Project Scheduler 2 - Tysons VA

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises.  With over 9,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment.  At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries. 

Responsibilities

Applies project controls and scheduling principles to plan, develop, maintain, and analyze integrated project schedules for engineering and construction projects. Performs comprehensive schedule status tracking, performance analysis, and issue resolution throughout the project life cycle using standard scheduling theories, concepts, and techniques. Collaborates with project management, field operations, subcontractors, vendors, and customers to establish baselines, evaluate progress, identify schedule impacts, and recommend corrective actions to meet contractual milestones.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Develops detailed, logically linked project schedules and Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) to manage scope, milestones, and deliverables.
• Establishes activity sequencing, calendars, constraints, and predecessor/successor logic consistent with scheduling best practices and quality metrics.
• Coordinates with estimating, engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning stakeholders to define work areas, execution strategy, and schedule basis.
• Reviews contract documents, technical requirements, and means/methods; supports validation of quantity take-offs and incorporation of contractual milestones and deliverables.
• Prior to project start, creates and revises preliminary and master schedules to support proposals, estimating, and contract time evaluations.
• Collects progress/status from project teams and subcontractors; evaluates actual progress, measures variances, and issues regular schedule updates.
• Performs critical path, float, and variance analysis; identifies schedule risks, constraints, and opportunities; recommends mitigation and recovery actions.
• Prepares baseline vs. actual reports, monthly schedule narratives, look-ahead schedules, and recovery schedules; produces management and/or customer reports and presentations.
• Integrates vendor quotes, lead times, fabrication durations, and delivery milestones into the project schedule; tracks procurement schedules to support timely material/equipment availability.
• Incorporates resource and/or cost-loading data into schedules as required to support forecasting and performance measurement.
• Implements and manages schedule fragments, pending changes, and approved change orders; assesses and communicates schedule/cost impacts.
• Provides schedule performance analysis including earned value management (EVM) metrics, trend analysis, and forecast recommendations.
• Interfaces with Operations and Project Management to resolve schedule issues, coordinate corrective actions, and support issue resolution throughout the project life cycle.
• Mentors junior team members in scheduling processes, procedures, and software tools; remains current on advancements in scheduling software and project controls practices.

Role Specific Competencies

• Advanced knowledge of CPM scheduling concepts (logic, critical path, float, constraints, and schedule quality best practices).
• Proficiency with Primavera P6 (or equivalent) and the ability to develop, status, and analyze integrated project schedules.
• Proficiency with Smartsheet preferred.
• Working knowledge of earned value management (EVM), baseline management, variance analysis, and forecasting.
• Ability to interpret contract requirements, scope, and means/methods and translate them into executable schedules and reporting artifacts.
• Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills; able to prepare schedule narratives and present schedule status to internal leadership and customers.
• Ability to work independently with defined objectives, applying professional judgment to determine the best approach for execution and problem resolution.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with a High School Diploma or
• 6+ years of experience with an Associate degree or
• 2+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain project schedules, track progress against baseline schedules and budgets, and prepare periodic management and/or customer reports.

Preferred but not required

• Primavera P6 scheduling software.
• Project Management Software (PM Online) – In-house software.
• eCMS (internal).
• CMMS software (where applicable).
• Relevant professional certifications (e.g., scheduling or project management).

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

• A competitive salary

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance

• Paid time off

• Tuition reimbursement

• 401k Retirement Plan

• Military Reserve pay offset

• Paid maternity leave

Abilities :

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.