Project Controls Scheduler

About Ameren Missouri

Ameren Missouri has been providing electric and gas service for more than 100 years, and our electric rates are among the lowest in the nation. Ameren Missouri's mission is to power the quality of life for our 1.2 million electric and 132,000 natural gas customers in central and eastern Missouri. Our service area covers 64 counties and more than 500 communities including the greater St. Louis area.

Our benefits include:

• Medical coverage on date of hire

• 100% employer paid cash balance pension plan

• 401(k) with company match fully vested on date of hire

• Minimum of 15 days paid vacation and 12 paid holidays

• Paid parental leave and family caregiver leave

Visit our Benefits & Perks Page for more information on benefits provided to regular full-time employees. ​

About The Position

The Ameren Missouri Project Controls Scheduler is responsible for scheduling all phases of a projects life cycle (Initiation, Engineering, Procurement, Construction/Installations, Monitoring and Controlling, Close-out).  In addition, the Project Controls Specialist may support daily Energy Center outage scheduling of labor and contractor resources.  Schedule development could include any of the following types of Ameren Missouri Business Segment projects:  Electric Distribution and Substation, Gas Distribution and Energy Center generation projects. 

Key responsibilities include:

• Works in a multi-project environment to produce integrated schedules with other Ameren or Contractor schedules.
• Develops and maintains detailed, network-driven, resource-loaded, baselined schedules using scheduling software.   Resource level the schedules in accordance with resource availability and location specific job responsibilities.  Performs horizontal and vertical reviews with project team members to ensure completeness in schedule development and to obtain stakeholder buy-in.
• Meets with various project stakeholders to develop their schedules.  This could include interactions with Senior Leaders, Outage Managers, Project Managers, Project Engineers, Construction Supervisors, Real Estate Agents, Vegetation Supervisors, Telecom Group, Distribution Automation Techs, and other stakeholders who perform activities in the schedule.
• Works with project engineers and Project Managers (PM) to develop schedules for large scale projects under corporate oversight that must comply with gate approval requirements and timeline deadlines.   Works directly with the PM to develop performance metrics and provide reports as required.
• Provides schedule information to key stakeholders (e.g., the Business Performance Specialist, Outage Manager) in a format that allows them to align the forecast dollars in accordance with the schedule.  Provides cost analysis support and reporting for the project including providing contractor billing guidance and providing assistance in monthly cash flow reforecasting.
• Performs and/or reviews updates, schedules projects, and performs analysis of critical path, baseline variance, and key performance metrics.  Determines schedule impacts, provides guidance to stakeholders on how to resolve criticality, and communicates impacts timely to the appropriate stakeholders. 
• Follows established methodology Scheduling Department has established for obtaining schedule updates.
• Creates baselines and analyze change requests and implement into the baseline plan if approved.
• Monitors and enforces standards, policies and procedures established by the business line, Ameren Corporation and regulatory entities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Technical Level

• Knowledge - Under guidance, gains develops fundamental understanding of schedule management and project controls concepts through developing and maintaining schedules.
• Job Complexity - Intermediate skill level using scheduling software (e.g., Primavera, Microsoft Project) with significant knowledge regarding scheduling development for a business segment.  Understands Ameren's timeline for monthly forecasting and yearly financial budget snapshot, and the importance of aligning the schedule with this timeline to meet Ameren's financial objectives.
• Supervision - Receives general guidance on work assignments with more detailed instruction on new projects or schedule assignments.

• Leadership - Assists with training and developing other project schedulers. 
• Adaptability to Change - Adaptable to a customer driven envi