Senior Scheduler

Job Description

Job Description

Lead Scheduler / Scheduler

Position Overview

As a Scheduler / Lead Scheduler, you will work closely with construction and engineering operations to develop, maintain, and update engineering and construction schedules. You will be responsible for building resource-loaded schedules, tracking project milestones and deliverables, evaluating schedule changes, and communicating project progress to key team members and clients.

Depending on the project assignment, responsibilities may also include leading a team of schedulers and overseeing an integrated project schedule. This position supports projects throughout the full project lifecycle, from conceptual planning through engineering and construction.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with project managers, engineers, designers, procurement staff, construction managers, contractors, and other project services staff to provide detailed planning and scheduling from conceptual planning through engineering and construction.
• Develop and maintain resource-loaded schedules, including activity lists, major milestones, critical approvals, long-lead procurement items, and other critical project deliverables.
• Establish schedule logic, constraints, realistic activity durations, and available manpower and resource requirements.
• Assess the impact of design changes, scope additions, and schedule delays, communicating schedule updates to management, project teams, and clients.
• Apply engineering, procurement, and construction terminology and concepts to develop and maintain critical path logic networks.
• Collect and evaluate historical project data to support realistic future planning, scheduling, and forecasting.
• Provide guidance, direction, and specialized assistance in resolving complex project controls and scheduling challenges.
• Interface with clients, attend regular project meetings, and provide schedule updates and schedule health reports.
• Lead and manage a team of schedulers on project sites, including coordinating scheduling activities and maintaining an integrated project schedule, as required.
• Support the management and evaluation of delay claims and change orders.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with computers and software, including Microsoft Office products.
• Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a similar industry-related field.
• Experience in heavy industrial scheduling preferred.
• Experience managing teams of schedulers and maintaining integrated project schedules preferred.
• Experience with delay claims and change orders preferred.
• Knowledge of, or willingness to learn, project controls software such as inEight Suite and Primavera P6.
• Ability to travel and/or relocate as needed.
• Ability to access all points of a construction site in a wide range of climates and environments.
• Highly motivated, with a passion for excellence and taking initiative.
• Strong work ethic and willingness to do what it takes to complete work correctly the first time.
• Demonstrated commitment to ethics, integrity, and workplace safety.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team while also working independently to meet deadlines, goals, and objectives.

Other Requirements

• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Work productively and meet deadlines in a timely manner.
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, clients, and others, both individually and in a team environment.
• Perform work safely and effectively.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment-use procedures, and other applicable policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete assignments within established deadlines.
• Work overtime and weekends as required.
• Be available to work at various locations, with working conditions potentially varying by project site.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.