Senior Scheduler

Senior Construction Scheduler

The Senior Construction Scheduler serves as Pogue Construction's scheduling subject matter expert and is responsible for independently developing, maintaining, and analyzing comprehensive project schedules throughout all phases of construction. This individual must possess a strong understanding of construction means, methods, sequencing, and project execution, allowing them to create accurate schedules with limited direction from project teams. The Senior Scheduler partners with executive leadership, preconstruction, project management, and field operations to proactively identify schedule risks, evaluate project impacts, and develop recovery strategies that support successful project delivery. This role may also provide leadership to other schedulers, oversee scheduling efforts across multiple projects simultaneously, and ensure consistency in scheduling standards, processes, and reporting throughout the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain multiple active project schedules simultaneously while ensuring accuracy, consistency, and alignment with project goals and milestones.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior schedulers and project teams on scheduling best practices and CPM methodology.
• Coordinate workload and delegate scheduling responsibilities when supporting multiple projects or scheduling resources.
• Review schedules developed by other schedulers and project team members to verify logic, sequencing, critical path accuracy, and schedule quality.
• Establish and maintain scheduling standards, templates, and reporting procedures across the organization.
• Proficiently read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, and contract documents.
• Independently develop complete CPM schedules from construction documents with minimal support from project teams.
• Develop preliminary and conceptual schedules from schematic designs, conceptual drawings, narratives, or limited project information.
• Establish logical activity durations, relationships, and sequencing based on construction expertise and industry best practices.
• Evaluate construction means and methods to develop realistic and achievable schedules.
• Lead scheduling efforts on Pogue's largest, most complex, or highest-risk projects.
• Provide schedule guidance and recommendations to project managers and superintendents throughout the project lifecycle.
• Analyze project delays, disruptions, and scope changes and provide schedule recovery recommendations.
• Develop recovery schedules, mitigation plans, and alternative sequencing strategies to maintain project milestones.
• Support project teams with schedule impact evaluations resulting from owner changes, weather events, procurement issues, or unforeseen conditions.

Required Skills / Expectations:

• Demonstrated experience managing multiple project schedules concurrently in a fast-paced commercial construction environment.
• Proven leadership experience managing, mentoring, or directing the work of schedulers, project controls professionals, or project team members.
• Ability to effectively prioritize competing scheduling demands and allocate resources across multiple projects.
• Experience delegating scheduling tasks, reviewing work product, and ensuring consistency and quality across scheduling deliverables.
• Strong organizational and team leadership skills with the ability to influence project teams and drive accountability.
• Minimum 10 years of commercial construction experience with substantial exposure to field operations, project management, or project controls.
• Ability to independently create complete CPM schedules without relying on superintendent or project manager input.
• Ability to develop schedules from conceptual designs, limited project information, and early-stage planning documents.
• Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Project.
• Expert understanding of activity durations, logic ties, float management, and critical path methodology.
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing and coordination across all major trades.
• Proven ability to identify schedule risks and proactively develop mitigation and recovery plans.
• Ability to evaluate project changes and delays and communicate schedule impacts to project teams and leadership.
• Working knowledge of construction means, methods, and field operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to collaborate with superintendents, project managers, owners, architects, and subcontractors.
• Strong contract document, drawing, and specification comprehension.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple project schedules simultaneously.
• Commitment to continual professional development and industry education.

Certifications:

• OSHA 30 (Required)
• Scheduling or Project Controls certifications preferred (e.g., PMI-SP, PSP, CCM)