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Scheduler roles in healthcare, construction, and logistics qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process. Employers file with DOL to demonstrate no qualified U.S. workers are available, then petition USCIS for permanent residency. Understanding how your industry affects PERM timelines and priority dates shapes your sponsorship strategy.
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11-09-2026
Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.
Job Summary
This role will be responsible for coordinating scope of work for team activities and supporting the Project Managers (PMs).
With some supervision, this role will also perform functions of a scheduler and/or commodity tracker for major projects.
Develop, maintain & analyze less complex scope of work schedules using the assigned system.
Develop and analyze scope of work schedules using assigned systems.
Provide integrated cost loaded, resource loaded, and logic driven schedules, as applicable.
Perform schedule maintenance, collecting progress data, developing and implementing scope of work schedule/status reports, and providing consistent, accurate information to the scope of work execution team.
What You Will Do:
- Define activities, durations, work sequences, and relationship logic to develop the scope of work plan and develop milestones to represent key decisions and deliverables that take place during execution.
- Ensure all scope and deliverables are accounted for.
- Develop, maintain, and analyze scope of work project schedules using the assigned system (Primavera, SmartSheet, etc.).
- Organize and lead schedule review meetings with all stakeholders and incorporate appropriate details.
- Ensure clear minutes and action items, as required.
- Engage team and stakeholders to create schedules and provide schedule analysis updates to team, alerting them to schedule risks and issues that could delay milestones.
- Communicate schedule status to project stakeholders.
- Understand the AEP project management organizational standards and assist in the management of projects to those standards.
- Adhere to the guidance and standards put forth by the AEP Project Management Governance Committee.
- Work with Administrator to assign security, profiles, and roles for new users.
- Learn, use, and refine sound techniques and best practices to update progress, acquire information, baseline schedules, maintain schedules, develop commodity curves, track metrics, and support project/outage teams on a routine basis.
- Provide periodic summary level status reports as requested.
- Prepare and analyze metrics reports or Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
What You Will Need:
- High School Diploma or GED, 5 years' qualified experience*
- Qualified associate's degree, three years' qualified experience*
- Qualified bachelor's degree, one year of qualified experience*
- Qualified degrees must be in a related field from an accredited university or college and could include Accounting, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Technology, or Project Management
- Experience: Qualified experience includes utility specific operations knowledge/experience with a good working knowledge of work processes and procedures. Experience should be in design, operations, planning, project management, cost tracking analysis, forecasting, project budgets, working with accounting principles, and/or construction or maintenance of systems and/or equipment.
Valued Skills:
- Demonstrate ability to manage time effectively and efficiently; show capacity for organizational and planning skills; as well as having an aptitude for accuracy, attention to detail, and ability to achieve goals.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Team player with ability to work and collaborate well with others.
- Immediate knowledge of Microsoft Office tools and ability to develop complex spreadsheets.
- Some travel, including overnight, may be required. On rare occasions, temporary relocation might be required to complete work.
- Must be a self-motivated individual and able to work under general supervision, be independent, and competently perform current scheduling techniques and analyses on all scope of work aspects.
- Safely and effectively perform light physical duties at various work sites including home and AEP locations in varying conditions.
- Understand and support the policies, values, principles, structure and behavior of AEP.
- For nuclear positions, work performed at nuclear power sites may involve work in hazardous areas and possible radiation exposure within the limits prescribed by the NRC.
- As applicable based on role and site, duties can involve construction site walkdown on unstable surfaces, climbing ladders, and awareness of hazardous site conditions, as applicable.
What You Will Get:
In addition to competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.
Where Putting The Customer First, Powers Everything We Do.
At AEP, we’re more than just an energy company - we’re a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we strive to exceed expectations by listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we serve our communities.
If you’re passionate about making a meaningful impact and being part of a forward-thinking organization, this is the company for you!
Compensation Data
Compensation Grade: SP20-006
Compensation Range: $74,551.00 - $93,188.50
The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
It is hereby reaffirmed that it is the policy of American Electric Power (AEP) to provide Equal Employment Opportunity in all respects of the employer-employee relationship including recruiting, hiring, upgrading and promotion, conditions and privileges of employment, company sponsored training programs, educational assistance, social and recreational programs, compensation, benefits, transfers, discipline, layoffs and termination of employment to all employees and applicants without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. When required by law, we might record certain information or applicants for employment may be invited to voluntarily disclose protected characteristics.
Job Posting End Date
11-09-2026
Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.
Job Summary
This role will be responsible for coordinating scope of work for team activities and supporting the Project Managers (PMs).
With some supervision, this role will also perform functions of a scheduler and/or commodity tracker for major projects.
Develop, maintain & analyze less complex scope of work schedules using the assigned system.
Develop and analyze scope of work schedules using assigned systems.
Provide integrated cost loaded, resource loaded, and logic driven schedules, as applicable.
Perform schedule maintenance, collecting progress data, developing and implementing scope of work schedule/status reports, and providing consistent, accurate information to the scope of work execution team.
What You Will Do:
- Define activities, durations, work sequences, and relationship logic to develop the scope of work plan and develop milestones to represent key decisions and deliverables that take place during execution.
- Ensure all scope and deliverables are accounted for.
- Develop, maintain, and analyze scope of work project schedules using the assigned system (Primavera, SmartSheet, etc.).
- Organize and lead schedule review meetings with all stakeholders and incorporate appropriate details.
- Ensure clear minutes and action items, as required.
- Engage team and stakeholders to create schedules and provide schedule analysis updates to team, alerting them to schedule risks and issues that could delay milestones.
- Communicate schedule status to project stakeholders.
- Understand the AEP project management organizational standards and assist in the management of projects to those standards.
- Adhere to the guidance and standards put forth by the AEP Project Management Governance Committee.
- Work with Administrator to assign security, profiles, and roles for new users.
- Learn, use, and refine sound techniques and best practices to update progress, acquire information, baseline schedules, maintain schedules, develop commodity curves, track metrics, and support project/outage teams on a routine basis.
- Provide periodic summary level status reports as requested.
- Prepare and analyze metrics reports or Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
What You Will Need:
- High School Diploma or GED, 5 years' qualified experience*
- Qualified associate's degree, three years' qualified experience*
- Qualified bachelor's degree, one year of qualified experience*
- Qualified degrees must be in a related field from an accredited university or college and could include Accounting, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Technology, or Project Management
- Experience: Qualified experience includes utility specific operations knowledge/experience with a good working knowledge of work processes and procedures. Experience should be in design, operations, planning, project management, cost tracking analysis, forecasting, project budgets, working with accounting principles, and/or construction or maintenance of systems and/or equipment.
Valued Skills:
- Demonstrate ability to manage time effectively and efficiently; show capacity for organizational and planning skills; as well as having an aptitude for accuracy, attention to detail, and ability to achieve goals.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Team player with ability to work and collaborate well with others.
- Immediate knowledge of Microsoft Office tools and ability to develop complex spreadsheets.
- Some travel, including overnight, may be required. On rare occasions, temporary relocation might be required to complete work.
- Must be a self-motivated individual and able to work under general supervision, be independent, and competently perform current scheduling techniques and analyses on all scope of work aspects.
- Safely and effectively perform light physical duties at various work sites including home and AEP locations in varying conditions.
- Understand and support the policies, values, principles, structure and behavior of AEP.
- For nuclear positions, work performed at nuclear power sites may involve work in hazardous areas and possible radiation exposure within the limits prescribed by the NRC.
- As applicable based on role and site, duties can involve construction site walkdown on unstable surfaces, climbing ladders, and awareness of hazardous site conditions, as applicable.
What You Will Get:
In addition to competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.
Where Putting The Customer First, Powers Everything We Do.
At AEP, we’re more than just an energy company - we’re a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we strive to exceed expectations by listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we serve our communities.
If you’re passionate about making a meaningful impact and being part of a forward-thinking organization, this is the company for you!
Compensation Data
Compensation Grade: SP20-006
Compensation Range: $74,551.00 - $93,188.50
The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
It is hereby reaffirmed that it is the policy of American Electric Power (AEP) to provide Equal Employment Opportunity in all respects of the employer-employee relationship including recruiting, hiring, upgrading and promotion, conditions and privileges of employment, company sponsored training programs, educational assistance, social and recreational programs, compensation, benefits, transfers, discipline, layoffs and termination of employment to all employees and applicants without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. When required by law, we might record certain information or applicants for employment may be invited to voluntarily disclose protected characteristics.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Scheduler
Document your scheduling credentials before applying
Gather transcripts, certifications, and employment verification letters that prove your field-specific qualifications. PERM audits scrutinize whether your credentials match the posted job duties, so gaps between your documented experience and the role description can delay or derail certification.
Target industries with documented sponsorship history
Healthcare systems, large construction firms, and logistics companies routinely sponsor Schedulers through EB-3 because operational continuity depends on experienced hires. Search DOL PERM disclosure data to confirm an employer has filed for this job category before engaging with their recruiters.
Understand how your country affects your wait time
EB-3 priority dates for workers from India and China face multi-year backlogs, while most other nationalities move through the queue faster. Knowing your place in the Visa Bulletin before accepting a job offer helps you plan realistically for permanent residency.
Use Migrate Mate to find green-card-sponsoring employers
Searching broadly wastes time with employers who have no PERM history. Migrate Mate filters Scheduler openings by employers with active green card sponsorship records, so every application you send targets a company already set up to file on your behalf.
Verify the employer's PERM job description matches your background
PERM requires the employer to post a specific job description, and your qualifications must meet but not exceed those requirements. If the posted role requires a bachelor's degree but your experience is primarily vocational, ask the employer whether they can structure the filing to match your actual background.
Confirm your employer will file before your status expires
If you're currently on an H-1B visa or other temporary status, coordinate your PERM timeline with your authorized stay. USCIS processing for I-140 approval alone can take six to twelve months, and adjustment of status adds further time, so get written confirmation of the employer's filing schedule early.
Green Card Scheduler: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Scheduler jobs qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most Scheduler roles qualify under EB-3 as skilled workers or professionals, since the position typically requires vocational training, a relevant associate or bachelor's degree, or substantial work experience. Some Schedulers with advanced degrees in project management, healthcare administration, or operations may qualify under EB-2 if the employer can justify the advanced degree requirement in the PERM job posting.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for a Scheduler?
H-1B is a temporary, lottery-dependent visa requiring annual cap slots, while PERM leads to permanent residency with no cap at the EB-3 level for most nationalities. The PERM process takes longer upfront because the employer must complete DOL-supervised recruitment and labor market testing before filing, but the result is lawful permanent residency rather than a status that expires and must be renewed.
How long does the full green card process take for a Scheduler role?
PERM certification alone takes six to eighteen months, depending on whether DOL audits the application. After that, I-140 adjudication adds several more months. Priority date wait times vary significantly by country: most nationalities face waits under two years at the EB-3 level, while workers born in India or China face substantially longer queues tracked in the monthly Visa Bulletin.
How can I find Scheduler jobs where the employer will sponsor a green card?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this search. It lets you filter Scheduler openings by employers with verified PERM and employment-based green card sponsorship history, so you're not cold-applying to companies that have never navigated the process. Targeting employers who have already filed for this role category reduces the chance of a sponsorship conversation falling apart late in the hiring process.
Can my employer sponsor me for a green card if I'm currently on OPT or H-1B?
Yes. Employers can initiate PERM while you're working on OPT, H-1B, or another lawful status. The green card process runs concurrently with your existing authorization. If you're on H-1B, AC21 portability protections allow you to change employers after your I-140 is approved and your application has been pending for 180 days, provided the new role is in the same or similar occupational category.