Project Scheduler - Advanced Technology

Kiewit; BLOOMINGTON (MN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Top-tier medical, dental, and vision plans

Retirement plans with matching

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Kiewit in Bloomington, Minnesota is seeking mid-career Project Schedulers to support various industrial projects. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining project schedules, analyzing critical paths, and ensuring high-quality deliverables.

Ideal candidates will have over 4 years of experience in scheduling, excellent communication skills, and a background in engineering or construction management. Kiewit provides a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of scheduling experience with resource loaded schedules.
• Knowledge of construction engineering technology and codes.
• Experience with Datacenters or advanced technologies preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support engineering design and construction projects.
• Develop and maintain project schedules.
• Prepare standard progress reports and track project status.

Skills

Construction/engineering scheduling

Primavera (P6)

Cost control methods

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management or engineering

Tools

Company-specific scheduling software

Job description

Requisition ID: 181270

Job Level: Mid Level

Home District/Group: Kiewit Industrial District

Department: Project Controls

Market: Industrial

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

We are hiring several mid-career Project Schedulers to support our industrial group to support a wide variety of projects in our Industrial market. We are one of North America’s largest and most respected engineering and construction organizations, and one of the most profitable. Our company has grown significantly in the past 5 years, and broadened our market scope into new market areas including biosciences, manufacturing and advanced technologies. If you want to be a part of the future, your future is here! Kiewit’s commitment to safety, quality and environmental stewardship are ingrained in everything we do. It’s visible in our core values, the work that we build and in our people.

Our schedulers support both engineering and construction projects, performing resource and cost loaded schedules and analysis. You will be responsible for building and updating schedules as milestones progress and as deliverables are completed. This is an opportunity for a long-term career, not just a project, with excellent benefits, strong leadership and great resources to support you. You will play a key role in the development and maintenance of project schedules, analyze and monitor the project’s critical path, as well as prepare reports, provide and develop alternative solutions and drive successful project completion. If you have 4+ years of experience in scheduling for engineering/construction, a passion for the details and want to work across broad market areas, for great leaders, apply today!

District Overview

Kiewit Industrial is a full-service engineering, procurement, and construction organization delivering complex industrial projects across North America. Our teams support clients in high-growth markets, including advanced technology, industrial manufacturing, process facilities, energy, and other mission-critical environments where safety, execution certainty, and schedule performance are critical.

Within our growing Advanced Technology market, teams deliver large, fast-paced projects that require disciplined planning, integrated project controls, and close partnership across construction, engineering, procurement, and business management. We are an operations-focused organization committed to developing practical, data-driven solutions that support strong project performance and informed decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.

Location

• This position may be based in a district or area office or on a project site, depending on business needs.
• Candidates must be willing to travel and relocate as required to support project assignments.
• We do offer relocation assistance or per diem to the project and for the duration.

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of schedulers to support all sizes of engineering design and construction projects to ensure all aspects of the project schedule maintain the highest level of quality and accuracy.
• Work closely with project managers, engineers, designers, estimators, procurement staff, construction managers, contractors and other project services staff to provide detailed planning and scheduling of projects from conceptual planning through engineering and construction.
• Develop resource loaded schedules, including lists of activities, major milestones, critical approvals, long lead procurement items and other critical project deliverables to be scheduled and tracked for the projects.
• Develop schedule logic and constraints, realistic activity durations and available manpower and resources.
• Assess the impact(s) of design changes and schedule slippages and inform company management and clients of all schedule updates.
• Apply knowledge of engineering, procurement and construction terminology, work processes, and concepts to develop and maintain critic path logic networks; accumulate and access historical data for use in maintaining realistic future planning and forecasting.
• Prepare standard progress reports for each assigned project.
• Confirm project status; identify and report on variations in the schedule in a timely manner.
• Coordinate the development, maintenance, and review of discipline and project schedules.
• Upload original and updated resources to reflect current status.
• Maintain careful documentation of all schedule submittals and related facts, so that any requests for time adjustments can be measured against the accepted schedule in place at the time any delays or changes were experienced.
• Coordinate with project team to develop revision or recovery schedules as needed.
• Prepare written narratives for all schedule submittals.
• Track the contract document requirements for schedule adherence, as well as change orders and contract amendments.
• Interpret performance curve data and forecast productivity; provide manpower information for forecasting.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ construction/engineering scheduling experience (resource loaded schedules); able to develop logic and constraints, WBS structure, review manpower curves, identify gaps, and track critical project deliverables, and report on variations in scheduling in timely manner.
• Experience with Datacenters or other advanced technologies is preferred.
• Able to exhibit knowledge of construction engineering technology, codes, standards, etc., plus an in-depth understanding of the interdependence and relationship between other functional units.
• Working knowledge of standard cost control methods utilized in the execution of various types of project (EPC, Joint Venture, Lump Sum, time and Material, Maintenance).
• Skilled in Primavera (P6), and other company-specific software.
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, or engineering preferred. Technical training or related experience will also be considered.

Other Requirements

• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
• May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.