Infrastructure & Capital Projects - Senior Regional Construction Scheduler - K-12, ANS

Job Description

Job Description

You’ve Never Been Satisfied with "Good Enough."

 

You want to make an impact, not just manage projects, but change how the world gets built. At Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects, you’ll do exactly that. You’ll help develop and deliver the factories, grids, transit systems, and public infrastructure that keep communities moving - and do it smarter, safer, and more sustainably than ever before.

 

You’ll work alongside people who think big and act bold - project managers, engineers, technologists, and strategists who blend real-world experience with digital innovation and AI. Together, we’re transforming how capital projects are planned, managed, and executed, creating a better way to build for the future.

 

Because “good enough” builds the past. You’re here to build what’s next, on a team that outperforms every norm.

 

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As Accenture continues to grow, you may see a variety of new career opportunities, and depending on the role and location you may be directed to apply through Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects LLP or one of our other legal entities - Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC or Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects Inc., with benefits varying by country and role, so please check with your recruiter for details.

THE WORK:

• You’ll report directly to the Sr. Construction Manager for scheduling and estimating, providing regular updates and preparing detailed reports for upper management to ensure compliance with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and project timelines.
• You’ll supervise project schedulers and ensure project timelines are met. Interface with Owners’ Authorized Representatives (OARs), Senior Project Managers, site staff, and contractors to review and analyze Construction Project Management (CPM) schedules and ensure proper project scope and budget alignment.
• You’ll assess and project staffing needs for construction projects. Make recommendations to executive staff regarding staffing improvements to enhance project efficiency and ensure the availability of necessary resources.
• You’ll develop and maintain detailed program schedules for K-12 construction projects, identifying key relationships, milestones, constraints, and logic necessary to successfully execute construction projects of various types.
• You’ll independently interpret and read detailed construction drawings (including architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and civil) to gain a thorough understanding of project scope and ensure all tasks are adequately accounted for in the schedule.
• You’ll review contractors' baseline schedule submissions to verify that all work scope is correctly identified and logically sequenced. Provide written, detailed schedule review comments and work with contractors to address any discrepancies.
• You’ll perform Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) on contractor schedule submittals to ensure they conform with contract terms. This includes reviewing critical paths, cost and resource loading, recovery schedules, logic relationships, and the proper use of constraints and milestones.
• You’ll perform time impact analysis for change orders that affect the construction schedule. Engage in schedule negotiations with OARs and contractors regarding any delays and the settlement of delay time settlements.
• You’ll review construction drawings to determine if specific tasks are in or out of scope. Apply an understanding of the contract terms to identify any compensable or non-compensable time extensions, ensuring all claims are legitimate and properly documented.
• You’ll conduct regular site walks to monitor the progress of construction projects and check contractor’s adherence to the project schedule. Communicate effectively with contractors during weekly status meetings and other schedule-related meetings to address any progress concerns, ensuring clear lines of communication between all project stakeholders.
• Onsite at client site: The work location for this role is onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery and cultivate our client relationships.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in architecture, Engineering, or Construction Management OR
• Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in any course, but with additional two (2) years of experience in the duties above to compensate for the required education
• Minimum eight (8) years full time paid professional experience in construction scheduling for an Owner or general contractor

BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE:

• PMP, CCM or related certificates
• Experience in an educational facility or public works projects
• Proficiency in Primavera Latest Version and MS Office Suite
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Superior organizational and planning skills
• Ability to build efficient working relationships with project teams and department staff
• Understanding of theories, principles and practices of cost engineering, scheduling and schedule forensics

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia or Washington as set forth below.

We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

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