Project Scheduler – High-Voltage Transmission | Primavera P6
Employer: Otter Wise Talent Solutions
Project: City of Edmonton Transmission Reinforcement (CETR) Program
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Job Type: Full-Time Contract
Initial Term: 12 Months, with Potential for Extension
Hours: 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday
Compensation: $65–$79/hour Term Employee | $75–$90/hour Incorporated Contractor (INC)
About Us
Otter Wise Talent Solutions is a proudly Indigenous-owned and women-led workforce solutions company operating across Canada and the United States.
We specialize in recruitment, contract staffing, executive search, workforce consulting, Indigenous workforce development, and talent strategy. Our team partners with organizations ranging from growing businesses to major enterprise and infrastructure organizations to build workforce solutions that create lasting impact.
At Otter Wise, we believe people are the foundation of every successful organization. Our approach combines industry expertise, relationship-driven recruiting, and innovative workforce solutions to help employers attract, engage, and retain exceptional talent.
Guided by Wisdom. Built for Workforce Impact.
About the Opportunity
Otter Wise Talent Solutions is recruiting an experienced Project Scheduler to support the City of Edmonton Transmission Reinforcement (CETR) Program, a major infrastructure initiative designed to reinforce Edmonton’s electrical transmission system and support the region’s future requirements.
The program includes significant high-voltage infrastructure work, including a new substation, improvements to existing substations, new 240 kV and 72 kV transmission lines, and associated transmission infrastructure.
The Project Scheduler will support the program management and project controls teams in executing multiple high-voltage transmission projects.
This position will be responsible for creating, updating, coordinating, analyzing, auditing, and distributing complex project schedules using Primavera P6, while supporting Project Managers and technical professionals throughout the project lifecycle.
This opportunity is being offered as an initial 12-month contract with potential for extension based on project requirements.
What You’ll Do
Project Scheduling & Controls
- Create, develop, maintain, update, and distribute detailed project schedules using Primavera P6.
- Support multiple high-voltage transmission projects throughout the project lifecycle.
- Work with Project Managers and technical experts to establish assignments, activities, tasks, subtasks, milestones, dependencies, and sequencing.
- Work with project codes, activity codes, user-defined fields/columns, budgeted resources, actual resources, and resource management.
- Develop and share schedule layouts and data required by different project stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain effective scheduling and project controls processes.
- Apply critical path scheduling and milestone management techniques.
- Monitor project timelines, deadlines, milestones, dependencies, and schedule performance.
Schedule Analysis & Reporting
- Audit schedule information to ensure completeness and accuracy.
- Identify potential schedule delays, constraints, conflicts, and emerging risks.
- Facilitate timely intervention when schedule issues are identified.
- Develop scheduling information, data, and scenarios to help project teams evaluate options and expedite project schedules.
- Identify potential schedule recovery and acceleration opportunities.
- Evaluate schedule performance and prepare project progress information and reports.
- Incorporate project updates and approved changes into project schedules.
- Provide regular schedule updates to Project Controls leadership and Project Managers.
- Maintain accurate scheduling information to support effective project decision-making.
Project Coordination
- Coordinate project timelines with internal departments and external stakeholders.
- Work collaboratively with Project Managers, engineers, technical experts, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
- Communicate schedule changes, milestones, risks, constraints, and potential impacts.
- Support project teams in identifying practical scheduling solutions.
- Provide reliable scheduling information throughout the project lifecycle.
About You
We are looking for a technically capable Project Scheduler who understands that a project schedule is more than a reporting tool — it is an essential part of effective project delivery.
You are comfortable working with complex schedules, analyzing dependencies and critical paths, challenging inaccurate information, identifying potential delays, and translating scheduling data into useful information for Project Managers and stakeholders.
You bring strong attention to detail while still understanding the broader project environment.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering OR a relevant technical certificate or diploma.
- Minimum 4 years of project schedule management experience.
- Strong professional experience using Primavera P6.
- Experience creating, maintaining, monitoring, updating, and analyzing project schedules.
- Experience working with project codes, activity codes, user-defined fields/columns, budgeted and actual resources, and resource management.
- Experience developing schedule layouts and presenting scheduling information to different stakeholders.
- Experience auditing schedule information for completeness and accuracy.
- Strong knowledge of critical path scheduling and milestone management techniques.
- Experience identifying schedule delays, constraints, and opportunities to expedite or recover project schedules.
- Experience developing scheduling information, data, and scenarios to support project decision-making.
- Strong understanding of foundational project management processes and procedures aligned with PMBOK.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Legally authorized to work in Canada.
- Ability to work in Edmonton under a hybrid work arrangement.
Preferred Qualifications
The following would be considered strong assets:
- Experience scheduling construction or major capital projects.
- Utility infrastructure experience.
- Electrical transmission experience.
- High-voltage project experience.
- Experience with energized substations.
- Experience supporting multiple concurrent projects.
- Experience working within a formal Project Controls environment.
- PMP designation or progress toward PMP certification.
- Engineering, construction, electrical, utilities, or related technical background.
Training Requirements
The successful candidate must be willing and able to complete required Construction Safety Training System (CSTS) training within the required onboarding period.
Compensation & Contract Term
This opportunity may be structured as either a term employee assignment or an incorporated contractor engagement.
Term Employee: $65–$79/hour
Incorporated Contractor (INC): $75–$90/hour
Compensation within the applicable range will be determined based on the successful candidate’s experience, qualifications, engagement structure, and overall alignment with the project requirements.
Candidates wishing to be considered under the INC contractor structure must operate through an incorporated business.
Prior to the assignment start date, incorporated contractors will be required to provide:
- Proof of active incorporation/corporate status
- Proof of required commercial insurance coverage
- Current WCB coverage/clearance
- Any additional contractor onboarding documentation required for the assignment
Candidates who do not meet the requirements for an incorporated contractor engagement may still be considered as Term Employees at the applicable employee rate.
The opportunity is expected to begin as an initial 12-month assignment, with potential for extension based on project requirements and performance. Any extension beyond the initial term is not guaranteed.
Why Join This Project?
The City of Edmonton Transmission Reinforcement Program represents a significant investment in the infrastructure required to support Edmonton’s electrical transmission system.
For an experienced Project Scheduler, this is an opportunity to apply your Primavera P6 and project controls expertise in an environment involving high-voltage transmission, substations, major capital construction, multiple project stakeholders, and complex project schedules.
You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside experienced Project Managers, Project Controls professionals, engineers, technical specialists, and project stakeholders while contributing directly to significant Edmonton infrastructure.
Preference Statement for Indigenous Candidates
Preference may be given to qualified candidates who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit) in alignment with Otter Wise Talent Solutions' commitment to advancing Indigenous employment, participation, and economic reconciliation.
We encourage all qualified candidates to apply. Candidates will be considered based on their qualifications, experience, and alignment with the requirements of the opportunity.
Culture & Fit
At Otter Wise, we believe in mutual respect, accountability, high standards, shared success, and meaningful workforce impact.
For this opportunity, we are looking for someone who brings accuracy, accountability, technical scheduling expertise, collaboration, and strong project judgment to their work.
If you enjoy turning complex project information into reliable schedules that help teams make better decisions and deliver major infrastructure successfully, this opportunity may be an excellent fit.
Apply Now
Submit your resume today for consideration for this Project Scheduler – City of Edmonton Transmission Reinforcement Program opportunity.
Candidates with backgrounds as Project Schedulers, Senior Project Schedulers, Primavera P6 Schedulers, P6 Schedulers, Construction Schedulers, Project Controls Schedulers, Project Controls Specialists, Planning & Scheduling Specialists, or Project Controls Coordinators are encouraged to apply.
Experience with Primavera P6, project controls, construction scheduling, high-voltage transmission, utility infrastructure, substations, electrical infrastructure, critical path scheduling, resource management, schedule analysis, schedule auditing, PMBOK, and major capital projects will be highly valued.
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Otter Wise Talent Solutions thanks all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Otter Wise Talent Solutions is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds.
