Senior Construction Scheduler

Rider Levett Bucknall RLB; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Rider Levett Bucknall RLB in Milwaukee, WI, seeks a Senior Construction Scheduler to manage master schedules, resource-loaded baselines, and monthly updates for complex projects.

You will work with project teams, owners, and subcontractors, perform time impact analyses, and develop schedule narratives and dashboards to track progress and risks.

Candidates should have a relevant degree and 8+ years of scheduling experience on major programs; strong communication and problem-solving are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or related field required.
• 8+ years of experience as a Senior Scheduler or Project Controls Manager on major projects.
• Proficiency in MS Project, Primavera P6, and ASTA Powerproject.
• Strong communication and client coordination abilities.
• Familiarity with delay analysis methodologies (TIA) and schedule risk analysis.

Responsibilities

• Creates/develops master development schedules and baseline schedules.
• Maintains and updates project schedules and narrative reports.
• Interacts with project management, owners, and subcontractors on scheduling issues.
• Performs what-if analyses to assess impacts of means and methods.
• Provides support for delays, recovery plans, and mitigation strategies.
• Conducts time impact analyses for change orders and delay claims.
• Prepares Monthly Schedule Update Reports and concise schedule narratives.
• Develops schedule performance dashboards and ensures QA/QC of schedules.
• Collaborates with team to add value and meet client outcomes.

Skills

Scheduling

Leadership & coordination

Communication

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

ASTA Powerproject

Job description

The Senior Construction Scheduler plays a vital role in a construction project, helping to manage both time and resources to ensure work is completed on time. The job of a Senior Scheduler is to create a variety of schedules and analyses for a project, which includes, but is not limited to, preparing master development schedules, building cost and resource loaded baseline schedules, monitoring, and updating schedules, analyzing change order impacts to schedules, performing time impact analysis for delay claims, and preparing monthly schedule reports. The Senior Construction Scheduler should have the ability to identify opportunities within a project that will add value and help successfully accomplish the client’s desired project outcome.

Essential Functions

• Creates/develops/maintains master development schedules, fully resource and cost loaded project baseline schedules, and updated monthly project schedules all meeting contract requirements.
• Document and monitor project tasks and schedules. Maintains and backs up schedule files for each project in a timely and organized manner.
• Interface with project management, owner, and subcontractors on all scheduling related issues, including reporting requirements, progress status, and preparing time impact analysis.
• Work with project team on what-if schedules to analyze impacts of differing construction means and methods.
• Provides support to teams in assessing/documenting delays and impacts, alternate work plans and methods of construction. Provides support to project teams when delay(s) have been determined. Propose schedule recovery alternatives and mitigation strategies.
• Perform time impact analyses (“TIA’s”) for change order requests and delay claims.
• Prepare Monthly Schedule Update Reports for each schedule update, which describes current project status, deviations, and identifies any/all critical schedule issues.
• Prepare concise schedule narratives describing the status of assigned projects.
• Creation of schedule performance dashboards.
• Maintain quality assurance and control on assigned project schedules.
• Contributes to team performance by collaboration and effective communication.
• Contributes to and understands the clients desired project outcomes, identifies opportunities to add value to accomplish the desired outcomes.
• Adds to team effort by accomplishing other duties as assigned.

Highly Desirable Functions

• Preparation of delay analysis & time extension requests utilizing AACE Recommended Practice 29R-03 “Forensic Schedule Analysis.”
• Review and defense of submitted delay claims.
• Preparation of expert opinions and testifying in arbitration and litigation matters.
• Assist in mediation and negotiations.
• Expert in Time Impact Analysis (TIA), Contemporary Period Analysis, Window Analysis, As-built vs As-Planned, and Collapsed As-built methodologies for delay quantum.
• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Business, construction management or a related field and/or an equivalency of substitute experience.
• 8+ years experience as a Senior Scheduler or Project Controls Manager on major projects/programs.
• Utilizing Scheduling and Project Management software programs and/or tools.
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, ASTA Powerproject.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong oral and written communications skills and the ability to apply appropriate communication techniques to various individuals.
• Positive customer service orientation, with both internal and external clients is required.
• Strong interpersonal skills are required, demonstrating a consistent commitment and ability to work with diverse work groups and individuals.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Indoor office environment. May require work on site location when necessary.
• Equipment used includes computers and standard office machines.
• Essential physical tasks include: the ability to work on a computer and the ability to answer and speak on a telephone.

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