Consultant Scheduling Program Manager

Jobtailor; De Pere (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Senior Scheduler to lead and coordinate complex project schedules using Primavera P6. You will establish governance, align milestones with program leadership, and coach internal and contracted schedulers to ensure on-time delivery across multiple programs.

The role demands strong stakeholder communication, risk management, and ability to translate data into actionable insights for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with emphasis in Engineering, Project Management, or Construction Management
• Five years of experience in project controls, scheduling, construction scheduling, or transmission project scheduling
• Advanced Primavera P6 scheduling and schedule management experience
• Experience leading scheduling resources and influencing cross-functional teams
• Experience developing integrated schedules, forecasts, milestones, and progress tracking methods
• Ability to identify schedule risks, constraints, issues, and critical-path impacts
• Portfolio- or program-level scheduling governance and execution
• Capital project or infrastructure delivery experience
• Experience overseeing contracted Schedulers or external scheduling resources
• Experience creating scheduling standards, controls, governance practices, and communication routines
• Experience supporting complex, high-priority, or high-visibility projects
• A record of improving schedule consistency, reporting quality, forecasting, or resource planning

Responsibilities

• Guide scheduling practices across multiple programs and projects
• Establish and maintain scheduling standards, governance processes, controls, and communication routines
• Partner with project and program leaders to align priorities, milestones, and delivery objectives
• Provide direction, prioritization, coaching, and quality oversight to contracted Schedulers
• Develop, review, and manage integrated schedules using Primavera P6
• Monitor schedule health, milestones, critical-path impacts, variances, and forecasting
• Identify risks, assumptions, constraints, and delivery concerns early
• Recommend mitigation strategies and help resolve schedule conflicts
• Analyze schedule trends and translate data into actionable insights
• Provide clear reporting and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership
• Support portfolio prioritization, work sequencing, and informed decision-making
• Escalate concerns that could affect schedule integrity or milestone achievement
• Balance scheduler workloads and resource capacity across active and planned work
• Coach and mentor contracted and internal scheduling resources
• Drive improvements in consistency, reporting quality, forecasting, documentation, and controls
• Provide direct scheduling support for complex, high-priority, or high-visibility work as needed

Skills

Advanced Primavera P6 Scheduling

Project Controls Experience

Integrated Schedule Development

Portfolio-Level Scheduling Governance

Leadership in Scheduling Resources

Schedule Management

Forecasting

Risk Identification

Resource Capacity Management

Quality Oversight

Communication

Coaching

Mentoring

Collaboration

Influencing

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Bachelor's Degree in Project Management

Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management

Job description

• Guide scheduling practices across multiple programs and projects


• Establish and maintain scheduling standards, governance processes, controls, and communication routines


• Partner with project and program leaders to align priorities, milestones, and delivery objectives


• Provide direction, prioritization, coaching, and quality oversight to contracted Schedulers


• Develop, review, and manage integrated schedules using Primavera P6


• Monitor schedule health, milestones, critical-path impacts, variances, and forecasting


• Identify risks, assumptions, constraints, and delivery concerns early


• Recommend mitigation strategies and help resolve schedule conflicts


• Analyze schedule trends and translate data into actionable insights


• Provide clear reporting and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership


• Support portfolio prioritization, work sequencing, and informed decision-making


• Escalate concerns that could affect schedule integrity or milestone achievement


• Balance scheduler workloads and resource capacity across active and planned work


• Coach and mentor contracted and internal scheduling resources


• Drive improvements in consistency, reporting quality, forecasting, documentation, and controls


• Provide direct scheduling support for complex, high-priority, or high-visibility work as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with emphasis in Engineering, Project Management, or Construction Management


• Five years of experience in project controls, scheduling, construction scheduling, or transmission project scheduling


• Advanced Primavera P6 scheduling and schedule management experience


• Experience leading scheduling resources and influencing cross-functional teams


• Experience developing integrated schedules, forecasts, milestones, and progress tracking methods


• Ability to identify schedule risks, constraints, issues, and critical-path impacts


• Portfolio- or program-level scheduling governance and execution


• Capital project or infrastructure delivery experience


• Experience overseeing contracted Schedulers or external scheduling resources


• Experience creating scheduling standards, controls, governance practices, and communication routines


• Experience supporting complex, high-priority, or high-visibility projects


• A record of improving schedule consistency, reporting quality, forecasting, or resource planning

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in advanced Primavera P6 scheduling, project controls, and governance practices, with a strong focus on risk identification, resource management, and stakeholder communication. Proven ability to lead and mentor scheduling teams while driving improvements in schedule consistency and reporting quality.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Advanced Primavera P6 Scheduling


• Project Controls Experience


• Integrated Schedule Development


• Portfolio-Level Scheduling Governance


• Leadership in Scheduling Resources

Hard Skills

• Project Scheduling


• Schedule Management


• Forecasting


• Risk Identification


• Milestone Tracking


• Data Analysis


• Schedule Conflict Resolution


• Resource Capacity Management


• Quality Oversight


• Documentation Improvement

Soft Skills

• Coaching


• Mentoring


• Communication


• Collaboration


• Influencing

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering


• Bachelor's Degree in Project Management


• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management

Industry Keywords

• Construction Scheduling


• Capital Project Delivery


• Infrastructure Delivery


• Governance Processes


• High-Visibility Projects