Senior Federal Construction Scheduler (P6 Expert)

B.l.-Harbert-International,-LLC-; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

B.l.-Harbert-International,-LLC- is seeking a seasoned scheduler for our Birmingham, AL team to develop and manage federal construction schedules from concept to final bid. You will integrate milestones with permitting, procurement, and field activities, and work with estimators and PMs to ensure accurate sequencing.

The role requires strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills and is likely on-site with limited travel to project sites.

Qualifications

• 5 years of scheduling experience in federal construction.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6, including cost & resource loading and activity coding.
• Experience building and updating schedules per federal contracting guidelines and specifications.
• Strong understanding of construction means and methods
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills
• Limited travel to project sites required

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive preconstruction schedules from concept through final bid.
• Integrate design milestones, permitting, procurement, and construction activities into master schedules.
• Collaborate with estimators, project managers and upper management to validate sequencing and durations.
• Analyze schedule risks, constraints, and critical paths; recommend mitigation strategies.
• Perform schedule what-if scenarios to support bid strategies and value engineering efforts.
• Review subcontractor and vendor input to ensure alignment with project timelines.
• Prepare schedule narratives, phasing plans, and milestone reports for internal and client use.
• Support bid presentations and client meetings with schedule analysis and visualizations.
• Support preconstruction teams with proposal efforts.
• Transition approved schedules to project teams at handoff.
• Assist project teams with evaluating critical path impacts and schedule impacts associated with change orders and/or delays.
• Maintain schedule templates and best practices across projects

Skills

Scheduling

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

B.l.-Harbert-International,-LLC- is seeking a seasoned scheduler for our Birmingham, AL team to develop and manage federal construction schedules from concept to final bid. You will integrate milestones with permitting, procurement, and field activities, and work with estimators and PMs to ensure accurate sequencing.

The role requires strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills and is likely on-site with limited travel to project sites.