Construction Scheduler

 

Job Summary

The Project Scheduler plays a vital role in a construction project, helping to manage both time and resources to ensure work is completed on time. Their primary responsibility is to keep existing project schedules accurate and up to date, assist the team in mitigating any schedule impacts, and provide all the schedule-based reports to the construction teams on a timely basis.

 

Responsibilities and Duties

• Produce project schedule related reports for the project teams (schedule progress reports, Critical path, Overall Schedule, Near-Term, etc.).
• Perform weekly schedule progress updates with construction teams.
• Monitor schedule deviations and variances and assist project teams in developing recovery plans.
• Maintain record of scope changes, trends and variances that potentially affect schedule performance.
• Analyze critical and near-critical paths and communicate any deviations from baseline milestones and paths to the team.
• Make recommendations to manage float and (re)sequence activities (if required) to achieve project milestone dates and interim target completion dates.
• Verify schedule integrity and evaluate logic, constructability, and float paths.
• Apply standardized work breakdown structures and milestones to develop project schedules collaboratively with the project team, enhancing overall project performance.
• At the completion of the project, develop and record the project’s historical schedule information and lessons learned‚ for future use.
• Support the Request for Proposal process by developing or reviewing project schedules for team presentation
• Produce weekly and monthly Department reports summarizing the status of all current active projects
• Assist with producing data analysis of all schedules including average slip based on standard milestones, lead times, and common delays.

 

Qualifications and Skills

• A Bachelor’s degree in Scheduling, Engineering, Construction Management or a related field is a plus
• At least 2 years of scheduling experience
• Demonstrated understanding of the use of modern planning and scheduling principals, methodologies, techniques and tools
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Attention to detail and ability to work with large data volumes
• Strong problem-solving skills and flexibility
• Strong can-do attitude and flexibility to pivot in a fast-paced environment

 

Computer Systems

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of scheduling software including Microsoft Project and/or Primavera P6

 

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