Scheduling Engineer

Whiting-Turner Contracting Company; Towson (MD); On-site; USD 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is seeking a Scheduler in Towson, MD to support the Schedule Manager with group and project responsibilities. You will develop pursuit and master project schedules, and enter activities, durations, and sequences into Primavera P6 with training provided.

You will also expand familiarity with other scheduling platforms and perform schedule updates, reporting, and data visualization.

Qualifications

• College Degree in Construction Management or Engineering (civil, industrial, mechanical, construction) is required.
• Course work in estimating or scheduling recommended but not required; exposure to construction management helps.
• 0-2 years experience in scheduling; internships or related roles acceptable.
• Interest in construction, scheduling, project controls, data analytics, BI, and visualization.
• Experience with CPM scheduling software (Primavera P6 is a bonus) and common MS Office tools; familiarity with Go-To/Teams/Zoom is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Support Schedule Manager with group and project responsibilities.
• Develop pursuit and proposal schedules and master project schedules.
• Develop detailed construction schedules and enter activities, durations, and sequences into Primavera.
• Utilize Primavera for schedule development and become familiar with other scheduling platforms.
• Manage schedule data, updates, and reporting per contract requirements.
• Analyze schedule health, collect metrics, and create dashboards or data views.

Skills

Scheduling

Data analytics

Business intelligence

Project controls

Construction processes

Education

Construction Management or Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Office

Video conferencing tools

Database management

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
• 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

Required Skills

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:

• 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

Required Experience

0-2 years experience working as a scheduler