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Scheduler
Contract: Newark, New Jersey, US
Salary Range: 40.00 - 50.00 | Per Hour
Job Code: 366959
End Date: 2026-02-14
Days Left: 24 days, 17 hours left
Title: Project Scheduler—4 Positions
Location: Newark, NJ 07102 (Hybrid 3 day onsite)
Duration: 6 months
Pay Range: $40/hr - $50/hr
The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, (paid time , paid sick and safe time , hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, paid holidays annually - AS Applicable)
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain project schedule utilizing P6.
- Perform schedule analysis on projects
- Responsible for scheduling and dependency management within and across his/her assigned SAP workstreams for the client’s modernization project.
- Participate in scheduling audits
- Incorporate cost and resource-loaded data within schedule in accordance with program/ project governance procedures
- Interfaces with Project Manager/Project Leads to gather data and adjust scheduling parameters
- Interface as required with all stakeholders on a project level and program level
- Create and/or maintain the scheduling database for all schedule templates and historic/completed, proposed, and active schedules for projects and programs
- Collaborates with the Project Manager, Financial Analyst and applicable vendors for the alignment and forecasting of project financials based on actual cost and schedule performance as reflected in the project schedule
- Advise management on best use of coding / templates / reports within the scheduling software
- Provides forward-looking schedule analysis to leadership
- Evaluate project schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas
- Conduct analysis to determine alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules
- Establish, maintain and report baseline and current schedule status in efforts to communicate clear, accurate and objective project and program progress updates
- Proactive communication of scheduling impacts to major milestones and critical path activities in accordance with the project/program timeline commitments
- Partner with project manager and leads in preparation for the project’s estimate-to-complete (ETC)
- Provide earned value support
- Perform schedule analytics and critical path management reviews to determine and communicate the quality and accuracy of the schedule
- Analyze and report anticipated and current schedule status for communication to proactively focus management’s attention of known or potential areas of concern or risk
- Attend project meetings, assist in taking and relaying meeting notes, action items
- Adhere to in accordance with our client’s Project Scheduler Standards
Required Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, MIS or related degree. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
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5+ years of scheduling experience using Primavera P6.
- Solid understanding of Project Management and Project Management Office
- Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision and work effectively in a collaborative team environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to have high level conversations with executives
- Excellent researching, decision-making and organizational skills are required
- Strong attention to detail
- Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
- Possess a mastery of basic/generic data skills (tools & concepts)
- Maintain confidentiality and adhere to data protection and other guidelines where appropriate
- Capital project management experience with project controls (scheduling) focus
- Complex Problem Solving -- identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
- High degree of computer literacy including advanced knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and the remainder of the MS Office suite.
Preferred:
- Primavera P6 certification desirable
- PMI-SP and/or PMP certification preferred
- Previous SAP project work a plus
Job Requirement
- Primavera P6
- Primavera
- Scheduler
Reach Out to a Recruiter
- Recruiter
- Phone
- SHAKTHIKANNAN KONAR
- shakthikannan.konar@collabera.com
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