Salary
≈ $87k – $164k per year (Estimated)
Location
In office (Northlake)
Seniority
Senior · 7+ years exp
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 29, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 28, 2026. Powell Industries scores B on the Alion truth index.
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Powell Industries is a Houston-based manufacturer of custom-engineered electrical power distribution and control equipment, including ANSI and IEC metal-clad and metal-enclosed switchgear, circuit breakers, DC switchgear, power rectifiers and integrated electrical houses. Founded in 1947 as a metal-working shop serving Houston petrochemical plants, it serves oil and gas, petrochemical, utility, transit and commercial markets, with plants and service centers in the US, in Canada through Powell Canada, and in the UK. It hires mechanical and electrical assemblers, painters, fabrication machine operators, electrical engineers, field service technicians and supervisors.
This position's purpose is to Forecast, Percentage of Completion (POC), Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Assembly and Ship schedule management. Utilize a variety of industry and proprietary software tools under the guidance of the Master Scheduler to effectively manage the production schedule. Sponsorship and relocation support is not available.
Essential Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain master schedules
- Control and monitor project schedules by effectively communicating across various engineering groups and departments. • Update, track and report on progress and POC revenue.
- Complete, update and maintain detailed project schedules, including activities required for each task with durations/constraints.
- Provide weekly status reports to Department Managers, Group Directors and others as needed • Assist in facilitating interactive planning process.
- Review/analyze activity durations and logic sequences; perform critical path analyses to identify potential problems and prompt pro-active correction of situations.
- Review staffing/resource needs and implement process improvements based on input from project management and manufacturing.
- Conduct a full analysis of each project to highlight and identify specific scheduling problem areas.
- Act as a liaison between all departments to ensure all customer commitments are met.
- Attend required in house and outside training sessions.
- Perform other related duties as assigned with no direct supervision required.
Minimum Qualifications
- BS/BA Degree with minimum 3 years relevant work experience
- In lieu of BS/BA, minimum 7 years relevant progressive work experience required
- Minimum of 3 years Project Controls experience
- Proficiency in Primavera Planner (P3) required
- Experience with Primavera P6, v5.0 or v6.0 v8.2 required
Skills, Abilities & Other Requirements
- Strong understanding of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Projects and Oracle; proven ability to learn new software programs
- Able to manage multiple priorities with no direct supervision required
- Learn policies and procedures, work instruction, ISO policies, Safety Rules and Regulations, and vendor products
This job description outlines the essential functions of the job and does not contain a comprehensive list of all possible responsibilities, tasks, and duties.
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