Tennessee Valley Authority · 2 days ago
Project Control Specialist, Schedule (NPG) B - 518142
Soddy-Daisy, TN
Part-time
Onsite
Mid LevelTennessee Valley Authority is a government agency that provides electricity for business customers and local power companies. They are seeking a Project Control Specialist to plan, schedule, and monitor project performance, particularly in the nuclear sector. The role involves developing project sequences, coordinating with various teams, and ensuring adherence to safety and technical specifications.
Electrical DistributionEnergyGovernment
Responsibilities
Plans, schedules, and monitors schedule performance of daily (on-line), refueling and integrated projects
Develops the work sequence structure for a project to ensure effective control of nuclear risk management issues, resource allocation and equipment outage time constraints
Periodically reviews the project status by analyzing the completed activities and comparing that information to the project schedule
Documents project progress and changes and communicates them to team members
Conducts schedule review meetings to formulate solutions and approaches for schedule logic and resource problem areas
Prepares summary and detail level reports which are the fundamental monitoring tool to identify progress and problems with projects
Develops the pre-outage plan for system schedules, startup and shutdown sequences, major operational windows, and resource assignment and levelization
Presents these plans to the implementation team and facilitates the evaluation phase of outage projects
Coordinates with various Site organizations on the status of work being performed and processes logic change requests while analyzing these impacts on the schedule and resource allocation
Utilizes the 'lessons learned' from other projects to identify needed activities and logic changes
Performs risk analysis of the project plan to determine reduced levels of nuclear safety and technical specification adherence
Operates in a teamwork environment to resolve schedule constraints
Interfaces with system engineers, design engineers, operations, maintenance and modification personnel and senior management
Utilizes specific computer systems and software to transfer information in batch mode from the schedule to other databases
Develops various schedule performance reports, work status listings, and resource analysis formats
Qualification
Required
An Associate Degree in Engineering or related field or the equivalent in experience
A working knowledge of plant systems and equipment, outage/non-outage maintenance and modifications
Experience in project control practices, methods, proficiency in using scheduling, maintenance management, and PC software
Full competence as a Project Control Specialist - Scheduler Specialist as demonstrated by experience as a Project Control Technician - Scheduler Senior or equivalent
Must be able to obtain and maintain unescorted nuclear plant access and S-3 and S-4 medical qualifications when applicable
Must be able and willing to assume 'on-call' rotational assignments which may include 24 hour-a-day, 7 day-a-week availability
Must be willing and medically able to work rotating shifts and maximum overtime permitted by TVAN procedures during peak periods
Must be able and willing to travel to plant locations as required when performing assigned tasks and, as necessary, to be temporarily assigned to a field location
Preferred
Scheduling Techniques (CPM)
Scheduling Software (Primavera,P6)
PC software (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Dbase, Lotus)
Hold order database (NOMS)
Resource, Cost and Schedule Integration Techniques
Maintenance Management Systems (EMPAC)
Plant systems, Tech Specs, procedures, policies, drawings, dose rate requirements
NUMARC and INPO guidelines
Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority is a corporate agency that provides electricity for business customers.
Founded in 1933
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$404MKey Investors
US Department of Energy
2025-12-02Grant· $400M
2019-03-29Debt Financing· $4M
Leadership Team
Jeff Lyash
President & CEO
John Thomas
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President Financial Services
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