Scheduler

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Project Scheduler Job Description

The Project Scheduler will support large-scale data center construction projects by developing and maintaining detailed, logic-driven schedules, analyzing schedule performance and delays, and supporting project controls. The role focuses on integrating schedule, cost, and resource data to provide accurate reporting to project leadership, while helping manage risk, change, and overall project delivery. This position offers the opportunity to work on complex, high-profile data center projects within a professional consulting environment that promotes work-life balance and ongoing development.

• Develop and maintain detailed, logic-driven construction schedules for large-scale data center projects.
• Manage monthly schedule updates and track project progress to ensure accurate and timely reporting.
• Collect, integrate, and report key schedule and project data for project leadership and stakeholders.
• Perform forensic schedule and critical path analysis to identify delays, impacts, and opportunities for recovery.
• Review contractor and project schedules for as-planned schedule validation, labor productivity, critical path delays, and schedule acceleration opportunities.
• Support design verification activities and participate in construction site walks to validate schedule assumptions and progress.
• Manage resource and cost loading within project schedules to align with project budgets and staffing plans.
• Perform detailed cost and schedule analyses to support project controls and decision-making.
• Support estimate validation, adjustments, and comparative cost analysis across project phases.
• Assist with pre- and post-construction cost audits and valuations to ensure financial accuracy and compliance.
• Support schedule risk analysis and contribute to the development of project risk management plans.
• Monitor scope changes and evaluate their impacts on project cost and schedule, providing timely recommendations.
• Support change management processes and escalate significant schedule impacts when necessary.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and schedule controls in alignment with construction document control practices.
• Mentor junior scheduling team members by sharing best practices in scheduling, analysis, and project controls.
• Collaborate closely with project teams, contractors, and stakeholders to align schedules, manage expectations, and support successful project delivery.
• Contribute to project controls activities, including reporting, forecasting, and coordination with project management.
• Support project coordination tasks, including RFP-related scheduling inputs and schedule components for proposals.

• 35+ years of experience in project scheduling or as a Project Engineer.
• Previous experience with data center construction projects.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to independently develop and manage detailed construction schedules.
• Experience performing forensic schedule analysis on construction or engineering projects.
• Strong understanding of Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling and logic-driven schedules.
• Experience with resource-loaded and cost-loaded project schedules.
• Experience with cost and schedule analysis, estimate validation, and project controls.
• Knowledge of construction document control and change management processes.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6 for project scheduling.
• Experience in construction scheduling and project controls for large, complex projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage priorities and deliver accurate work in a fast-paced construction environment.
• Experience in project management, project scheduling, and project coordination.
• Ability to support RFP-related scheduling and project controls activities.

• Experience supporting large-scale data center construction as part of an owner's representative or consulting environment.
• Familiarity with schedule risk analysis and development of project risk management plans.
• Experience mentoring junior scheduling or project controls staff.
• Exposure to comparative cost analysis, cost audits, and valuations.
• Comfort working closely with contractors, design teams, and project stakeholders in a collaborative setting.
• Interest in ongoing professional development and continuous learning through structured programs and platforms.

The role supports an owner's representative consulting firm focused on large-scale data center construction projects. The position is salaried with a standard 40-hour workweek and is designed to promote work-life balance. The work environment may be on site at the end client, in an office setting, or remote depending on project needs. You will work within a professional project controls and scheduling environment using tools such as Primavera P6 and standard construction document control systems. The organization offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off (80 hours PTO accrued), 8 paid holidays, 401(k) participation, and access to medical, dental, and vision coverage. Team members have access to a Udemy-based ongoing education platform after six months, an Abenity discount program, and a 360-degree review program that supports feedback and professional growth. The culture emphasizes collaboration, structured project governance, and a balanced approach to delivering complex data center projects.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Lake Oswego, OR.

The pay range for this position is $130000.00 - $140000.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Lake Oswego, OR.

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 23, 2026.

This is a fully remote position.

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