Senior Regional Construction Scheduler

Elementconsulting; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Element Consulting in El Segundo, CA seeks an experienced Construction Scheduler for Owners/GCs, with a focus on educational facilities and public works. You will develop and review CPM schedules, interact with senior staff, and guide project teams in schedule performance.

The role requires a minimum of ten years' full-time scheduling experience, proficiency in P6 v19 and MS Office, and a bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, or equivalent (or 4 additional

Qualifications

• Ten years of full-time scheduling experience for an Owner or General Contractor, preferably in educational facilities or public works.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6 v19 and Microsoft Office.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, construction management or related field.
• Alternative: bachelor’s in any field plus four extra years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Report to the Senior Construction Manager of Scheduling and Estimating and provide schedule-related reports for upper management.
• Supervise Project Schedulers to ensure timelines are met and interface with OARs and Senior Project Managers.
• Read drawings to understand scope and prepare detailed schedule reviews.
• Review Contractor P6 Baseline and monthly updates and document progress with written comments per LAUSD templates.
• Perform Time Impact Analysis using Windows Analysis with forensic parameters.
• Identify if work is in or out of scope and assess time extensions.
• Communicate schedule/progress issues in meetings and maintain program schedules.
• Ensure data integrity with program-level codes, layouts and reports.
• Prepare reports and visit construction sites to check monthly progress.

Skills

Excellent communication

Organizational skills

Relationship building

Cost engineering knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/architecture/construction management

Tools

Primavera P6 v19

MS Office

Job description

Minimum Requirements
Required Experience:

• Minimum ten (10) years full time paid professional experience in Construction Scheduling for an Owner or General Contractor, preferably in an educational facility or public works projects.
• Proficiency in Primavera Latest Version (P6 v19) and MS Office Suite.

Required Education:

• Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, or any related field.

OR

• Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in any course, but with additional four(4) years of experience in the duties above to compensate for the required education.

Required Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Superior organizational and planning skills
• Ability to build efficient working relationships with project teams and department staff
• Understanding of theories, principles and practices of cost engineering, scheduling and schedule forensics.

Duties:

• Report directly to the Senior Construction Manager of Scheduling and Estimating. Provide various schedule-related reports for upper management to meet Key Performance Milestones.
• Assist in the supervision of Project Schedulers to ensure project timelines are met and interface with OARs, Senior Project Managers and other site staff related to the review of CPM schedules.
• Independently interpret and read detailed construction drawings (Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Civil, etc.) and develop a clear understanding of work scope.
• Review Contractor P6 initial Baseline Construction Schedules and identify any missing scope, identify any missing logic or milestones, identify and analyze the critical path, review the required costloading, and be able to provide written technical schedule review comments based on LAUSD’sstructured review templates.
• Review multiple Contractor P6 Monthly schedule updates and provide written schedule review comments that document milestone schedule slippage, critical path activity slippage, and provide over-all schedule analysis based on LAUSD’s structured review templates.
• Perform schedule Time Impact Analysis by using the method of Windows Analysis while incorporating either contemporaneous and/or forensic schedule parameters in a detailed write-up.
• Read drawings to determine if work is in or out of scope and understand terms and conditions of thecontract to determine if any compensable or non-compensable time extensions have merit.
• Effectively communicate with the project team regarding any schedule/progress related issues or concerns at regular schedule meetings.
• Develop, maintain, and update various program schedules identifying relationships, logic, milestones and constraints for construction projects.
• Perform status updates for Program Schedules/Master Schedules on a regular basis.
• Ensure proper use of Program-level standard codes, layouts and reports necessary to ensure data integrity.
• Prepare reports as needed and directed by Senior Management.
• Visit construction sites and attend meetings, as needed, and check the Contractor’s monthly schedule progress.

Salary dependent on education and experience. Salary range: $170K-$190K.

Why Choose Element Consulting?

Element Consulting is a construction management company dedicated to providing clients with responsible and innovative solutions to their project needs, from inception to completion. Based out of El Segundo, CA, the firm offers program, project, and construction management services. We invite you to join us in 'Bringing the Right Elements Together for Our Clients' Success.'