Lead Project Scheduler – Heavy Civil (CPM & Risk)

Luster National; Washington; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited flexible time off

Paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with employer contribution

Job summary

Luster National is seeking Project Schedulers at multiple levels for major heavy‑civil programs across highways, bridges, transit, water, and airports. You’ll craft CPM schedules, fold in procurement and third‑party dependencies, and turn field data into clear progress updates and forecasts.

You’ll surface critical‑path risks early, shape recovery strategies, and keep stakeholders aligned so projects progress safely, efficiently, and on time.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on scheduling experience for large (> $500M) heavy‑civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience with CPM baseline schedule development, resource or cost loading, progress updating and variance analysis.
• Ability to translate project scope, drawings and constraints into logic-driven, sequenced, resource-aware schedules.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6, TILOS, MS Project, Bluebeam, RSMeans and Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain an integrated CPM schedule from design through turnover with linked activities and cost loading.
• Collect field progress data, update status weekly or monthly, and produce look‑aheads, variance reports, and earned‑value forecasts.
• Run critical path and what-if analyses to test sequencing options and recovery plans.
• Integrate third‑party interfaces, permitting, relocations, and long‑lead procurement items.
• Generate narrative reports, Gantt charts, S-curves, and KPI dashboards for project stakeholders.
• Perform schedule‑risk assessments using Monte Carlo or similar methods to identify drivers and contingencies.
• Support change orders and Time Impact Analyses linking delays to cost and entitlement.
• Enforce governance, maintain data integrity, and mentor junior schedulers.

Skills

CPM scheduling

Communication

Risk analysis

Mentoring

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/construction management

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Primavera P6

TILOS

MS Project

Bluebeam

RSMeans

Power BI/Tableau

Job description

Luster National is seeking Project Schedulers at multiple levels for major heavy‑civil programs across highways, bridges, transit, water, and airports. You’ll craft CPM schedules, fold in procurement and third‑party dependencies, and turn field data into clear progress updates and forecasts.

You’ll surface critical‑path risks early, shape recovery strategies, and keep stakeholders aligned so projects progress safely, efficiently, and on time.