Project Construction Scheduler - Location: Los Angeles CA

PMCS Group, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management firm seeks an experienced Construction Scheduler / Project Scheduler in Los Angeles. The role requires a minimum of 5 years in construction scheduling, proficiency in Primavera and MS Office, and a related bachelor's degree. Responsibilities include developing schedules, reviewing contractor submissions, performing analyses, and providing status updates. Excellent communication and organizational skills are essential. This position offers a challenging opportunity to support key projects in the construction sector.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of full-time construction scheduling experience.
• Experience with public works projects or educational facilities is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain program schedules for construction projects.
• Interpret construction drawings and understand work scope.
• Review contractor schedules and provide detailed feedback.
• Conduct Time Impact Analysis for change orders.
• Perform Critical Path and Earned Value analysis.
• Communicate with contractors during progress meetings.

Skills

Written communication skills

Verbal communication skills

Organizational skills

Planning skills

Cost engineering principles

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, or construction management

Bachelor's degree in any course with 2 additional years of experience

Tools

Primavera Latest Version

MS Office Suite

Job description

Construction Scheduler / Project Scheduler (Location: Los Angeles, CA)

Required Experience:

• Minimum 5 years full time paid professional experience in Construction Scheduling for an Owner or General Contractor, preferably in an educational facility or public works projects
• Proficiency in Primavera Latest Version and MS Office Suite

Required Education:

• Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering or construction management.

OR

• Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor's degree in any course, but with additional two (2) years of experience in Construction Scheduling to compensate for the required education.

Required Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Superior organizational and planning skills
• Ability to build efficient working relationships with project teams and department staff
• Understanding of theories, principles and practices of cost engineering, scheduling and schedule forensics

Duties:

• Develops and maintains program schedules identifying relationships, logic, milestones, and constraints for construction projects of various types
• Independently interprets and reads detailed construction drawings (Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Civil, etc.) and develops a clear understanding of work scope
• Reviews Contractor's Baseline schedule submissions and verifies that all work scope is identified properly and logically sequenced correctly; provides written detailed schedule review comments
• Performs QA/QC on contractor schedule submittals for conformance with the contract; reviews critical path, cost loading, resource loading of man-hours, schedule content, recovery schedules, use of logic relationships and lags, constraints and milestones
• Performs schedule Time Impact Analysis for any change orders that affect the construction schedule; conducts schedule negotiations with the OAR and the contractor for any delay time settlements
• Reads drawings to determine if work is in or out of scope, and understands terms and conditions of the contract to determine if any compensable or non-compensable time extensions have merit
• Performs Critical Path analysis and Earned Value analysis
• Walks the construction sites as needed and checks the contractor's weekly/monthly schedule progress; provides reports to the project OAR and upper management
• Effectively communicate with the Contractor regarding all schedule/progress related matters and concerns in the weekly status meetings and all other schedule related meetings
• Performs Program Schedule QA/QC reviews on a regular basis
• Performs status updates for Program Schedules/Master Schedules on a bi-monthly basis
• Ensures proper use of Program-level standard codes, layouts and reports necessary to ensure data integrity
• Serves as a liaison between project teams, department leadership and the Program & Project Controls department
• Prepare reports as needed and directed by Management