Construction Planner

Graham Personnel Services; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Electric Company is seeking a highly motivated scheduler to support our construction team and clients in Raleigh, Charlotte, or Greensboro, NC. You will build and update project schedules, coordinate with project managers, superintendents, and procurement to ensure on-time completion of milestones.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in large construction, strong CPM skills, and excellent communication. Expect field collaboration, client interfacing, and travel to project sites as needed.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience on large commercial or industrial construction projects.
• 2+ years of direct scheduling experience in critical path management with a history of successful schedule compression and mitigation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced knowledge of construction technology, codes and standards, and interdependencies between functions.
• Experience with cost control methods used in EPC, CM, Design-Build, T&M, and Maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule projects from conceptual planning through engineering and construction.
• Develop resource- and cost-loaded schedules with milestones and critical path items.
• Create schedule logic, durations, and resource loading aligned with scope.
• Assess design changes and schedule slippages; notify leadership of updates.
• Interface with clients, attend meetings, and provide project reports.
• Travel to project sites and other offices to participate in meetings and updates.

Skills

Scheduling

Project management

Communication

Construction knowledge

Education

BS degree

Job description

Location either Raleigh, Charlotte, or Greensboro NC

Electric Company is seeking a highly motivated scheduler to support the business goals and objectives of both Electric Company and our clients. As a scheduler you will work closely with our construction team, project manager, and operations to develop the overall schedule of project completion. You will be responsible for building and updating schedules at various milestones, as project deliverables are completed, and as scopes of work are added to a project, and to provide updates to key team members on the progress of project completion. Responsibilities:

Work closely with preconstruction teams, project managers, superintendents, contractors, and other project services staff to provide detailed planning and scheduling of projects from conceptual planning through engineering and construction

Develop resource and cost loaded schedules, including lists of activities, major milestones, critical approvals, long lead procurement items and other critical project deliverables to be scheduled and tracked for the projects

Develop schedule logic and constraints, realistic activity durations, and available resources

Assess the impact of design changes and schedule slippages. Inform Leadership of all schedule updates

Apply knowledge of engineering, procurement, construction terminology, and concepts to develop and maintain critical path logic networks

Accumulate and access historical data for use in maintaining realistic future planning and forecasting

Provide guidance, direction, and specialized assistance for the resolution of difficult project control problems

May interface with clients, attend regular meetings, and give statistical reports

Travel to projects sites and other offices as needed to participate in project meetings, develop schedules of project completion, and update schedules to identify work completed at the project sites Requirements:

7+ years of experience on large commercial or industrial construction projects

2+ years of direct scheduling experience required in critical path management with a demonstrated history of successful schedule compression and mitigation efforts

Excellent written and verbal communication presentation skills are a must

Advanced knowledge of construction technology, codes and standards, and an in-depth understanding of the interdependence and relationship between other functional units

Working knowledge of standard cost control methods utilized in execution of various types of projects (EPC, Construction Management, Design Build, Time and Material, and Maintenance) Additional job description:

Prepares and maintains project plans, staffing requirements, and budgets

Performs administrative tasks such as preparing progress reports and arranging meetings

Communicates with clients, and tracks project progress

Other duties as assigned Education: Highly desired is a BS Degree