Job Title: Scheduler
Job Description

Position Classification: Billable Full Time Consultant (FTC)Position SummaryActalent connects passion with purpose. We are supporting critical engineering and sciences initiatives that advance how companies serve the world. With almost 40 years of experience, our scalable talent solutions and engineering and sciences services provide the expertise our customers need to achieve more.The Scheduler provides project administration support services to the Delivery teams. The primary responsibilities of this position require a greater sense of ownership and accountability for performing and monitoring tasks that include developing project resource-loaded schedules, updating schedules by talking to various stakeholders in the Delivery team, reporting and communicating project/portfolio schedule and resource statuses, and coordinating with Delivery Project Coordinators and Delivery Project Controls Analysts. This job will require working with various teams across all offices in the engagement using technology.Some travel may be required.Primary Duties and Responsibilities• Develop and maintain resource-loaded project schedules by closely working with Delivery teams and Delivery Project Coordinators. Typical scheduling responsibilities include but are not limited to: develop resource-loaded project baseline schedule, add project to portfolio, and update project status on regular basis.• Lead periodic (weekly/bi-weekly/monthly) meetings with Functional Leads and Delivery Project Coordinators. Use of Technology (e.g., WebEx) will be crucial to run these meetings for different office locations.• Utilize data gathering tools and methods to collect project and resource scheduling information with help from Delivery Project Coordinators.• Keep track of project scope changes initiated by internal teams or client. Reflect project changes on project schedules and resource planning.• Ensure that the project status update notes are regularly recorded by working closely with Delivery Project Coordinators.• Perform resource leveling on regular basis by closely working with Delivery teams.• Provide analysis of resources and project schedules to assist Delivery teams with their efforts to complete projects within performance parameters of time, cost, and quality. Monitor project performance parameters, identify issues, and verify with the project teams that the issues are addressed in a timely manner.• Provide Delivery teams various periodic and ad-hoc reports, for example: reports on project CPIs, SPIs, project quality scores, resource utilization and forecast, etc. Develop reports on various KPIs required to make informed decisions and reach the standards of exemplary service quality for our client.• Develop and maintain a project risk register by closely working with Delivery teams.• Monitor and record project risk changes and ensure the project risk register is current. Reflect the impact of project risk changes on the project schedules and cost by working with Delivery Project Coordinators and Delivery teams.• Monitor project actuals for correct hours to be billed on correct projects and tasks.• Monitor accuracy of actual hours and cost data transfer from/to another invoicing/billing software to the scheduling software. Be able to work with plug-in software.• Work with Delivery Project Controls Analysts to ensure that project information and statuses are correct to facilitate timely and accurate invoicing.• Coordinate the sharing of best practices with resource analyst team working across 3 different office locations.• Participate in development of project control standards and guidelines. Coordinate the continuous improvement of processes and procedures with Operations group.• Work independently and provide feedback to direct manager for evidence-based decision making.• Keep direct manager abreast of the latest developments and avail improvement opportunities regarding any aspect of the Scheduler’s work.• Will work under the supervision and guidance of Project Portfolio Planning and Scheduling Lead.• Any other tasks based on business needs.

Hard SkillsPrimavera P6Microsoft ProjectSchedulingAnalysisJob Type

This is a contract position with a duration of 3 Year(s).

Work Site

This is a fully remote position.

Work Environment

- The office is an engineering office environment that is quiet in nature.- The dress code is business casual- Teamwork is highly encouraged and happens frequently.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

Hiring diverse talent Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.