Project Scheduler
John Burns
The Project Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, and analyzing comprehensive, logic-driven project schedules using Oracle Primavera P6. This role serves as a critical partner to project management and field teams, ensuring schedules are accurate, actionable, and reflective of real-world construction sequencing.
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The Scheduler plays a key role in identifying risks, supporting mitigation strategies, and providing clear, data-driven insights to guide project execution and decision-making.
We're looking for you to do the following:
- Schedule Development & Management
- Develop complete, logic-driven project schedules that accurately reflect the planned sequence of work.
- Regularly review and validate logic ties, durations, constraints, and calendars to maintain schedule integrity.
- Ensure schedules remain a reliable management tool through consistent quality control and updates.
- Work with project teams to update, re-sequence, and optimize activities in support of mitigation plans, safety considerations, and field realities.
- Analysis & Risk Identification
- Proactively identify bottlenecks, slippage trends, and potential risks, and communicate them to project teams.
- Properly identify critical and near-critical path activities and evaluate their impact on project outcomes.
- Apply analytical thinking to assess delays and recommend practical recovery strategies.
- Identify recurring inefficiencies in scheduling processes, reporting, and coordination workflows.
- Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication
- Balance input from multiple stakeholders while maintaining logic integrity and schedule accuracy.
- Engage effectively with project management, field teams, and trade partners to validate sequencing and durations.
- Communicate schedule status, impacts, and analysis findings clearly to support informed decision-making.
- Tailor communication style and reporting outputs to align with field operations and stakeholder needs.
- Reporting & Documentation
- Prepare clear, concise schedule documentation, including:
- Milestone charts
- Phase maps
- Summary logic diagrams
- Look-ahead schedules (e.g., 3–6 week, 6–8 week)
- Customize reporting structures, layouts, filters, and dashboards to meet client and internal requirements.
- Develop visual materials that clearly communicate sequencing and critical path to diverse audiences.
- Continuous Improvement & Training
- Train project team members on scheduling best practices and digital workflows.
- Actively contribute to peer learning by sharing lessons learned and process improvements.
- Participate in emerging software trials, innovations, and training initiatives.
- Keep current with company standards, client requirements, and industry best practices.
You Have:
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 3–8+ years of construction scheduling experience.
- Experience on infrastructure, transit, heavy civil, or commercial construction projects.
- Familiarity with multiple project delivery methods (Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, CMAR, etc.).
- Strong proficiency in Oracle Primavera P6 including schedule creation, updating, and reporting customization.
- Solid understanding of construction means and methods, trade sequencing, and project delivery approaches.
- Ability to identify and analyze:
- Critical and near-critical paths
- Float erosion and slippage trends
- Schedule risk exposure
- Experience producing customized reports using layouts, filters, and software configurations.
- Familiarity with local regulations, industry standards, and client scheduling requirements.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to make informed, data-driven decisions. xhyhwjd
- Ability to apply judgment to ensure schedules are complete, logical, and aligned with execution plans.
We Have:
- A team-based culture that rewards collaboration, problem solving and process improvement
- A commitment to your professional development
- Varied career path opportunities across the different disciplines in the company
- A new, robust enterprise resource planning software solution
- Great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401K with company contribution, profit sharing, long-term disability
- Team outings, and an opportunity to get involved and make a difference with various charities in the community
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