Project Scheduler - Heavy Civil Infrastructure

Luster National, Inc.; California (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited flexible time off

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with employer contribution

Professional development support

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Luster National, Inc. is seeking Project Schedulers to support major heavy civil infrastructure programs across California and beyond.

The role emphasizes maintaining an integrated CPM schedule, analyzing timelines, and communicating potential cost implications of schedule slips. Candidates should have a civil/structural/transport engineering background, 5+ years scheduling experience on large projects, and proficiency with Primavera P6, MS Project, and risk tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in engineering (civil, construction, structural, transportation, systems, or related field).
• 5+ years scheduling experience on large (>$500M) heavy-civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience with CPM baseline schedule development, resource or cost loading, progress updating, and variance analysis.
• Experience performing monthly schedule updates, critical path and variance analysis with narrative explanations.
• Ability to interpret project scope, drawings, and constraints into logic-driven, sequenced, resource-aware schedules.
• Proficiency with industry standard scheduling software (e.g., Primavera P6, MS Project, Primavera Risk, Acumen Fuse).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain an integrated CPM schedule covering design through turnover with logical links, loading, and cost-control alignment.
• Collect field progress data, update status weekly/monthly, and produce look-aheads, variance reports, and earned-value forecasts.
• Run critical path and what-if analyses to test sequencing options, recovery plans, and alternative delivery scenarios.
• Integrate third-party interfaces, permitting, relocations, and long-lead items into the plan reflecting external dependencies.
• Generate narrative reports, Gantt charts, and KPI dashboards for project managers and executives.
• Perform schedule-risk assessments, identify drivers, quantify exposure with risk tools, and track mitigation actions.
• Support change orders and claims with Time Impact Analyses linking delays to cost and entitlement.
• Enforce schedule governance standards and mentor junior schedulers.

Skills

CPM scheduling

Schedule updates

Critical path analysis

What-if analysis

Monte Carlo risk analysis

Primavera P6

MS Project

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree in engineering (preferred)

Tools

Primavera P6

TILOS

MS Project

Primavera Risk

Acumen Fuse

Job description

Luster National, Inc. is seeking Project Schedulers to support major heavy civil infrastructure programs across California and beyond.

The role emphasizes maintaining an integrated CPM schedule, analyzing timelines, and communicating potential cost implications of schedule slips. Candidates should have a civil/structural/transport engineering background, 5+ years scheduling experience on large projects, and proficiency with Primavera P6, MS Project, and risk tools.