Data Center Construction Scheduler: Drive Timelines & Budgets

Prime Data Centers Corporation; Elk Grove Village (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k up to 4% match

Premium employer-paid health/dental/ey

Paid time off + sick time

Annual performance bonus

Project bonus plan

Job summary

Prime Data Centers Corporation is seeking a skilled Data Center Construction Scheduler to support planning, scheduling, and execution of large-scale data center projects. You will ensure timelines meet budget and resource constraints while aligning with project goals and client expectations.

In this role you will develop detailed schedules, coordinate with general contractors, engineers, and PMs, and integrate procurement timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CM, Eng, PM, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of construction scheduling experience, incl. 2+ years on data center projects.
• Strong understanding of construction processes, phases, sequencing in MEP environments.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Experience with BIM, Procore, or other construction management tools.
• Scheduling certification (PMI-SP, AACE PSP) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop, manage, and update detailed construction schedules.
• Coordinate with GCs, subs, engineers, architects, and PMs to update timelines.
• Integrate procurement and permitting timelines into the master schedule.
• Analyze schedule impacts from changes, field conditions, or delays; propose mitigations.
• Generate and distribute look-aheads, critical path analyses, and risk assessments.
• Facilitate scheduling meetings and coordinate stakeholders on milestones.
• Monitor progress and flag schedule risks, bottlenecks, or delays early.
• Ensure schedules comply with obligations and client expectations.
• Support earned value analysis, productivity tracking, and reporting.
• Participate in project closeout with schedules, lessons learned, metrics.

Skills

Construction scheduling

Communication

Organization

Deadline management

PM tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

BIM

Procore

Job description

Prime Data Centers Corporation is seeking a skilled Data Center Construction Scheduler to support planning, scheduling, and execution of large-scale data center projects. You will ensure timelines meet budget and resource constraints while aligning with project goals and client expectations.

In this role you will develop detailed schedules, coordinate with general contractors, engineers, and PMs, and integrate procurement timelines.