Senior Rail & Transit CPM Scheduler (Hybrid)

Axiom Consulting and Project Management LLC

Seattle (WA)

Hybrid

USD 75,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Axiom Consulting and Project Management LLC in Seattle is seeking a Project Planner / Scheduler to support transportation and infrastructure programs. The candidate will develop, maintain, and analyze schedules using CPM methods, collaborating with project managers and client teams across rail and transit projects.

This mid‑level role requires strong communication, Primavera P6 proficiency, and experience with cost-loaded or resource-loaded schedules.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
Approximately 4–7 years of experience in planning, scheduling, or project controls.
Experience supporting transportation, infrastructure, construction, or capital program delivery.
Strong knowledge of CPM scheduling principles, including logic, float, milestones, constraints, and critical path analysis.
Hands-on experience with Primavera P6; MS Project experience is also beneficial.
Working knowledge of earned value management, schedule variance analysis, cost/schedule forecasting, and project performance measurement.
Experience with cost-loaded and/or resource-loaded schedules.
Familiarity with cost control terminology, including budgets, commitments, actual costs, accruals, cost variance, forecast cost, contingency, and estimate‑at‑completion.
Ability to understand the relationship between schedule progress, resource utilization, productivity, cost performance, and project forecasts.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain schedule and cost-related issues clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and update CPM schedules using Primavera P6 or similar scheduling software.
Support baseline schedule development, schedule updates, progress reporting, and forecast analysis.
Review contractor schedules for logic, sequencing, constraints, milestones, and contract compliance.
Identify critical path activities, schedule risks, delays, and potential mitigation strategies.
Support schedule variance analysis, what-if scenarios, recovery planning, and time impact analysis.
Assist with cost-loaded and resource-loaded schedules, including schedule performance tracking and alignment with project cost accounts, WBS, CBS, and control budgets.
Apply earned value concepts (PV, EV, AC, SPI, CPI, SV, CV, EAC, ETC) to reporting and forecasting.
Support schedule-cost integration by correlating progress quantities, labor hours, productivity trends, and cash flow.
Assist with cost control activities, including budget tracking, change management, and forecast-at-completion analysis.
Support cost estimating by providing schedule input for sequencing, durations, and escalation considerations.
Coordinate with project managers, engineers, consultants, contractors, estimators, cost engineers, and client stakeholders.
Prepare schedule narratives, dashboards, executive summaries, variance explanations, and client-ready reports.
Support project controls activities related to budget tracking, change management, risk, progress reporting, and integrated cost/schedule performance.