Scheduler

WSP USA; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 131,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

WSP USA seeks a Scheduler to join our Project Controls team. This role can be based in Overland Park KS or other listed U.S. locations. You will develop and manage CPM schedules in Primavera P6 across design and construction phases, and work with project teams to create reliable forecasts.

Responsibilities include establishing baselines, reviewing updates, analyzing variances, and supporting schedule recovery and what-if analyses. Strong communication and executive-ready reporting are essential.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience developing and managing CPM schedules in Primavera.
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, project management, or related field.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6.
• Advanced CPM scheduling, cost and resource loading knowledge.
• Experience with contract change order management and Time Impact Analyses.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage CPM schedules in Primavera P6 across design and construction phases.
• Create, update, and analyze execution schedules for concurrent projects.
• Establish baseline schedules by reviewing contract requirements, durations, logic, resources, and cost/resource profiles.
• Review schedule updates, generate reports, and analyze variances.
• Support recovery planning and conduct schedule recovery reviews.
• Perform what-if analyses to evaluate schedule alternatives.

Skills

CPM scheduling

Primavera P6

Time Impact Analyses

Forecasting

Executive-ready reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, project management, or a related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP is seeking Schedulers to join our Project Controls team. These individuals can be based out of our locations in Overland Park KS, Ft. Worth TX, San Diego CA, or Phoenix AZ.

Who You Are

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage CPM schedules in Primavera P6 across design and construction phases.
• Create, update, and analyze execution schedules for concurrent projects.
• Develop work breakdown structures (WBS), work packages, and work package activities.
• Establish baseline schedules through review of contract requirements, durations, logic, resources, and cost/resource profiles.
• Review schedule updates, generate comparison reports, and analyze variances.
• Assess schedule issues, scope changes, and delays; provide recommendations for project and executive leadership.
• Partner with project teams to identify risks and develop reliable forecasts through completion.
• Perform time impact analyses to quantify delay effects.
• Support recovery planning and conduct schedule recovery reviews.
• Conduct what-if analyses to evaluate schedule alternatives.

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7-10 years of experience in developing and managing CPM project schedules in Primavera.
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, project management, or a related field.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6.
• Advanced knowledge of CPM scheduling principles.
• Advanced knowledge of cost and resource loading project schedules.
• Experience with contract change order management.
• Experience performing Time Impact Analyses.
• Project financial forecasting capability.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with large and complex client programs involving one or more project teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready reporting.
• Building construction or project management experience.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills.

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $ 130,900-$170,100/year

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

www.wsp.com

WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.