Scheduling Lead

Linesight; United States; Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Linesight seeks a Scheduling Lead in the United States to own complex project schedules, define WBS ownership, baseline plans and deliverables. You will coordinate with partners, lead interactive planning, and provide expert schedule analysis to drive client value.

The role requires experience with Primavera P6, risk analysis, and strong leadership. This hybrid position blends on-site and remote work while assuring top project performance.

Qualifications

• Experience with quantitative risk assessment (QRA) on life sciences or mission critical projects.
• Detailed, ordered, quality-focused and able to deliver complex schedules.
• Degree or comparable experience in project management or construction
• Experience using Primavera P6 software

Responsibilities

• Build project schedules encompassing full scope, milestones and timelines using scheduling best practices.
• Define ownership via Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and align with execution plans.
• Baseline schedules and manage periodic updates across the project.
• Lead the integrated project schedule and facilitate multi-level reviews.
• Negotiate timelines and interdependencies with key partners for client value.
• Provide regular schedule progress updates through analysis and reporting.
• Facilitate Planning sessions and risk workshops; support QRA processes.
• Resource load schedules as required and mentor the team to high performance.

Skills

Scheduling and planning

Primavera P6

Risk analysis (QRA)

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in project management or construction

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Overview

As a S cheduling Lead at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

The Opportunity

In this role you will:

• Build project schedules encompassing full project scope, milestones and timelines, using critical plan methodology
• Ensure clear responsibility and ownership for all project outcomes is defined via Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) methodology
• Ensure schedule adheres to the project execution plan and in particular contracting, procurement and project control strategy documents and plans
• Ensure there is a clear method in place for base-lining of schedules and manage periodic updates
• Manage the fully integrated project schedule and structure it to allow review at a range of levels and details
• Negotiate and mediate timelines and project interdependencies between key partners for a great client outcome
• Provide regular updates on schedule progress through expert analysis and reporting
• Facilitate Interactive Planning and Pull Planning sessions
• Attend Risk Analysis workshops and support the QRA process
• Resource load schedules as required by the project team
• Preparation of scheduling best practices and procedures
• Review external schedules to ensure that they are compiled using scheduling best practices
• Lead your team to deliver impeccable quality and client value by fostering an environment of top performance and growth through excellent mentorship and leadership

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have demonstrated quantitative risk assessment (QRA) experience on life sciences or mission critical projects
• Are detailed ordinated and quality focused
• Have a degree or comparable experience in a project management or construction related discipline
• Have experience working with Primavera P6 software

Work Environment:

This role will be a hybrid role and requires 3 days per week onsite, 2 days remote.

The Salary range for this role is $125,000.00-$175,000.00 USD but actual salary offered will be dependent on education, skillset and experience.

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.

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About us

Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we're not like the others. We're different. Unique. It's our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world's most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility

Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!