Schedule Engineer

Whiting-Turner Contracting Company; Georgia; On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is seeking a scheduling professional to support group and project schedules, develop master and detailed construction timelines, and manage Primavera-based data entry. The role includes updating progress, reporting, and performing schedule analysis to inform project decisions.

Ideal candidates have civil/industrial engineering or construction management backgrounds, exposure to estimating or scheduling coursework, and comfort with data analytics and BI tools.

Qualifications

• College Degree: Construction Management or Engineering (civil, industrial, mechanical, construction)
• Course work in estimating or scheduling recommended but not required
• Experience in construction or manufacturing encouraged; no experience is not disqualifying
• Interests: Construction, scheduling, information systems, data analytics, BI, construction tech
• Software Experience: Primavera P6 is a bonus; MS Office; collaboration tools; database management

Responsibilities

• Support Schedule Manager with group and project responsibilities
• Develop pursuit and proposal schedules
• Develop master project schedules
• Develop detailed construction schedules
• Enter activities, durations, sequences into Primavera
• Schedule management and controls
• Update progress in scheduling software
• Prepare schedule update reports and graphics
• Conduct schedule analysis and data mining
• Review schedule health and project performance
• Estimate square footage and quantities as needed
• Cost loading of schedule activities
• Manage Whiting-Turner’s schedule database and Primavera
• Site-visit to verify progress and update CPM

Skills

Scheduling

Project controls

Data analytics

Business intelligence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Office

Job description

120 Ottley Drive NE, Suite 100, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Position Type

Full-Time/Regular

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
• 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

Basic Qualifications

1. College Degree:

• Construction Management or Engineering (civil, industrial, mechanical, construction)

2. Course Work:

• In addition to the standard classes to support the engineering discipline, the following are recommended (but will not automatically disqualify a candidate if not taken)
• Class in either estimating or scheduling
• Alternatively, a general construction management class with exposure to estimating or scheduling

3. Experience:

• Any exposure to construction or manufacturing is recommended, however, NO experience is not a disqualification
• Experience can be as an intern or as summer employment working for a general contractor or construction manager
• Working for a trade contractor (carpenter, electrician, …) helping to install the work
• Scheduling experience or participation in the construction scheduling process is helpful for the position but does not disqualify a candidate
• Internships in a non-construction related field will be considered if the candidate expresses a solid interest working in the construction industry.
• Summer classes and school related summer work are acceptable

4. Interests - Professional (do not need to have interest in all):

• Construction and participating in the building process
• Scheduling and project controls
• Information systems and data analytics
• Business intelligence and visualizations
• Emerging technology for construction application

5. Software Experience:

• CPM schedule software experience (Primavera P6 is a bonus)
• Typical MS Office suite of programs – Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Collaborative platforms like MS Teams, Google Hang-Out, Zoom, Go-To (any other video conferencing)
• Other pluses: Database management

Travel

• Day trips to support project teams within the assigned operating group
• 12 - 24 month assignments to a single project, either
• Within the employees assigned operating group’s region, or
• For an opportunity, outside the operating group’s region, the operating group leader believes is beneficial for the employee’s growth and development