Consultor de planeamento e controlo de projetos

Become a Project Controls Scheduling, Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you will play a key role in supporting California's clean energy future by applying advanced scheduling practices to the planning and execution of complex capital projects supporting electric vehicle infrastructure, renewable energy integration, and grid modernization. Your expertise in schedule development, logic and dependency management, critical path analysis, forecasting, baseline management, and schedule risk identification will help project teams proactively address constraints and maintain alignment with key milestones and project objectives. As a trusted Advisor in Scheduling, you will provide actionable schedule intelligence that supports effective project controls, timely decision-making, and successful project delivery.

Key Focus Areas

• Integrated Project Scheduling & Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Management: Lead the development, maintenance, and governance of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and integrated master schedules for major, multi-year capital projects and programs.
• Establish and maintain schedule logic, dependencies, and critical path alignment across multiple disciplines and project stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Collaboration & Project Controls Strategy: Partner proactively with project teams, engineering, construction, and business stakeholders to develop schedule assumptions, estimates, and project controls solutions.
• Apply project controls methodologies and tools to drive informed decision-making and improve project performance.
• Schedule Performance Monitoring & Forecasting:
• Lead milestone tracking, schedule updates, and performance reporting to ensure projects remain aligned with approved baselines.
• Measure and communicate project progress through earned value metrics, schedule performance indicators, variance analysis, and completion forecasting.
• Advanced Schedule Analytics & Risk Management
• Perform complex schedule analyses, including what-if scenarios, schedule impact assessments, and risk evaluations.
• Develop actionable recommendations and mitigation strategies to address schedule challenges, optimize resources, and support successful project delivery.
• Executive Reporting & Business Decision Support
• Prepare and present project controls analyses, alternatives, and recommendations to leadership and governance stakeholders.
• Translate complex schedule and project performance data into clear insights that support strategic business decisions.
• Governance, Regulatory Compliance & Audit Support
• Lead project controls responses for governance reviews, internal and external audits, General Rate Cases (GRC), and regulatory filings.
• Ensure project controls documentation, work papers, and reporting requirements are accurate, complete, and aligned with organizational and regulatory standards.

As a Project Controls Scheduling, Advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

Responsibilities

• Ensures the development and maintenance of accurate project cost reports which support tracking of project budgets.
• Monitors market trends and fluctuations in material and labor costs to anticipate potential impacts on project budgets and schedules.
• Advises management when forecasted costs are either overrun or underrun as compared to the approved budget.
• Interfaces with multiple operating facilities to review and discuss project scope and estimate basis, including visits to construction sites.
• Monitors cost performance against realistic targets to ensure that objectives and key performance indicators are met.
• Guides and influences contractors ensuring they are progressing in line with the schedule and within agreed cash flow parameters.
• Stays up to date on industry trends, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies in cost engineering and construction management.
• Performs trend analysis and actively evaluates project cost performance to identify potential risk areas and validate forecast.
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Minimum Qualifications

• Seven or more years of experience in engineering cost controls, estimating, planning, and risk assessment for major construction projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Business, Construction Management, or a related field.
• 7-10 years of progressive experience in project controls, project management, scheduling, or capital project execution.
• Demonstrated experience in project management practices, including:
• Cost estimating
• Project planning and scheduling
• Risk assessment and mitigation
• Project controls and performance management
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 scheduling software.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project (MS Project) and related project management tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate project performance, identify risks, and develop corrective action plans.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders and supporting complex, multi-year projects and programs.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to convey schedule, cost, and risk impacts to leadership and project teams.

Additional Information

• This position's work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
• Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
• The primary work location for this position is Pomona, CA (Pomona Innovation Village). However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time at other locations throughout your assigned service territory.
• Position will require up to 25% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
• Relocation does not apply to this position.

Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at [email protected] or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.