Senior Construction Project Scheduler

Role Description

At Interstates, we know that project success starts long before boots hit the ground. It begins with a schedule—crafted with precision, grounded in real-world conditions, and built by someone who understands how to keep complex hyperscale data center projects moving safely and efficiently.

What You'll Do

• Project Planning
  • Partner with estimating, project management, and operations leadership to break down complex hyperscale data center projects into clear tasks, milestones, and deliverables.
  • Support the creation and structure of work packages aligned with field workflows and execution strategies.
  • Provide scheduling guidance during project pursuit, planning, and execution phases.
• Schedule Development
  • Build and maintain detailed schedules using Primavera P6 or Asta Powerproject.
  • Define activity sequencing, dependencies, and duration based on scope, drawings, and project leadership input.
  • Establish schedule baselines in partnership with project leadership.
  • Develop and oversee multiple project schedules simultaneously across large-scale data center programs.
• Critical Path & Schedule Analysis
  • Identify, maintain, and communicate the critical path and near-critical paths.
  • Develop custom reports and schedule views that highlight risks and impacts.
  • Provide strategic schedule recommendations to project leadership and clients.
• Resource Allocation
  • Coordinate labor, equipment, and material needs to optimize availability and utilization.
  • Identify constraints and recommend adjustments that keep work on track.
• Progress Tracking & Reporting
  • Monitor schedule performance against the baseline and analyze variances.
  • Deliver updates, look-aheads, and recovery recommendations.
  • Support earned value analysis when applicable.
  • Present schedule status, forecasts, and recovery plans to senior leadership and client stakeholders.
• Risk Management
  • Identify schedule risks including long-lead materials, design changes, subcontractor delays, weather impacts, and procurement impacts.
  • Build mitigation strategies and integrate contingency plans.
  • Work with project leadership to develop what-if scenario planning.
• Leadership & Mentorship
  • Serve as the scheduling subject matter expert for assigned projects.
  • Mentor and provide guidance to Project Schedulers and project teams on scheduling best practices.
  • Support the continuous improvement of scheduling standards, templates, and processes across the organization.
• Collaboration & Communication
  • Work closely with project managers, engineers, programmers, field leaders, subcontractors, and clients to maintain alignment.
  • Lead schedule review meetings and support timely issue resolution.
  • Collaborate directly with owners and trade partners to ensure schedule alignment across all phases of construction.
• Software Utilization
  • Maintain advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, including resource loading, WBS structuring, baselining, and quality checks.
  • Ensure schedule quality meets company and industry standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field preferred.
• 7+ years of construction scheduling experience, with at least 5 years utilizing Primavera P6.
• Experience scheduling large industrial, mission critical, or hyperscale data center projects strongly preferred.
• Experience reading and interpreting construction drawings and specifications.
• Strong understanding of CPM scheduling principles and schedule recovery planning.
• Industrial construction and/or MEP experience strongly preferred.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Understanding of construction methods, industrial processes, and project execution.

Requirements

• Travel up to 50%, depending on project needs.
• May be based in Tulsa, OK | Omaha, NE | Sioux Center, IA | Sioux Falls, SD.
• Remote considered with preference given to candidates near an Interstates office.

Benefits

• Interstates is an EEO provider and offers a drug-free workplace.
• Employment at Interstates is at-will and may be terminated at any time with or without notice or cause, except as otherwise provided by law.