On-Site Planning & Delivery Lead (Owner's Rep)

Socket.dev; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Accident Insurance

Long Term Disability

401(k) retirement plan with 4% KALCON匹

15 days paid time off

8 paid National Holidays

License/certification reimbursement

Job summary

KALCON is seeking an experienced Scheduler / Planning & Delivery Manager to lead on-site scheduling for mission-critical data center construction projects. This role extends the Owner's Representative team, providing schedule validation, field planning support, and delivery oversight through construction, commissioning, and turnover.

Ideal candidates bring Primavera P6 mastery, strong stake-holder collaboration, and proven field-based scheduling experience across large-scale projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Project Management, or a related field preferred. Experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.
• 5+ years of experience supporting commercial, industrial, mission-critical, manufacturing, infrastructure, or large-scale construction projects in a field-based construction, scheduling, project engineering, superintendent, construction management, or planning role
• Proven experience utilizing Primavera P6 to develop, maintain, analyze, and validate construction schedules in support of active field operations.
• Strong understanding of construction means and methods, trade sequencing, site logistics, procurement, commissioning, startup, turnover, and operational readiness activities.
• Experience working directly with General Contractors, superintendents, subcontractors, and trade partners to validate schedule assumptions, construction sequencing, manpower loading, and reported progress against actual field conditions.
• Ability to identify schedule risks, analyze critical path activities, evaluate recovery plans, and communicate schedule impacts and recommendations to project teams and leadership.
• Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills with the ability to influence stakeholders, challenge assumptions, and drive accountability in a fast-paced construction environment.
• Ability to maintain a consistent on-site presence, perform routine field walks, and travel as required to support project assignments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an active on-site presence to validate that contractor schedules, sequencing plans, and reported progress accurately reflect field conditions and actual construction activities.
• Work directly with General Contractor schedulers, superintendents, and trade partners to evaluate construction sequencing, crew loading, workfront availability, and execution readiness.
• Walk the project regularly to identify schedule risks, coordination conflicts, access constraints, material shortages, and productivity issues before they impact project milestones.
• Provide independent feedback to project leadership regarding schedule health, field performance, and the realism of contractor planning assumptions.
• Own and maintain the owner's view of the project schedule, incorporating field observations, contractor updates, procurement activities, commissioning milestones, and project priorities.
• Review contractor Primavera P6 schedules, logic, float trends, milestone forecasts, and recovery plans to evaluate alignment with actual construction progress.
• Analyze schedule changes, delays, recovery strategies, and critical path activities to identify risks and opportunities impacting project delivery.
• Challenge schedule assumptions and progress updates that are inconsistent with field conditions or observed construction performance.
• Participate in weekly planning meetings, look-ahead reviews, contractor coordination meetings, and superintendent planning sessions to support reliable project execution.
• Coordinate construction sequencing with procurement, equipment deliveries, commissioning activities, startup events, and turnover milestones.
• Track owner-furnished equipment, vendor activities, and long-lead procurement items that may affect schedule performance and project delivery.
• Support project teams in identifying recovery opportunities and implementing mitigation strategies when schedule risks are identified.
• Align construction schedules with commissioning, startup, testing, and turnover milestones to ensure project delivery remains focused on operational readiness.
• Support integration of Level 1 through Level 5 commissioning activities into project planning and schedule coordination efforts.
• Monitor readiness for system startup, turnover, and commissioning activities and identify constraints that may affect completion dates.
• Coordinate with project controls, commissioning teams, contractors, and vendors to ensure schedule priorities support successful turnover objectives.
• Prepare weekly schedule reports, milestone updates, and risk summaries highlighting key project activities, constraints, delays, and recovery actions.
• Communicate schedule performance, emerging risks, and recommended actions to project leadership in a clear and actionable manner.
• Build effective working relationships with contractors, superintendents, vendors, consultants, and project stakeholders to promote collaboration and schedule accountability.
• Support projects operating under either tenant-representation or developer delivery models and adapt communication and coordination approaches accordingly.

Skills

Primavera P6

Schedule management

Field-based scheduling

Stakeholder communication

Risk analysis

On-site presence

Construction planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Project Management, or related field

Job description

KALCON is seeking an experienced Scheduler / Planning & Delivery Manager to lead on-site scheduling for mission-critical data center construction projects. This role extends the Owner's Representative team, providing schedule validation, field planning support, and delivery oversight through construction, commissioning, and turnover.

Ideal candidates bring Primavera P6 mastery, strong stake-holder collaboration, and proven field-based scheduling experience across large-scale projects.