# Project Manager - Schedules **Company**: Southern Company **Location**: Atlanta **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Energy **Apply**: https://emje.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/SouthernCompanyJobs/job/18797?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_da75e507-614 ## Description The Project Manager - Schedules serves as the subject matter expert (SME) for project scheduling within the Power Delivery Project Management Organisation. This role is responsible for developing and managing complex, multi-discipline schedules using Primavera P6, ensuring alignment across engineering, procurement, environmental, and construction activities. This position requires a proactive, technically skilled individual with deep expertise in Primavera P6 and project controls who can ensure successful execution of complex projects through meticulous scheduling and data-driven decision-making. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills while supporting Southern Company's Values. **Responsibilities** - Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for Primavera P6 scheduling across multiple transmission capital projects - Support Senior Project Managers by providing expert scheduling guidance, resource optimisation, and risk mitigation strategies - Develop, maintain, and analyse integrated master schedules across Engineering, Procurement, Environmental, System Outages, and Construction disciplines - Perform advanced schedule analyses, including critical path, float, and what-if scenarios, to proactively identify and address potential risks - Lead schedule reviews and health assessments to ensure compliance with corporate standards and gated processes - Mentor and develop less experienced schedulers and analysts, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning - Collaborate with cost controls and project controls teams to integrate schedule and cost data, supporting earned value and variance analysis - Prepare and present detailed schedule performance reports for stakeholders, customers, and leadership - Partner with internal teams and external contractors to ensure schedules reflect all aspects of project execution - Drive consistency and innovation in scheduling tools, templates, and reporting methods to enhance accuracy and transparency - Promote continuous improvement by evaluating emerging scheduling technologies and methodologies **Requirements** - Minimum 5 years of experience developing and maintaining complex project schedules using Primavera P6 required - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business - Experience in Project Management, Engineering, or Construction required - Power Delivery or Transmission experience strongly preferred - PMI-SP, PSP, or equivalent scheduling certification preferred **Knowledge, Skills & Abilities** - Expert-level proficiency in Primavera P6, including coding structures, logic analysis, resource loading, and schedule risk modelling - Strong understanding of critical path methodology, earned value management, and schedule performance metrics - Ability to perform advanced schedule analytics, including float and trend analysis, and 'what-if' scenario modelling - Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); experience with Power BI or other data visualisation tools is a plus - Skilled in facilitating meetings with customers and project teams, translating technical data into clear, actionable insights - Experience integrating schedule and cost data to support variance analysis and forecasting - Familiarity with gated processes and governance frameworks, with ability to refine and improve scheduling standards - Exceptional organisational and communication skills, both verbal and written **Behavioural Attributes** - Demonstrates Southern Company's Values (Safety First, Unquestionable Trust, Superior Performance, Total Commitment) - Models ethical conduct and professional integrity - Cultivates a collaborative team environment and mentors others in scheduling best practices - Proactively resolves conflicts and facilitates alignment across functional areas - Exhibits strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills - Adapts to changing priorities and manages multiple complex tasks effectively - Demonstrates leadership and promotes continuous professional development - Supports and advances Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives - Drives innovation and continuous improvement in scheduling processes and tools ## Skills ### Required - Primavera P6 - Project Management - Engineering - Construction - Critical Path Methodology - Earned Value Management - Schedule Performance Metrics - Microsoft Office - Power BI - Data Visualisation --- Source: [Apply at emje.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com](https://emje.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/SouthernCompanyJobs/job/18797?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)