Project Scheduler

Austin Industrial, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industrial, Inc. is seeking a Project Controls Administrator to manage scheduling, cost control, material expediting and procurement for complex construction projects in oil, gas, and chemicals sectors.

The role requires a technical degree, 5–10 years field experience, and strong proficiency in Primavera Scheduling. You will develop baselines, update progress, and coordinate with subcontractors and the project team to meet contract deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field preferred.
• Five to ten years of field experience preferred.
• Read and interpret owner’s drawings and specifications to ensure accurate project schedule development.
• Detailed working knowledge of Primavera Scheduling Software.

Responsibilities

• Develop, update, and maintain project schedule.
• Support weekly schedule update meetings with project team.
• Coordinate with project team and subcontractors for schedule updates.
• Perform schedule analysis and recommend actions to the project team.
• Submit schedule updates to customers as required by contract.

Skills

Project controls

Schedule development

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Tools

Primavera Scheduling Software

Job description

The purpose of this position is to perform project controls administration including, but not limited to, the following: material expediting, quantity tracking, cost control, scheduling, document control, basic job cost management, subcontract management, and procurement. If you have this experience, we want to hear from you!

Austin Industrial, Inc. with more than 5,000 employee-owners delivers premier maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to the nation’s leading producers of oil, gas & chemicals; energy; food processing; and manufactured goods. As a merit shop, employee-owned company that self-performs more than 95% of a typical project scope, we pride ourselves on helping our customers maximize their return on investment.

Functional Areas of Responsibility

• Develop, update, and maintain project schedule.
• Support weekly schedule update meetings with project team
• Support project team in issuing schedules, progress and commodity curves, basis of schedule, and histograms
• Perform resource loading and levelling
• Coordinate with the project team and/or subcontractors
• Perform schedule and progress analysis and make recommendations to the project team
• Assess impact of changes and deviations to the project schedule
• Assist in developing “what if” exercises and mitigation strategies
• Review the work hour forecast developed by the project team
• Develop the baseline construction schedule outlining the sequence of work to be performed
• Ensure that the schedule is updated per project requirements, based on change orders, field performance, availability of construction materials, and similar factors that can impact the final completion date
• Submit schedule updates to customer as required by the contract documents
• Ensure Weekly Progress, Manpower and Commodity Curves are developed, updated, and issued
• Issue Weekly Schedule Analysis Report
• Create detailed “Look Ahead” schedules and weekly updates as required

Relationships

• Ability to interface with the Austin project team to gather information in the development and weekly updates of the project schedule
• Effective working relationships with customer, subcontractors, and suppliers

Experience / Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field preferred
• Five to ten years of field experience preferred
• Read and interpret owner’s drawings and specifications to ensure accurate project schedule development
• Detailed working knowledge of Primavera Scheduling Software

No Third-Party Inquiries Please

• This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e. payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).