Project Scheduler
Principal Duties and Accountabilities:
- Build and maintain an integrated Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule covering design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover.
- Develop logically linked activities with resource and/or cost loading, and apply consistent coding for alignment with cost-control systems.
- Collect field progress data, update project status on a weekly or monthly basis, and generate look-ahead schedules, variance reports, and earned-value forecasts.
- Run critical path and “what-if” analyses to evaluate sequencing options, recovery plans, and alternative delivery scenarios.
- Perform schedule-risk assessments, identify key drivers, quantify exposure (e.g., Monte Carlo simulations), recommend contingencies, and monitor mitigation actions.
- Support change order negotiations and claims by preparing Time Impact Analyses (TIAs) that tie schedule delays to costs and contractual entitlements.
- Integrate third-party interfaces such as permitting, utility relocations, long-lead procurement items, and external dependencies to ensure a complete and realistic plan.
- Generate clear and concise schedule deliverables including narrative reports, Gantt charts, S-curves, and KPI dashboards tailored for project managers, field teams, and executives.
- Enforce schedule governance standards, maintain data integrity in scheduling tools, and mentor junior schedulers to raise overall planning maturity.
- Participate in planning and progress meetings, providing schedule expertise and recommendations to project leadership.
- Continuously improve scheduling processes, tools, and best practices within the mechanical construction function.
- Ability to coordinate and manage schedules across several projects simultaneously.
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on scheduling experience in construction, with heavy-civil infrastructure and/or mechanical construction project experience strongly preferred.
- Experience with full CPM baseline schedule development, resource or cost loading, and progress updating.
- Proven ability to interpret design drawings, specifications, BIM models, and work-breakdown structures and translate them into logically sequenced activities.
- Experience conducting critical path and variance analyses, preparing Time Impact Analyses, and quantifying schedule risk using Monte Carlo or similar tools.
Knowledge, skills, and abilities:
- Proficiency with industry-standard project and construction management software (e.g., Primavera P6, TILOS, MS Project, Bluebeam, RSMeans).
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to interpret and communicate complex scheduling data.
- Excellent organizational and time management abilities with high attention to detail.
- Effective communicator with strong influencing and collaboration skills across field and office teams.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop less-experienced schedulers.
- Ability to work independently while contributing to cross-functional project teams.
Physical and/or travel demands:
- Ability to work in an office environment with regular visits to active construction sites.
- Must be able to sit, stand, walk, and occasionally lift up to 25 lbs.
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without requiring future sponsorship for employment visa status.
U.S. Engineering is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and shall provide equal employment opportunities to all people in all aspects of employer-employee relations, without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.
U.S. Engineering is compliant with the Drug Free Workplace Act, and all offers of employment are contingent upon the completion of a pre-employment drug screen.
Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and job specifications required of employees so classified. U.S. Engineering reserves the right to revise as needed. The job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.