Project Scheduler

Insight Global; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global in Richmond, VA seeks an experienced Senior Scheduler to lead CPM scheduling for large-scale data center programs using Primavera P6. You will develop, maintain, and manage schedules, baselines, look‑ahead plans, and reporting structures, coordinating with procurement, engineering, commissioning, and turnover teams.

The role demands 8–20+ years in scheduling or project controls, expert Primavera P6, and strong CPM knowledge.

Qualifications

• 8-20+ years of scheduling, project controls, or program planning experience supporting complex technical infrastructure programs.
• Expert-level Primavera P6 experience required.
• Advanced understanding of CPM scheduling principles, logic sequencing, constraints, calendars, baselines, coding structures, and schedule analytics.
• Experience building complex schedules from early planning inputs, drawings, procurement data, technical requirements, and commissioning milestones.
• Experience supporting large-scale data center, mission-critical, advanced manufacturing, semiconductor, utility infrastructure, or complex MEP-intensive programs.
• Experience managing schedules with thousands of activities, including procurement integration, commissioning integration, utility coordination, and turnover sequencing.
• Strong understanding of data center critical path drivers, including long-lead electrical equipment, cooling infrastructure, utility milestones, equipment startup, commissioning, and integrated systems testing.
• Strong knowledge of procurement planning, material tracking, equipment milestone management, cost and schedule impacts, change management, resource planning, commissioning, and turnover sequencing.
• Experience partnering with project controls, cost engineering, procurement, MEP leadership, commissioning teams, vendors, and client stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, project controls tools, and schedule reporting platforms.
• Experience supporting programs valued at $100M+.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and manage comprehensive CPM schedules in Primavera P6 for large-scale data center programs.
• Build detailed schedules from early planning inputs, drawings, stakeholder milestones, procurement data, commissioning requirements, and turnover objectives.
• Create and manage baseline schedules, recovery schedules, re-baselines, look-ahead schedules, and schedule updates.
• Establish detailed work breakdown structures, activity coding, logic ties, calendars, constraints, milestones, and reporting structures.
• Develop complex schedules containing thousands of activities across design coordination, procurement, MEP coordination, commissioning, utility coordination, and turnover sequencing.
• Maintain schedule integrity and ensure alignment with project controls standards, scheduling best practices, and reporting requirements.
• Data Center Critical Path Analysis Perform critical path, near-critical path, float path, and longest path analysis to identify schedule drivers and milestone risks.
• Utility coordination
• Electrical distribution planning
• Generator milestones
• UPS milestones
• Switchgear milestones
• Chiller and cooling infrastructure milestones
• MEP coordination activities Controls integration Testing and commissioning
• Integrated systems testing
• Client turnover sequencing Identify schedule threats, long-lead procurement risks, commissioning bottlenecks, utility-related delays, and milestone constraints. Forecast schedule performance and provide recommendations to support milestone achievement. Advise leadership on schedule risk, recovery options, and the probability of meeting key program dates.
• Recovery Scheduling & Scenario Planning Develop recovery schedules and acceleration scenarios when program milestones are at risk. Model multiple schedule recovery options in Primavera P6 to compare completion dates, milestone impacts, float consumption, and potential gains.
• Support re-sequencing strategies, parallel path planning, alternative phasing options, and recovery baseline development. Partner with project controls, program leadership, and delivery teams to evaluate schedule impacts and determine practical recovery paths.
• Document schedule impacts, recovery assumptions, and mitigation strategies for leadership review. Procurement & Long-Lead Equipment Integration Integrate procurement schedules into the master program schedule, with emphasis on long-lead data center equipment.
• Coordinate with procurement teams, vendors, engineering teams, and project leadership to maintain schedule alignment. Cost & Schedule Integration Partner with cost engineers, project controls managers, and program leadership to support integrated cost and schedule reporting.
• Support earned value management reporting, including schedule performance indicators and milestone trend analysis. Analyze schedule impacts related to budget, resource planning, cash flow, productivity assumptions, and recovery scenarios.

Skills

Primavera P6

CPM scheduling

Project controls

Schedule development

Stakeholder coordination

Excel

PowerPoint

Earned value management

Cost & schedule integration

Large-scale data centers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management

PSP (Planning & Scheduling Professional) certification

Tools

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Schedule Development & Management Develop, maintain, and manage comprehensive CPM schedules in Primavera P6 for large-scale data center programs.

Build detailed schedules from early planning inputs, drawings, stakeholder milestones, procurement data, commissioning requirements, and turnover objectives.

Create and manage baseline schedules, recovery schedules, re-baselines, look-ahead schedules, and schedule updates.

Establish detailed work breakdown structures, activity coding, logic ties, calendars, constraints, milestones, and reporting structures.

Develop complex schedules containing thousands of activities across design coordination, procurement, MEP coordination, commissioning, utility coordination, and turnover sequencing. Maintain schedule integrity and ensure alignment with project controls standards, scheduling best practices, and reporting requirements.

Data Center Critical Path Analysis Perform critical path, near-critical path, float path, and longest path analysis to identify schedule drivers and milestone risks.

Utility coordination

Electrical distribution planning

Generator milestones

UPS milestones

Switchgear milestones

Chiller and cooling infrastructure milestones

MEP coordination activities Controls integration Testing and commissioning

Integrated systems testing

• Client turnover sequencing Identify schedule threats, long-lead procurement risks, commissioning bottlenecks, utility-related delays, and milestone constraints. Forecast schedule performance and provide recommendations to support milestone achievement. Advise leadership on schedule risk, recovery options, and the probability of meeting key program dates.
• Recovery Scheduling & Scenario Planning Develop recovery schedules and acceleration scenarios when program milestones are at risk. Model multiple schedule recovery options in Primavera P6 to compare completion dates, milestone impacts, float consumption, and potential gains.
• Support re-sequencing strategies, parallel path planning, alternative phasing options, and recovery baseline development. Partner with project controls, program leadership, and delivery teams to evaluate schedule impacts and determine practical recovery paths.
• Document schedule impacts, recovery assumptions, and mitigation strategies for leadership review. Procurement & Long-Lead Equipment Integration Integrate procurement schedules into the master program schedule, with emphasis on long-lead data center equipment.
• Coordinate with procurement teams, vendors, engineering teams, and project leadership to maintain schedule alignment. Cost & Schedule Integration Partner with cost engineers, project controls managers, and program leadership to support integrated cost and schedule reporting.
• Support earned value management reporting, including schedule performance indicators and milestone trend analysis. Analyze schedule impacts related to budget, resource planning, cash flow, productivity assumptions, and recovery scenarios.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 8-20+ years of scheduling, project controls, or program planning experience supporting complex technical infrastructure programs.
• Expert-level Primavera P6 experience required.
• Advanced understanding of CPM scheduling principles, logic sequencing, constraints, calendars, baselines, coding structures, and schedule analytics.
• Experience building complex schedules from early planning inputs, drawings, procurement data, technical requirements, and commissioning milestones.
• Experience supporting large-scale data center, mission-critical, advanced manufacturing, semiconductor, utility infrastructure, or complex MEP-intensive programs.
• Experience managing schedules with thousands of activities, including procurement integration, commissioning integration, utility coordination, and turnover sequencing.
• Strong understanding of data center critical path drivers, including long-lead electrical equipment, cooling infrastructure, utility milestones, equipment startup, commissioning, and integrated systems testing.
• Strong knowledge of procurement planning, material tracking, equipment milestone management, cost and schedule impacts, change management, resource planning, commissioning, and turnover sequencing.
• Experience partnering with project controls, cost engineering, procurement, MEP leadership, commissioning teams, vendors, and client stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, project controls tools, and schedule reporting platforms.
• Experience supporting programs valued at $100M+.

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Mission Critical Facilities

Advanced Manufacturing Plants

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Management, or related field. PSP (Planning & Scheduling Professional) certification preferred.

Experience integrating schedule updates with project controls and earned value reporting.