Scheduler

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General Summary

This position is responsible for supporting the development, maintenance, training and implementation of corporate planning and scheduling systems across the company. The role ensures compliance with project specifications and promotes continuous improvement of company standard practices.

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Oversee planning and scheduling functions, including policy, process, and procedures, to meet overall operational needs and company objectives
  
• Partner with project stakeholders to develop an approved baseline schedule that aligns with proposed sequencing and short-interval schedules, ensuring contractual requirements are met
  
• Create high-quality CPM schedules with resource and cost loads to generate necessary reports for addressing questions on the planned project approach
  
• Prepare detailed schedule narratives for all formal submissions to accurately convey the company's position to the client
  
• Integrate multiple planning and scheduling software and methodologies into a cohesive plan to streamline project execution
  
• Update CPM schedules to reflect requirements, identified challenges, and their implications on proposed sequencing, ensuring successful project completion
  
• Review and understand project-specific scheduling specifications and plans, providing guidance on contractual language to the project team to mitigate risks
  
• Prepare weekly prospective schedule TIA's, updates, and reconciliation schedules, ensuring monthly submissions are compliant with contractual obligations
  
• Support the development of companywide planning and scheduling guidance, processes, and procedures to enhance corporate, regional, and project-level planning and scheduling capacity
  
• Communicate effectively with project stakeholders, leveraging a strong understanding of heavy civil construction methodology and sequencing to facilitate planning
  

Education

• Bachelor's degree required in engineering, construction management, project management, or comparable discipline
  
  
• Equivalent combination of training and experience may be considered in lieu of Bachelor's degree
  
• AACEI PSP, PMI-SP or other professional planning and scheduling certification preferred
  

Work Experience

• 10+ years of full-time construction-related experience in project level planning and scheduling
  
• Minimum 75% career experience as a schedular for large heavy civil projects with a general contractor
  
• Experience in performing, monitoring, reviewing, and planning scheduling functions, including schedule development, controls, and analysis
  
• Demonstrated skill in identifying, analyzing, and providing innovative solutions to planning and scheduling problems
  

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of planning and scheduling for heavy civil projects, including means and methods
  
• Mastery of Primavera P6, Powerproject, or Tilos, and ability to learn and teach various scheduling software
  
• Comprehension of CPM and PDM methodology, including network diagramming, WBS, task creation, and report preparation
  
• Familiarity with AACEI and PMI standards; knowledge of Linear, 4D, Lean, and TOC methodologies is a plus
  
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office, including Excel for schedule data analysis
  
• Proven experience with cost and schedule databases
  
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure
  
• Effective communication skills in English, both orally and in writing, with experience in developing and presenting training
  

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional Requirements/Skills

• Comply, understand, and support company safety initiatives to ensure a safe work environment
  
• Ability and willingness to abide by company code of conduct and company polices
  
• Valid driver's license and ability to drive for extended periods of time.
  
• Ability to travel,30-40%
  
• Short term on-site project assignments as necessary
  

Our Benefits at a Glance:

Building tomorrow starts with you, and Granite knows that you can excel only if we support you in and out of the workplace. That is why we offer a broad benefits package that includes paid holidays, sick leave, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending plans, as well as special programs for musculoskeletal health, mental wellness, and more.

Salaried employees may choose from two PPO medical plans through Anthem BlueCross, including our most popular plan, for which 100% of the premium is paid by Granite for eligible employees and dependents. Employees can also opt into a Health Savings Account (HSA) or a Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

As part of our investment in your future outside of the workplace, Granite provides a 100% match on the first 6% of eligible compensation that salaried employees defer into their 401(k) plans, which vests immediately.

Benefits may vary for positions located outside of the continental United States.

Base Salary Range:
$121,754.00 - $201,352.00
Pay may vary based upon relevant experience, skills, location, and education among other factors.


About Granite Construction Incorporated

Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

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Notice to Staffing Agencies

Granite Construction, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Granite") will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Granite, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Granite mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Granite employees, or to Granite's resume database will be considered Granite property. Granite will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Granite will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Granite will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his/ her designee. No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.