Project Specialist 3

TekWissen LLC

Pomona, CA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$16–$40.41
SKILLS
Administrative Skills, Alternative Energy, Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Communication Skills, Computer Programming, Construction Engineering, Construction Schedule, Critical Path Method, Cross-Functional, Detail Oriented, Distribution Services, Diversity, Earned Value Management (EVM), Electrical Utility, Energy Management, Establish Priorities, Forecasting, IP Multimedia System (IMS), Maintain Compliance, Maintenance - Electrical, Power BI, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Primavera, Progress Reports, Project Control, Project Engineering, Project Evaluation, Project Schedule, Project Tracking, Project/Program Coordination, Project/Program Management, Reporting Skills, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Schedule Development, Systems Analysis, Technical Support, Time Management, Variance Analysis, Workforce Management
LOCATION
Pomona, CA
POSTED
24 days ago

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The Client is a leading electric utility in the United States, serving millions of customers across central, coastal, and Southern California. The Company provides electricity transmission and distribution services, supporting residential, commercial, and industrial customers across the region. It focuses on grid modernization, energy management, and infrastructure reliability to ensure consistent power delivery. The Client also drives clean energy adoption, electrification initiatives, and wildfire mitigation efforts, serving customers across its service territory.

Job Title: Project Specialist 3 (Senior Scheduler)
Work Location: 265 N. East End Ave, Pomona, CA 91768
Job Duration: 18 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Hybrid Onsite days will be like M & TU

Description:

Responsible for user liaison, system specifications, systems design, analysis, and project control. May also interact with Analysts and Programmers through implementation phases and occasionally assist in programming effort. Provide key link between ultimate user and computing resource. Typically possess eight or more years' experience. Plans, organizes, coordinates, promotes, facilitates and executes all events sponsored by the Vice President's Office. Coordinates and effectively oversees multiple assignments; prioritizes and meets deadlines set by managers; anticipates the needs of each event/project and completes event/project on schedule as assigned. Coordinates and participates in the planning of campus-wide events held on campus and other locations in the community. Coordinates with vendors, campus community, and key stakeholders regarding all logistical needs for events. Trains, assigns duties and provides lead oversight for special projects under the direction of the Associate Director of Talent Acquisition and COO. Performs administrative and technical support responsibilities for the Vice President's Office encompassing full range of complex, specialized, sensitive and highly confidential responsibilities. Prepares reports, memorandum and correspondence; and files confidential documentation. Leads and oversees training for temporary staff and student assistants. Other duties as assigned.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities/Workload:

The Senior Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, and analyzing integrated project schedules using Primavera P6. This role requires advanced hands-on scheduling expertise, supporting complex utility transmission and substation programs, and providing clear, data-driven insights to cross-functional stakeholders.

  • Develop and maintain integrated master schedules (IMS) in Primavera P6
  • Build schedules from scratch based on scope, engineering, and construction inputs
  • Perform critical path analysis, schedule risk assessment, and forecasting
  • Conduct time impact analysis (TIA) and evaluate schedule changes
  • Manage schedule baselines, updates, and variance analysis
  • Support earned value management (EVM) and progress reporting
  • Prepare and present monthly schedule reports, including delays, risks, and recovery plans
  • Coordinate with Project Managers, Engineering, and Construction teams for schedule alignment
  • Identify schedule risks and recommend mitigation strategies
  • Ensure adherence to project controls standards and governance

Required Skills/Attributes:

  • Advanced to expert-level proficiency in Primavera P6 (non-negotiable)
  • Proven experience developing and managing complex, multi-disciplinary project schedules

Strong expertise in:

  • Critical path method (CPM)
  • Schedule logic and sequencing
  • Time impact analysis (TIA)
  • Baseline and variance analysis
  • Ability to clearly communicate schedule risks, delays, and mitigation actions
  • Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail
  • Experience supporting cross-functional teams (engineering, construction, PMO)
  • Excellent structured communication and presentation skills
  • Minimum 7 8 years hands-on P6 scheduling experience managing complex programs"
  • Emphasize: "Hands-on builder-not just reviewer"

Desired Skills/Attributes:

  • Experience in utility, substation, or transmission projects
  • Knowledge of earned value management (EVM) and cost integration
  • Ability to leverage automation or data tools (Power BI, Excel analytics, AI-assisted reporting)
  • Strong understanding of project controls frameworks and lifecycle management

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

About the Company

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TekWissen LLC

WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE

TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.

To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.

Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.

It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.

Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.



COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
2009
WEBSITE
http://www.tekwissen.com/