Onsite Capital Project Scheduler (Owner's Rep)

Piper Companies; Petersburg (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Paid time off

Paid holidays & sick leave

Job summary

Piper Companies is seeking a Capital Project Scheduler to support a major capital construction project within the industrial manufacturing sector. The Capital Project Scheduler will act as the owner's representative, providing schedule oversight, risk analysis, contractor coordination, and project controls support to ensure successful execution of a $150 million capital project.

The role requires working onsite 5 days a week in Petersburg, VA, with a long-term contract and a compensation range

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project scheduling experience supporting capital construction or industrial projects.
• Strong experience developing and maintaining resource-loaded, detailed Level 4 project schedules.
• Proven ability to analyze schedule risks, dependencies, delays, and recovery strategies.
• Experience coordinating contractors, field personnel, and cross-functional project stakeholders.
• Proficiency with scheduling software such as Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar scheduling platforms.
• Experience supporting commissioning, startup, and operational readiness planning activities preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the owner's scheduling representative for a large-scale capital project in execution.
• Maintain and manage the integrated project schedule, incorporating contractor activities, owner responsibilities, key interfaces, and major milestones.
• Review contractor baseline schedules and schedule updates for completeness, logic, sequencing, durations, and milestone alignment.
• Validate reported progress through coordination with project teams and field personnel.
• Analyze critical and near-critical paths, float consumption, milestone movement, and schedule performance.
• Identify schedule risks, dependencies, constraints, and recovery opportunities throughout project execution.
• Coordinate scheduling activities across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup teams.
• Evaluate schedule impacts related to changes, delays, and project risks, providing scenario analysis and recommendations.
• Review contractor recovery plans and monitor mitigation measures to improve schedule performance.
• Support commissioning, startup, staffing, loop checks, equipment readiness, and operational readiness activities.
• Prepare schedule reports, look-ahead schedules, and performance analyses for project leadership.
• Maintain schedule baselines, update documentation, and ensure traceability of schedule changes.

Skills

Project scheduling

Resource-loaded schedules

Level 4 schedules

CPM scheduling

Schedule risk analysis

Contractor coordination

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking a Capital Project Scheduler to support a major capital construction project within the industrial manufacturing sector. The Capital Project Scheduler will act as the owner's representative, providing schedule oversight, risk analysis, contractor coordination, and project controls support to ensure successful execution of a $150 million capital project.

The role requires working onsite 5 days a week in Petersburg, VA, with a long-term contract and a compensation range