Scheduling Manager (Owner's Representative) - Data Center Construction

KALCON; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

KALCON is seeking a seasoned Project Controls Scheduler to audit and maintain national, repeatable scheduling frameworks using Primavera P6. The role focuses on tracking milestones, updating schedules, and delivering data-driven insights to client leadership.

You will join a team supporting data center projects, translating schedules to PDF drawings, and developing policies for scheduling. A Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3-10+ years related work.
• Understand the Critical Path Method of scheduling theoretically and as applied to projects.
• Ability to interpret construction documents (drawings, specs, contracts) at all levels of design.
• Expert knowledge of Primavera Scheduling Software (P6, latest version) and MS Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Independently audit GC Primavera P6 schedules (XER files) for accuracy and conformance to client standards.
• Help establish and maintain a national, repeatable scheduling framework with templates, coding structures, and reporting formats.
• Track and report critical milestones for data-driven leadership decisions.
• Baseline and Progress Audits: Monthly; Focused Audits: Weekly or as requested.
• Track OFCI equipment delivery dates and identify problem areas with superintendent and subcontractors; run DCMA checks and compare against baseline.

Skills

Primavera P6 scheduling

CPM scheduling

Microsoft Office

Construction documents interpretation

Data center experience (plus)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management/Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Office

SharePoint

Job description

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or relevant functional discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3-10+ years related work
• Understand the Critical Path Method of scheduling theoretically and as it applies to projects
• Ability to understand and accurately interpret construction documents (drawings, specifications, contracts/general conditions) at all levels of design.
• Expert knowledge of Primavera Scheduling Software (P6, latest Version) and MS
• Extensive experience using Microsoft Office software tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Word.
• Data center experience is a plus.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Independently audit general contractor (GC) Primavera P6 schedules (XER files) for accuracy and conformance to client standards and project requirements.
• Help to establish and maintain a national, repeatable scheduling framework—including templates, coding structures, and reporting formats.
• Track and report critical milestones, enabling client leadership to make timely, data‑driven decisions.
• Baseline & Progress Audits: Monthly at minimum; Focused Audits: Weekly, upon GC update receipt or at client request.
• Track OFCI equipment delivery dates and highlight problem areas, with the afore mentioned superintendent and subcontractor buy-in to solutions.
  • Run DCMA Checks.
  • Compare against contractual baseline & previous period.
  • Review activities that are running in parallel.
  • Review multiple float paths.
  • Identify variance drivers & risks.
  • Recommend corrective actions.
• Standardize L1 and L2 Milestones to be able to compare different construction projects.
  • Validate that constraints are assigned only to required L1 and L2 identifies milestones and ensure that the critical path is logical.
• Ability to translate, create and update schedule sequences to PDF drawings for visual.
• You will join the Project Controls team in providing professional scheduling capabilities and enable Client's ability to profoundly affect and accelerate speed to market.
• Responsible for developing policies and procedures for scheduling and facilitating user training with our internal and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to the development of planning and sequencing of activities from concept through commissioning.
• Define activities and associated scope, durations, logic, and interface between activities and resource loading of those activities.
• Review and analyze critical path schedules, in an efficient and comprehensive manner with.
• Develop comprehensive plans that communicates the programs, projects, and strategic goals.
• Monitor schedule performance data, develop complex data analysis, and issue schedule reports required by management and project procedures.
• Investigate and incorporate project constraints in planning effort.
• Perform Time Impact Analysis and Claims analyzation.
• Develop schedule variance analysis.
• Run schedule risk scenarios based on Monte Carlo and other risk analysis.

Benefits Offered

• Medical insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with 4% KALCON match when an employee contributes at least 5%
• 15 days of paid time off
• 8 paid National Holidays
• Reimbursement for professional licenses and certificates

Equal Opportunity Statement

At KALCON we are committed to creating an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace where every individual is respected and valued. We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants and employees will receive consideration for employment as we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. We believe that a diverse workforce contributes to the success of our company and the innovation behind the exceptional projects we deliver. We encourage and support applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to join our team and thrive. Our hiring and employment practices are guided by principles of fairness, equality, and opportunity for all.