Senior Construction Scheduler – Primavera P6 & CPM Expert

KDG; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

KDG Construction Consulting is seeking an experienced Project Scheduler to support complex construction and infrastructure projects. This role focuses on reviewing and maintaining schedules, analyzing critical path activities, and communicating risks to management.

The ideal candidate has extensive scheduling experience and advanced Primavera P6 skills. Responsibilities include reviewing baselines, monthly updates, and time impact analyses, while maintaining shadow schedules and coordinating

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten (10) years of construction scheduling experience, including at least five (5) years directly supporting active construction projects.
• Experience scheduling large-scale, complex design and construction programs.
• Advanced proficiency in Oracle Primavera P6, Version 8.3 or higher.
• Strong CPM scheduling knowledge, project controls, and construction sequencing.
• Experience reviewing baseline schedules, monthly updates, construction progress reports, and schedule narratives.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze schedule logic, critical path changes, project delays, and time impact analyses.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Review contractor baseline schedules for compliance with project plans, specifications, sequencing, logic ties, critical path, and resource loading requirements
• Perform constructability and schedule reviews to identify missing activities, logic deficiencies, improper sequencing, and other schedule conflicts
• Review monthly schedule updates, evaluate reported progress, identify critical path changes, and analyze schedule variances
• Maintain an independent shadow schedule using construction progress reports, inspection records, quality control documentation, and field observations
• Attend construction meetings and review three-week look-ahead schedules to identify inconsistencies, delays, and potential project impacts
• Review time impact analyses (TIA), evaluate time extension requests, and prepare written schedule evaluations and recommendations
• Develop what-if schedules and mitigation strategies to evaluate proposed changes, resequencing, and potential project delays
• Monitor project milestones, forecast schedule performance, and communicate risks, trends, and recommended corrective actions to management
• Develop and maintain project and master schedules to coordinate multiple projects, disciplines, and interdependent activities
• Prepare resource-loaded, cost-loaded, and time-phased schedules to support project controls and performance measurement
• Prepare schedule reports, narratives, charts, and presentations to communicate construction progress and schedule performance
• Coordinate schedule reviews, comments, and corrections with contractors, third-party schedulers, project managers, and other stakeholders
• Support project coordination, document control, issue management, and monthly status reporting
• Perform other scheduling and project controls duties as assigned.

Skills

Primavera P6

CPM scheduling

Project controls

Schedule analysis

Communication

MS Office

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Construction Management

PSP certification

Tools

PMWEB

Microsoft Project

Schedule Analyzer

Adobe Acrobat

Excel

Job description

KDG Construction Consulting is seeking an experienced Project Scheduler to support complex construction and infrastructure projects. This role focuses on reviewing and maintaining schedules, analyzing critical path activities, and communicating risks to management.

The ideal candidate has extensive scheduling experience and advanced Primavera P6 skills. Responsibilities include reviewing baselines, monthly updates, and time impact analyses, while maintaining shadow schedules and coordinating