Scheduler/Project Controls Lead

Your Job

The Scheduler/ Project Controls Lead is a dual purpose role supporting capital projects across the portfolio.

This individual will provide direct Scheduling support on projects, as well as serve as a Project Controls Leader on select projects, accountable for the establishment and execution of strong project controls practices.

This role is ideal for a project controls professional who enjoys balancing hands on scheduling with leadership and influence, and who is motivated to raise the bar on project controls performance.

This position is a remote position with travel involved.

The amount of travel would be up to 50% dependent on business needs.

Our Team

Our team is made up of individuals with diverse backgrounds supporting project services capabilities across the Georgia Pacific Organization.

The project Services team builds and strengthens relationships with industry wide partners to successfully execute projects throughout the United States.

Our team is comprised of project controls leads and capability leaders supporting project proven practices during front end load through closeout.

What You Will Do

Key Responsibilities - Scheduler (Approximately 70%)


* Develop and maintain owner controlled project schedules across all phases of capital project execution with focus on FEL development.


* Integrate schedules across contractors, self perform work, engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning to create a single, aligned execution plan.


* Establish and enforce scheduling standards, including logic, calendars, activity coding, and progress measurement methodologies.


* Review, validate, and challenge contractor schedules to ensure quality, realism, and alignment to owner milestones and business objectives.


* Accurately status schedules using field verified progress and provide reliable forecasts of critical milestones and project completion.


* Identify critical path and near critical work, communicating schedule risks and opportunities early to project leadership.


* Perform schedule impact, change, and what if analysis to support scope changes, execution decisions, and recovery planning.


* Produce clear, management ready schedule outputs, including milestone summaries, look ahead views, and leadership dashboards.


* Support execution, outages, and commissioning teams driving schedule based planning and prioritization.


* Collaborate with cost, risk, and procurement teams to ensure schedule integrity and cross discipline alignment.


* Mentor project teams and promote continuous improvement in scheduling practices, discipline, and schedule literacy.

Key Responsibilities - Project Controls Lead (Approximately 30%)



* Lead project controls activities across assigned small to mid cap capital projects, ensuring consistency, predictability, and transparency.


* Establish and maintain integrated cost, schedule, and progress control systems aligned with owner expec...