TPO Project Controls Scheduler

CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years.

Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term growth strategy. We have an unwavering commitment to safely and reliably deliver electricity and natural gas to millions of people.

Our Commitment: CenterPoint Energy is committed to creating an inclusive work environment where business results are achieved through the skills, abilities and talents of our diverse workforce.

At CenterPoint Energy, individuals are respected for their contributions toward our company objectives. We strive for an inclusive work environment across all levels that is reflective of the available workforce in the communities we serve.

Job Summary

The Scheduler is responsible for providing oversight toto the integrated project schedules for high-voltage transmission and substation projects developed by the company's owners engineering firms and assigned project manager. Ensure functional milestones including engineering, regulatory/permitting, ROW, procurement, and construction as well as integration of the EPC contractor schedules, and enforcing adherence to schedule baselines, the Scheduler provides reliable forecasts, identifies critical-path risks, and supports timely and predictable project delivery.

This role requires working on-site five days a week, with occasional time spent in the field.

Essential Functions

• Integrated schedule development: Provide oversight to the owners engineering (OE) representative to ensure the master project schedule is accurate and incorporates all functional milestones across engineering, permitting, procurement, and construction activities.
• Contractor schedule integration: Ensure EPC contractor schedules and other schedule inputs are incorporated into the owner's master plan, ensuring quality and consistency with long-lead procurement and project delivery sequencing.
• Schedule performance monitoring: Track progress against milestones; analyze variances; update forecasts; prepare transparent schedule reports for governance and decision making; flag deviations to owner's engineering firm and Project Manager and recommend recovery plans; manage baseline change control under Project Manager approval.
• Critical path and risk analysis: Conduct CPM analysis, what-if and scenario modeling to identify potential delays; develop recovery plans and recommend mitigations.
• EPC schedule enforcement: Review and validate contractor-submitted schedules for quality, realism and completeness; enforce adherence to baseline schedules; escalate deviations impacting compliance, critical path, or milestone commitments.
• Decision support: Deliver timely schedule insights into project risk reviews, stage-gates, and governance forums to enable fact-based decision making.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field from an accredited college or university.

In lieu of a degree, 6+ years of directly relevant scheduling/project controls experience may be considered.

Experience

• 5+ years of project scheduling experience for complex construction and engineering projects
• Working knowledge of Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling and project controls principles; experience integrating contractor schedules into an owner independent master schedule

Additional knowledge, skills, licenses/certifications

• Proficiency with scheduling tools, primarily Primavera P6 (MS Project secondary); reporting in Excel/Power BI/ Tableau; familiarity with coding structures, resource loading, and baselining
• Ability to run schedule health checks and perform what-if/impact analysis; Acumen Fuse/Risk or similar tools preferred
• Clear communicator with strong analytical and stakeholder management skills; able to present complex schedule insights to leadership and external partners
• Knowledge of permitting/ROW/procurement sequencing and typical T&D construction logic a plus
• AACE PSP or PMI-SP certification preferred
• Experience in power transmission, distribution, or substation projects preferred

We want you to know
Being a part of the CenterPoint Energy team is more than a career alone. It's an opportunity to make a positive impact. You will be an integral part of enabling everyday life and the pursuit of possibilities for the customers we serve and the communities we share. The vital services we provide are at the core of making our world work, and by sharing your energy with us, we'll create a better tomorrow together.

What we bring to you

• Competitive pay
• Paid training
• Benefits eligibility begins on your first day
• Transit subsidies
• Flexible work schedule, paid holidays and paid time off
• Access to discounts at fitness clubs and an on-site wellness center at our headquarters in Houston
• Professional growth and development programs including tuition reimbursement
• 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match dollar-for-dollar up to 6% and a company contribution of 3% regardless of your contribution

Job Type:Full Time
Posting Start Date: 11/17/2025
Posting End Date: 11/24/2025

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR * 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a), and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.

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