Schedule Engineer

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is seeking a scheduling professional to support the Schedule Manager in developing and maintaining project and pursuit schedules. You will enter activities and durations into Primavera, develop detailed construction schedules, and generate progress reports for contract requirements.

You will become familiar with multiple scheduling platforms, perform schedule analyses, and contribute to data mining and historical metrics to improve project performance.

Qualifications

• Experience with construction scheduling software.
• Ability to develop and analyse project schedules.
• Familiarity with progress reporting and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Support Schedule Manager with group and project-specific responsibilities.
• Develop pursuit and proposal schedules.
• Develop master project schedules.
• Develop detailed construction schedules.
• Enter activities, durations, and sequences into Primavera.
• Learn and use Primavera scheduling software.
• Manage and control schedules.
• Update schedules with progress.
• Prepare schedule update reports and graphics.
• Perform schedule analysis and impact assessments.
• Collect scheduling metrics and create spreadsheets/databases.
• Review schedule quality and health (health).
• Data mining of as-built schedule for historical metrics.
• Perform square footage and quantity take-offs as needed.
• Cost loading of schedule activities and maintain costs.
• Manage Whiting-Turner’s schedule database and Primavera.
• Attend project meetings at sites (WT, Owner, Subcontractor).
• Walk project sites to verify progress and schedule completion.
• Gather lean scheduling information to update CPM.

Skills

Schedule management

Data entry

Reporting

Forecasting

Tools

Oracle Primavera

Excel

Job description

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including the disabled and veterans.

Job Description

• Supporting Whiting-Turner Schedule Manager with group and project specific responsibilities
• Development of pursuit and proposal schedules
• Development of master project schedules
• Development of detailed construction schedules
• Data entry of activities, durations, and sequences (predecessors / successors) into Primavera
• Schedule development is done in Oracle Primavera scheduling software (training provided by Whiting-Turner)
• The potential candidate will also be expected to become familiar with other schedule software platforms
• Schedule management and controls
• Schedule updating process – collecting progress and incorporating into scheduling software
• Reporting – Preparing schedule update reports and graphics per Contract requirements
• Schedule analysis
• Developing and analyzing the impact issues have on the project schedule
• Collecting scheduling metrics and creating spreadsheets / data bases to interpret and visualize the data
• Technical Review – Reviewing the project schedule’s quality and performance (health)
• Data mining – Mining data from as-built schedule for historical metrics
• Estimating – Performing square footage and quantity take-offs, as needed
• Cost loading of schedule activities and maintaining the cost information through the updating process
• Management of Whiting-Turner’s schedule database and Primavera software
• If the potential candidate is assigned to a project site, they will have the following responsibilities in addition to those listed above
• Attending project meetings – WT, Owner, Subcontractor
• Walking the project site to independently confirm the project team's assessment of progress and completion of schedule activities
• Collecting information from lean scheduling meetings and using the information to update the CPM