Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process, and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with the unique needs of our clients. With over 800 employees and 6,000 contractors operating in over 50 countries, our geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry, and the level of experience, exposure, and expertise that the organization has is unparalleled.

Airswift is looking for a Scheduler to work for a major client in Surry, Virginia for a 1-year assignment likely to be extended.

Qualifications:
• A minimum of 3 years required in project/outage planning and/or scheduling in an industrial environment (utility environment preferred).
• Considerable knowledge of company used and industrial scheduling software (such as Primavera P6, SAP, MS Project, etc.). -Knowledge of P6 and Plant Access Training once at NAPS
• Detailed knowledge of power stations and plant systems with related work experience.
• Detailed knowledge of work control processes.
• Strong Project Management techniques and skills.
• Effective communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• Skilled in leading and fostering cooperation without formal authority.
• Skilled in scheduling techniques to include Critical Path management, resource management/leveling, pert charts, cost management, etc.
• Skilled in the use of a personal computer, to include reasonable experience with the Microsoft Office fleet of software (i.e. MS Excel, MS Access, MS Word, MS Outlook, etc.).
• Ability to translate plans into schedules.

Job responsibilities:
• Ensure all projects are executed with Safety and Environmental Compliance as the primary focus of all personnel supporting his/her projects.
• Provide Project Management with current and accurate project schedules. Develop and be willing to provide recommendations to improve project schedules and project planning standards. Help coordinate work and resources with various station/department groups, and meet with vendors and supervisors, as necessary, to ensure that requirements and work needs are being addressed.
• Keep the schedules current and accurate by going to the jobs to check on their statuses
• Utilize various scheduling techniques to include Critical Path management, resource management/levelling, pert charts, cost management, etc. as requested.
• Identify requirements and conduct planning and scheduling meetings with various departments to ensure that scheduling activities are properly identified, integrated and resources levelled. Prepare, conduct, and lead project meeting discussions to communicate scope and schedule status in an organized and professional atmosphere.
• Maintain and analyse work progress and effectiveness within and in accordance with the schedule. Review compliance with project planning (capital budget) schedules, plan job steps for work execution in SAP, utilizing applicable permits in the planning process to include correct account coding (if applicable). Track purchase requisitions and deliveries if directed by the Project Manager.
• Develop reports indicating activities scheduled by shift, progress, milestone status, daily and weekly objectives, projected completion, earned value, etc. and provide Project Management progress updates and projections for management teams. Trend critical path activities. Develop and maintain standard project schedules.
• Conduct job walk downs prior to schedule development. Accountable for meeting Project Management and plant safety goals. Conduct job observations, housekeeping observations, and report hazards or other issues.
• Develop effective system processes and standards to be followed at all locations for scheduling techniques and reporting formats. Incorporate improvement techniques in future procedures and plans.