Director of Scheduling

Luminis Workforce Solutions; Minnesota; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Benefits package

Executive-level visibility

Job summary

Luminis Workforce Solutions is seeking a strategic leader to establish scheduling standards, mentor a team of schedulers, and drive best practices across multiple construction programs.

You will develop and maintain schedules using Primavera P6, provide executive-level analysis, and partner with senior leadership to improve project delivery performance across large-scale projects. This role offers executive visibility and long-term career growth.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in construction scheduling, planning, or project controls.
• Proven leadership experience managing schedulers, planning teams, or project controls groups.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6.
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing, schedule development, and critical path methodology.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of project schedulers across multiple construction programs.
• Establish scheduling processes, standards, and reporting procedures throughout the organisation.
• Oversee the development, review, and maintenance of project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Provide executive-level schedule analysis, forecasting, and risk identification.
• Ensure consistency in schedule quality, logic, critical path analysis, and recovery planning.
• Partner with project executives, operations leaders, and project teams to improve project delivery performance.
• Support pursuits, preconstruction efforts, and resource planning activities.
• Develop and present scheduling metrics, trends, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.

Skills

Team leadership

Executive communication

Scheduling analytics

Strategic influence

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

This is a strategic leadership role responsible for establishing scheduling standards, managing a team of schedulers, and driving best practices across multiple projects. The successful candidate will combine strong technical scheduling expertise with the ability to influence project teams and senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of project schedulers across multiple construction programs.
• Establish scheduling processes, standards, and reporting procedures throughout the organisation.
• Oversee the development, review, and maintenance of project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Provide executive-level schedule analysis, forecasting, and risk identification.
• Ensure consistency in schedule quality, logic, critical path analysis, and recovery planning.
• Partner with project executives, operations leaders, and project teams to improve project delivery performance.
• Support pursuits, preconstruction efforts, and resource planning activities.
• Develop and present scheduling metrics, trends, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.

Requirements

• Significant experience in construction scheduling, planning, or project controls.
• Proven leadership experience managing schedulers, planning teams, or project controls groups.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6.
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing, schedule development, and critical path methodology.
• Experience overseeing schedules on large-scale construction projects.
• Ability to communicate effectively with executives, project managers, and field operations teams.
• Strong analytical, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting commercial, industrial, mission-critical, infrastructure, energy, or heavy civil construction projects.
• Familiarity with project controls, earned value management, and schedule risk analysis.
• Experience overseeing multiple concurrent projects valued at $100M+.

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to shape and lead an organisation's scheduling function.
• Executive-level visibility and influence.
• Long-term career growth within a stable and expanding construction business.
• Competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits.