Senior Project Scheduler

TITLE:Senior Project Scheduler

LOCATION:Bellevue, WA, USA

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Senior Project Scheduler

TerraPower is seeking a Senior Project Scheduler that supports the planning, scheduling, cost tracking, status reporting, schedule analysis, project performance reporting and project baseline change control for projects at TerraPower. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate proficiency in working scheduling with primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Excel, Jira and Confluence software.

The Senior Project Scheduler will work closely with various project stakeholders including the project manager, project engineers, group and system leads, as well as other teams and/or individuals and stakeholders while supporting assigned project area. At the senior-most level, this role may serve as a recognized subject matter expert (SME) for Project Controls across TerraPower, providing guidance to multiple project teams and ensuring consistency in scheduling best practices. Additionally, the candidate must have the ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks with a high volume of interruptions, develop and progress the schedule, integrate and validate teaming partners and subcontractor updates, follow-up on tasks and report schedule trends and metrics, and process project change notices into the control schedule. This role will be onsite three days per week at the Bellevue office.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and maintain an integrated baseline lifecycle schedule in P6.

- Regularly update and provide weekly progress reports, layouts and publication of the master schedule.

- Identify and communicate variances from the original plan and weekly baseline snapshots.

- Evaluate project schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas.

- Process project change notices into P6 baseline and live schedule monthly.

- Analyze critical path and constraints to determine the effect of progress changes to schedule and recommend solutions to ensure baseline key milestones are achieved.

- Support P6 administration functions to ensure EPPM data, global code fields, baseline copies and data interface to other applications are maintained properly.

- Assist with the facilitation of project review meetings, and project planning support as assigned and actively interact with project team members.

- Assist and interact with team members to drive out continual improvement of schedule project controls metrics and other performance indicators.

- Utilize EVMS principles and other project management best practices while supporting project manager and team group leads in the execution of defined scope and deliverables.

- Contribute to monthly project status reports that track and communicate overall project work performance in terms of scope, schedule, budget and risk.

- Assist group leads and project manager in developing and maintaining the resource loaded master project schedule.

- Regularly update and provide progress reports, layouts and publication of the master schedule

- Support and manager MCRE project-specific processes and process improvements

Key Qualifications and Skills:

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent technical field preferred.

- PMP, PMI-SP or PSP AACE certificate is preferred.

- Minimum of 10 to 12 years of project scheduling experience, preferably including work in R&D, engineering and/or Department of Energy (DOE O 413.3B) projects.

- Proficiency in Oracle Primavera P6, EPPM and MSP application.

- Experience as a P6 Administrator

- Experience in MS Power BI Service, Oracle BI or other data analytics platforms.

- Experience with Atlassian tools such as Confluence and JIRA a bonus.

- Experience with P6 Team Member a bonus.

- Strong analytical/problem solving skills, creative thinker.

- Strong communication skills required.

- The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork.

- Actual position starting level and title will be determined based on assessment of qualifications.

Job Functions:

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation. Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations. An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

- Motor Abilities: Sitting and/or standing for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)

- Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds

- Repetitive work: Prolonged

- Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work

- Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hrs./day

- Travel required: 0-5%

TerraPower’s technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government. TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees, refugees, or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements. To facilitate TerraPower’s export control reviews, you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident of the United States. Government export authorization approval times vary. Based on the business needs for a particular position, TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.

Job details:

Salary Range 9: $102,804 - $154,206

Salary Range 10: $117,922 - $176,833

- We typically place offers in the lower to middle portion of the range to maintain internal equity and allow room for growth. Any salary offered within the posted salary band is based on market data and commensurate with the selected individual’s qualifications experience. This range is specific to Washington State.

Benefits:

- Competitive Compensation

- Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments

- Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits for family or individual

o Vision

o Dental

o Life

o Life and Disability

o Gender Affirmation Benefits

o Parental Leave

- 401k Plan

- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)

o 21 days of annually accrued PTO

- Generous Holiday Schedule

o 10 paid holidays

- Relocation Assistance

- Professional and Educational Support Opportunities

- Flexible Work Schedule

TerraPower Career and Benefits information: https://www.terrapower.com/contact-us/careers/