Mission-Critical Scheduling & Risk Manager

Sargent Electric; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Sargent Electric Company seeks a Forensic Schedule, Risk, and Planning Manager to lead baseline scheduling, risk identification, and mitigation for mission-critical projects in a hybrid Pittsburgh-based role.

The position requires senior expertise in project controls, Primavera P6, and complex scheduling, with strong leadership and client coordination. Occasional visits to job sites and training are expected as part of project responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• At least five years of progressive construction experience in project controls, planning and scheduling, risk, change management, claims, or related major-project functions.
• Demonstrated experience supporting large, complex construction projects, preferably with significant electrical scopes.
• Experience with Primavera P6 and advanced scheduling techniques.
• Experience with project risk identification, change management, schedule impacts, and entitlement preservation.
• Working knowledge of construction contracts, including schedule requirements, notice provisions, changes, and time extensions.
• Experience with mission critical, data center, power, utility, or industrial construction.
• Strong analytical, written communication, and leadership skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Ability to work efficiently under tight timeframes, respond promptly, collaborate effectively, prioritize work, and stay organized in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Create and support the development of baseline schedules.
• Review contractor schedules and identify changes or conditions that may affect Sargent Electric’s work.
• Review project schedules for logic, sequencing, manpower loading, and execution feasibility.
• Participate in project turnover, planning, and execution strategy sessions.
• Identify schedule, productivity, procurement, coordination, and commercial risks.
• Develop and support recovery and mitigation plans.
• Support notices, time-extension requests, change documentation, and entitlement preservation.
• Support change-order development and substantiation.
• Monitor project performance indicators and productivity trends.
• Prepare schedule narratives, variance analyses, executive summaries, and project performance reports.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to project teams on scheduling, risk, documentation, recovery planning, and entitlement preservation.
• Support executive project reviews, risk assessments, lessons learned, and continuous improvement across the Mission Critical Division.
• Perform schedule impact analyses using methodologies like Time Impact Analysis and fragnets.
• Analyze acceleration, disruption, trade stacking, and out-of-sequence work.
• Reconstruct project timelines and evaluate delay causation, critical-path impacts, acceleration, disruption, and mitigation.
• Assist in quantifying schedule and productivity impacts.
• Support claims packages with narratives, exhibits, cost summaries, and schedule analyses.
• Review field notices, RFIs, directives, sketches, and scope revisions to identify changes requiring pricing.
• Prepare detailed cost breakdowns, labor impact calculations, and supporting documentation.
• Maintain standardized claim exhibits, templates, and forensic analysis formats.
• Support Operations, executive leadership, Legal, outside consultants, and expert witnesses as required.

Skills

Project controls

Scheduling

Risk management

Leadership

Communication

Contract knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management, Engineering, Business, or a related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Job description

Sargent Electric Company seeks a Forensic Schedule, Risk, and Planning Manager to lead baseline scheduling, risk identification, and mitigation for mission-critical projects in a hybrid Pittsburgh-based role.

The position requires senior expertise in project controls, Primavera P6, and complex scheduling, with strong leadership and client coordination. Occasional visits to job sites and training are expected as part of project responsibilities.