills)

Able to clearly identify critical paths 1,2,3. Able to leverage the tool to report all variances in the project tasks, how to utilize different baselines and explain the purposes for using it - compare contractual baseline, target baseline, last month plan, forecast dates; (technical skills/autonomy to define own rhythm)

Able to set/explain a project planning rhythm - what kind of tasks would perform? frequency? who is involved? (proactivity/leadership)

Able to explain impacts of schedule management on contractual discussions - capture customer delays, internal delays, forensic analysis... (technical/proactivity/leadership)

Knowledge & Experience on Planning Tools - MS Project, P6

Cost Skills

Familiar with project costs management

Able to explain how costs are structured (type of costs, how they are grouped/categorized/reported)

Able to explain how costs are tracked (how as sold is identified, which tools are used (SAP), how costs are reported, how variances are tracked and reported, any customized template)

How invoices are tracked (what's the involvement in the process).

About US Tech Solutions US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com.

US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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