Senior / Associate Director - Construction Scheduler

Turner & Townsend; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior/Associate Director level Scheduler to lead the scheduling work on large-scale programs. The role focuses on developing, maintaining, and validating IMS schedules, with strong emphasis on EVM, risk analysis, and consortium coordination across matrix teams.

The ideal candidate will have a PSP certification, 7+ years of experience, and proficiency with Primavera Cloud, MS Project, and Smartsheets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management or related field.
• Minimum 7 years of applicable experience.
• Experience in complex matrix environments.
• PSP certification required.
• Expertise with Primavera Cloud, MS Project, and Smartsheets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain IMS and scheduling processes for large-scale programs.
• Prepare baseline and integrated schedules aligned with project requirements.
• Review contractor schedules for logic and constructability.
• Monitor performance via schedule health assessments, critical path analysis, and variance tracking.
• Facilitate schedule reviews with teams, clients and stakeholders.
• Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) methods and prepare progress reports and dashboards.
• Maintain records of changes, risks, and variances impacting schedule.
• Provide scheduling guidance across the project lifecycle.
• Conduct Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) at key milestones to assess schedule uncertainty.
• Execute SOX control responsibilities and ensure governance compliance.

Skills

Project controls

Scheduling

Risk analysis

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management or related field

Tools

Oracle Primavera Cloud

Microsoft Project

Smartsheets

Job description

Senior / Associate Director - Construction Scheduler

• Full-time

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over22,000 peoplein more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure,energyand natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities includeprogramme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estateservicesand investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premierprogramme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior to Associate Director level Scheduler to join our team to support scheduling as a project controls function on a large-scale project. The ideal individual will have a proven track record of successfully delivering construction project control services.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update project Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) and establish scheduling management processes, standards, and deliverables for large-scale capital programs.
• Prepare and maintain baseline schedules, schedule basis documents, and integrated schedules by consolidating contractor schedules and ensuring alignment with project requirements and objectives.
• Review, analyze, and validate contractor schedules for logic, constructability, contractual compliance, schedule quality, resource loading/leveling, and overall schedule integrity.
• Monitor project performance through schedule health assessments, critical path and near-critical path analysis, schedule variance tracking, trending, and scenario planning; recommend and support corrective actions when required.
• Facilitate schedule reviews and workshops with project teams, contractors, clients, and stakeholders to ensure accurate, timely, and credible schedule information is incorporated and maintained.
• Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) methodologies, perform schedule analytics, and prepare periodic progress reports, dashboards, trend analyses, and executive-level schedule communications.
• Maintain records of scope changes, trends, risks, assumptions, and variances that may impact schedule performance, and assess associated impacts to project delivery.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to project stakeholders, clients, and consultants by providing scheduling expertise, strategic guidance, and recommendations throughout all phases of the project lifecycle.
• Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) and other schedule risk assessments at key project milestones to evaluate schedule uncertainty and support informed decision-making.
• Execute SOX control responsibilities and maintain compliance with applicable governance, regulatory, and organizational requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
• Minimum 7 years of applicable experience.
• Direct experience working on teams within a complex matrix environment.
• Experience developing level 3 and level 4 construction schedules.
• Certification Requirements: Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP).
• Expertise using Oracle Primavera Cloud, Microsoft Project, and Smartsheets (preferred).

The salary range for this full-time role is $150K-$200K per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.

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Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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