Manager, Project Controls - Scheduling

CDM Smith; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith seeks a Manager of Project Controls to lead a scheduling team responsible for planning, development, monitoring, and analysis of schedules for complex infrastructure projects. The role emphasizes standardizing tools, processes, and best practices while guiding schedule forecasting and recovery planning.

You will partner with project managers and clients to ensure successful delivery. You will establish metrics, documentation protocols, and executive-level reporting, overseeing critical

Qualifications

• Experience leading scheduling teams for infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of schedule development, control, and reporting.
• Ability to forecast, analyze delays, and propose recovery actions.

Responsibilities

• Lead scheduling team across complex infrastructure programs.
• Develop, implement, and enforce schedule standards and WBS frameworks.
• Provide executive-level schedule reporting and insights to leadership.
• Oversee baseline, resource-loaded, and recovery schedules across projects.
• Support proposals with scheduling inputs and planning expertise.
• Ensure compliance with contractual schedule requirements and QA processes.

Skills

Schedule forecasting

Critical path mgmt

Delay analysis

Progress measurement

Recovery planning

Schedule metrics

WBS standardization

Risk identification

Client communication

Job description

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Job Description

CDM Smith is seeking a Manager of Project Controls who will lead a scheduling team in the planning, development, monitoring, and analysis of project schedules for complex infrastructure projects. Drives scheduling excellence through the implementation of standardized tools, processes, and best practices; oversees the growth and development of scheduling personnel; and provides expert guidance on schedule forecasting, critical path management, delay analysis, progress measurement, and recovery planning. Partners with project managers and clients to support successful project delivery through effective schedule management.

The ideal candidate:

• Establishes and implements schedule performance metrics, reporting standards, and forecasting methodologies.
• Develops and maintains protocols for schedule documentation, data management, and project record retention.
• Ensures compliance with contractual scheduling requirements, project controls standards, and client expectations.
• Provides executive-level schedule reporting and performance insights to project and business leaders.
• Leads the development and implementation of scheduling processes, procedures, and best practices for major projects and programs.
• Oversees the creation, maintenance, and review of baseline schedules, resource-loaded schedules, critical path analyses, and recovery schedules.
• Establishes and maintains standardized Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and scheduling frameworks.
• Serves as a technical advisor to project managers and clients on schedule development, risk identification, schedule optimization, and project execution strategies.
• Supports proposal development by providing scheduling expertise and project planning input.
• Oversees the periodic schedule update process across projects and programs.
• Reviews and audits schedules to ensure quality, accuracy, and compliance with established standards.
• Perform schedule variance analysis, trend analysis, critical path assessments, and delay evaluations.
• Develops forecasting methodologies and recommends corrective actions to improve project performance.