Senior Planning & Scheduling Engineer - Heavy Civil CPM Expert

Granite Construction; Watsonville (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

Granite Construction is seeking an experienced Senior Scheduler to lead planning and scheduling for major heavy civil projects. You will develop baseline schedules, integrate multiple scheduling tools, and ensure alignment with contractual requirements.

Requires 10+ years in construction scheduling, mastery of Primavera P6, Powerproject, or Tilos, and strong communication with project stakeholders. This role may be based in California offices with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, project management, or comparable discipline; equivalent combination of training and experience may be considered.
• AACEI PSP, PMI-SP or other professional planning and scheduling certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Oversee planning and scheduling functions to meet overall operational needs and company objectives.
• Partner with project stakeholders to develop an approved baseline schedule aligned with sequencing and short-interval schedules, ensuring contractual requirements are met.
• Create high-quality CPM schedules with resource and cost loads to generate necessary reports for addressing questions on the planned project approach.
• Prepare detailed schedule narratives for all formal submissions to accurately convey the company's position to the client.
• Integrate multiple planning and scheduling software and methodologies into a cohesive plan to streamline project execution.
• Update CPM schedules to reflect requirements, identified challenges, and their implications on proposed sequencing, ensuring successful project completion.
• Review and understand project-specific scheduling specifications and plans, providing guidance on contractual language to the project team to mitigate risks.
• Prepare weekly prospective schedule TIAs, updates, and reconciliation schedules, ensuring monthly submissions are compliant with contractual obligations.
• Support the development of companywide planning and scheduling guidance, processes, and procedures to enhance corporate, regional, and project-level planning and scheduling capacity.
• Communicate effectively with project stakeholders, leveraging a strong understanding of heavy civil construction methodology and sequencing to facilitate planning

Skills

Scheduling knowledge

Primavera P6

CPM/PDM methods

MS Excel

Cost & schedule databases

Problem solving

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering / construction management

Tools

Powerproject

Tilos

MS Office

Job description

Granite Construction is seeking an experienced Senior Scheduler to lead planning and scheduling for major heavy civil projects. You will develop baseline schedules, integrate multiple scheduling tools, and ensure alignment with contractual requirements.

Requires 10+ years in construction scheduling, mastery of Primavera P6, Powerproject, or Tilos, and strong communication with project stakeholders. This role may be based in California offices with travel as needed.