Project Scheduler, Nuclear Projects II / III

Location / Schedule / Compensation

• Location: Richland, WA
• Worksite: Onsite at a nuclear generating facility
• Schedule: 4x10
• Hours: 10 hours per day, 4 days per week
• Duration: 12-month contract
• Pay: $56.50 to $114.00/hr, depending on experience and level
• Per diem: Available for eligible non-local candidates- paid at $216/day (nearly 79K of non taxed income)
• Expenses: Eligible
• Openings: 1
• Citizenship: U.S. citizenship required

Position Overview

• We are hiring a Project Scheduler, Nuclear Projects II / III to support nuclear and engineering project organizations.
• This role is posted at two different levels, but only one position will be filled.
• Candidates should be submitted at the level they best qualify for based on experience, scheduling background, and nuclear project exposure.
• The Project Scheduler will support project managers by developing, maintaining, and coordinating accurate project schedules for online work, outage projects, and life-cycle schedules.
• This role is responsible for delivering timely, coherent, comprehensive, and accurate schedules for assigned projects.
• The position requires strong scheduling discipline, nuclear project experience, schedule maintenance skills, and the ability to support complex project execution in a highly regulated environment.

What You Will Do

• Schedule project activities, including dates, times, sequences, and logic
• Develop and maintain project schedules for nuclear and engineering projects
• Support online work, outage projects, forced outage work, refueling outage work, and life-cycle schedules
• Perform schedule maintenance between Passport and Primavera scheduling tools
• Assist project managers with schedule development and schedule updates
• Build schedules that align with project complexity, size, risk, critical path, and float
• Support project planning, execution, monitoring, and control activities
• Help track progress and maintain accountability across assigned project work
• Identify schedule delays, conflicts, risks, and impacts
• Support resolution of schedule delays and project execution conflicts
• Support resource loading, work prioritization, and risk management activities
• Interface with project managers, engineers, vendors, related parties, and management
• Support budget development and cost tracking for assigned projects
• Track cost versus budget for assigned project activities
• Support work package preparation, parts procurement, ALARA planning, clearance order preparation, and project execution planning
• Support industrial safety, nuclear safety, quality, and compliance expectations
• Prepare and deliver written and oral communications to project teams and senior management
• Develop and maintain long-range planning strategies for assigned projects
• Support corrective action and self-assessment program activities
• Help ensure project work is implemented safely, with quality, on schedule, and within budget

Required Qualifications

• Candidates may qualify at either the Project Scheduler II or Project Scheduler III level based on education and experience.

Project Scheduler II Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field involving Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, or Nuclear Technology and 8 years of nuclear power generation experience in operations, maintenance, engineering, or technical project management

OR

• Associate’s degree in a technical field involving Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, or Nuclear Technology and 10 years of nuclear power generation experience in operations, maintenance, engineering, or technical project management

OR

• High school diploma or GED and 12 years of nuclear power generation experience in a journey-level craft, qualified watch station, field engineer, or Quality Control position within operations, maintenance, engineering, or quality assurance

Project Scheduler III Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in project scheduling
• At least 5 years of experience focused on large-scale or mega projects

Required Experience

• Project scheduling experience
• Nuclear power generation experience
• Commercial nuclear power plant experience
• Experience supporting nuclear or engineering projects
• Experience developing project schedules for complex work scopes
• Experience supporting online work, outage projects, or life-cycle schedules
• Experience with Primavera scheduling tools
• Experience with Passport scheduling tools
• Experience maintaining schedules across multiple systems
• Experience identifying schedule delays, conflicts, risks, and project impacts
• Experience managing or supporting critical path and float
• Experience supporting capital project activities
• Experience supporting project execution in a safety-focused and quality-focused environment
• Experience preparing or supporting written and oral project communications

Required Technical Skills

• Primavera scheduling tools
• Passport scheduling tools
• Project schedule development
• Schedule maintenance
• Critical path analysis
• Float management
• Resource loading support
• Work sequencing
• Schedule risk identification
• Cost-effective work execution
• Project planning and execution support
• Budget tracking support
• Cost versus budget tracking
• Work package planning support
• Vendor interface support
• Long-range planning support

Desired Experience

• Experience supporting refueling outage projects
• Experience supporting forced outage projects
• Experience supporting online nuclear project work
• Experience supporting large-scale capital projects
• Experience with ALARA planning
• Experience with clearance order preparation
• Experience with parts procurement coordination
• Experience with contract development or vendor management
• Experience preparing communications for senior management
• Experience supporting corrective action or self-assessment programs
• Experience working in a highly regulated nuclear environment

Skills and Competencies

• Strong scheduling discipline
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong communication skills
• Strong project coordination skills
• Ability to work closely with project managers and technical teams
• Ability to manage schedule complexity
• Ability to identify project risks and schedule impacts
• Ability to support safe, quality-driven project execution
• Ability to prioritize work and maintain schedule accountability
• Ability to communicate schedule status, delays, and conflicts clearly
• Strong understanding of human performance principles
• Strong understanding of cost-effective work execution
• Ability to work in a structured and compliance-driven environment

Work Environment

• Onsite role in Richland, WA
• Full-time contract position
• 4 days per week
• 10 hours per day
• Nuclear generating facility environment
• Structured, safety-focused, and compliance-driven project setting
• Cross-functional collaboration with:
• Project Managers
• Engineering teams
• Nuclear project teams
• Maintenance teams
• Operations teams
• Vendors
• Senior management

Benefits

• Eligible to apply for benefits after 30 days
• Benefits include:
• Health care
• Dental
• Vision
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• 401k eligibility begins after 1 year

Paid Sick Leave

• Washington state provides paid sick leave, which can be used similarly to PTO
• Employees accrue a minimum of 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 40 hours worked
• Based on a 4x10 schedule, employees work approximately 40 hours per week
• This equals approximately 52 hours of paid sick leave per year
• Based on 10-hour workdays, this equals approximately 5.2 paid sick days per year
• Carryover is allowed per Washington state guidelines