Lead Scheduler

Lead Scheduler

Cordoba Corporation, a leading engineering firm in California is looking for a Lead Scheduler to provide support in the Facilities Sector. The ideal candidate will be responsible for supporting Program Controls leadership in the planning, development, monitoring, and control of program-wide project schedules to ensure alignment with contractual requirements, project objectives, and key program milestones. This role oversees the development and maintenance of baseline, master, and detailed project schedules, incorporating project scope, activity sequencing, milestones, constraints, resource loading, and cost data. The Lead Scheduler works closely with program management, cost, estimating, risk management, design, and construction teams to ensure schedule integration and consistency across all program functions.

Responsibilities

Support Program Controls leadership with planning, development, monitoring, and control of program-wide project schedules, ensuring alignment with contractual requirements, project objectives, and key program milestones.

Develop, maintain, and update baseline, master, and detailed project schedules, incorporating approved scope, activities, logic relationships, constraints, milestones, calendars, resources, and cost information.

Coordinate with cost, estimating, risk management, program management, design, and construction teams to maintain alignment between schedule, cost, risk, and overall program performance.

Monitor and document construction progress against approved baseline schedules; validate reported progress through schedule reviews, field observations, and site visits as required.

Review contractor schedule submittals for compliance with standard operating procedures, contract requirements, schedule specifications, approved baselines, logic, critical path methodology, milestones, and reporting requirements.

Perform schedule QA/QC, including detailed review of critical paths, activity relationships, constraints, calendars, milestones, float, cost/resource loading, coding structures, and schedule integrity.

Perform Time Impact Analysis (TIA), delay analysis, and detailed investigations of schedule impacts to determine effects on critical activities, contractual milestones, and overall project completion.

Identify, track, and communicate schedule risks, construction issues, conflicts, and potential delays; support development and evaluation of recovery and mitigation strategies.

Serve as a key liaison among contractors, designers, construction project leadership team, project controls, and program leadership on schedule-related issues and resolution strategies.

Develop and maintain complex resource- and cost-loaded program schedules to support Critical Path analysis, Earned Value Management, cash-flow forecasting, resource planning, and broader project/program management reporting.

Lead schedule-focused discussions during weekly progress meetings, schedule reviews, and stakeholder sessions, communicating current performance, critical activities, emerging risks, and required corrective actions.

Prepare project schedule performance reports and status updates highlighting baseline variance, critical path changes, milestone performance, forecast completion dates, delays, risks, and recovery actions.

Conduct regular QA/QC reviews of program and master schedules to verify schedule integrity, consistency, coding standards, data accuracy, and alignment across projects.

Maintain program-level scheduling standards, coding structures, processes, tools, and data integrity while supporting continuous improvement of scheduling practices and controls.

Collaborate with program teams to establish and implement scheduling standards, best practices, templates, procedures, and tools across multiple projects.

Support development of schedule-related presentations, technical materials, lessons learned, and continuous-improvement initiatives; contribute to internal and external presentations, conferences, and technical publications as appropriate.

Lead step-by-step onboarding for new construction project team schedulers.

Supervise daily work of construction project team schedulers.

Provide back-up support during construction project team scheduler absences.

Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications

Minimum of 15 years of recent capital construction scheduling experience.

BS/BA Degree in Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Business Administration, or Construction Management. An additional 4 years qualifying experience in excess to the minimum stated above may be substituted for the required education.

Advanced proficiency in specified software including, but not limited to, Primavera Scheduling Software, MS Office Applications including Project, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Experience with cost and resource loaded schedules.

Demonstrated knowledge of the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) or similar business process.

Strong understanding of cost engineering, scheduling best practices, and schedule forensics.

Good Analytical and problem-solving abilities, with keen attention to detail

Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills. Proven ability to foster collaboration across diverse project teams.

Preferred Qualification:

AACE Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) certification

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Salary Range: $175,000 to $193,000 yearly

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Work Environment: Onsite

Our Company

Cordoba Corporation, Making a Difference

Cordoba Corporation is a leading civil engineering, construction management, program management, and planning firm. Our expertise spans diverse sectors, including education and facilities, transportation, water, and energy. Collaborating closely with our clients, we have successfully delivered complex and high-impact infrastructure projects across California.

National Recognition - Cordoba's efforts have garnered national acclaim. Engineering News-Record (ENR) has consistently ranked us as a "top 100 construction management firm" and a "top 50 program management firm." Additionally, ENR recognized Cordoba as a "top 100 design firm" in California in 2018. Our business model emphasizes efficiency, fostering a dynamic work environment. We approach projects with multifaceted strategies, ensuring successful outcomes.

Statewide Presence - With headquarters in Los Angeles, Cordoba maintains a strong statewide presence. Our offices extend to San Francisco, Sacramento, San Ramon, Chatsworth, Santa Ana, Ontario, and San Diego.

Enhancing Employee Well-Being

Benefits and Perks: We offer multiple medical and dental insurance plans, as well as vision insurance. Plans are subsidized for both employees and dependents with coverage effective the first month after hire. Additionally, Cordoba provides employees with paid AD&D and life insurance, a 401k with an industry leading employer match, generous vacation and sick leave accruals, 9 paid holidays, and other forms of paid time off. We also offer flexible spending accounts (FSA's) including medical care reimbursement, dependent care reimbursement, and commuter benefit plans. Employees are also eligible for our employee assistance program and well-being benefits that include stress management, nutrition, and financial well-being.

Cordoba Corporation provides equal employment opportunities, promoting diversity and inclusion. We welcome applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Harassment-Free Workplace: We strictly prohibit workplace harassment based on any factor, including race, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. Cordoba is committed to fostering a healthy and happy lifestyle for our employees, both within and beyond the workplace.

For inquiries or accommodations, please contact our HR Department at: View phone number on click.appcast.io.

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