Consultant Scheduling Program Manager

Summary of Responsibilities:

At American Transmission Company, reliable project delivery begins with clear plans, trusted schedules, and timely decisions. We are looking for a Scheduling Program Manager to lead scheduling strategy, governance, and execution across a portfolio of programs and projects. This role is an opportunity to strengthen schedule integrity, improve portfolio visibility, and influence the successful delivery of critical infrastructure work.

Essential Responsibilities:

What You'll Do

Lead Scheduling Strategy & Governance

• Guide scheduling practices across multiple programs and projects.
• Establish and maintain scheduling standards, governance processes, controls, and communication routines.
• Partner with project and program leaders to align priorities, milestones, and delivery objectives.
• Provide direction, prioritization, coaching, and quality oversight to contracted Schedulers.

Drive Schedule Performance

• Develop, review, and manage integrated schedules using Primavera P6.
• Monitor schedule health, milestones, critical-path impacts, variances, and forecasting.
• Identify risks, assumptions, constraints, and delivery concerns early.
• Recommend mitigation strategies and help resolve schedule conflicts.

Strengthen Portfolio Visibility

• Analyze schedule trends and translate data into actionable insights.
• Provide clear reporting and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.
• Support portfolio prioritization, work sequencing, and informed decision-making.
• Escalate concerns that could affect schedule integrity or milestone achievement.

Develop People & Improve Processes

• Balance scheduler workloads and resource capacity across active and planned work.
• Coach and mentor contracted and internal scheduling resources.
• Drive improvements in consistency, reporting quality, forecasting, documentation, and controls.
• Provide direct scheduling support for complex, high-priority, or high-visibility work as needed.

What You'll Bring

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with emphasis in Engineering, Project Management, or Construction Management.
• Five years of experience in project controls, scheduling, construction scheduling, or transmission project scheduling.
• Advanced Primavera P6 scheduling and schedule management experience.
• Experience leading scheduling resources and influencing cross-functional teams.
• Experience developing integrated schedules, forecasts, milestones, and progress tracking methods.
• Ability to identify schedule risks, constraints, issues, and critical-path impacts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Portfolio- or program-level scheduling governance and execution.
• Capital project or infrastructure delivery experience.
• Experience overseeing contracted Schedulers or external scheduling resources.
• Experience creating scheduling standards, controls, governance practices, and communication routines.
• Experience supporting complex, high-priority, or high-visibility projects.
• A record of improving schedule consistency, reporting quality, forecasting, or resource planning.

Why ATC

• Purpose-Driven Work: We’re energized by meaningful and challenging work that contributes to the greater good, from powering everyday life to grid modernization.

• People-Centric Culture: We are difference makers. We lead with trust, value collaboration, and foster a supportive environment where people grow, contribute openly, and make a difference.

• Flexibility & Balance: Our work environment encourages autonomy, connection, and choice with accountability.

• Growth & Development: Curiosity, coaching, and engagement fuel careers. We invest in our people through cross-functional opportunities, skill-building, and assignments that stretch potential and build careers.

• Comprehensive Rewards: Compensation, benefits, and well-being offerings are thoughtfully and competitively designed to support employees’ unique needs.

• Reliable Innovation: Grounded in the communities we serve, we play a critical role in powering the grid, with the agility to innovate, lead, and drive progress in a time of transformational change in the industry.

• A Shared Future: We commit to creating an environment where people can do their best work, thrive, and drive success for our customers and stakeholders, delivering a lasting impact for all.

Join our Great Place to Work, where we build and operate the power grid that enables modern life, and where every role contributes to something bigger than any one of us.

The targeted base pay for this position is $148,300 to $173,000 annually.* Base pay is one component of our comprehensive total rewards package which includes an annual incentive bonus, employer-sponsored pension plan, 401(k) match, HSA contribution, life & disability insurance, health care benefits, generous time off plans, flexible work arrangements, and much more.

*The pay range is a general guideline. Employment offers are evaluated individually and consider qualifications, experience, academic achievements, internal equity, and business needs. Pay exceeding the posted range is considered for uniquely qualified candidates. Interested internal candidates, with questions, please consult your Human Resources Business Partner.

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ATC is an equal opportunity employer that seeks to foster diverse teams of talented people working safely together. We respect and embrace diversity of all aspects and hire, train and promote employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, genetics, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage women, minorities, veterans and individuals with a disability to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.

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