Senior Regional Construction Scheduler - Delay Claims & P6 Specialist

MAAS Companies; Monterey Park (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MAAS Companies is seeking a Senior Regional Construction Scheduler for LAUSD project execution. The role involves reviewing contractor schedules, performing time impact analysis, and developing master schedules.

You will supervise project schedulers and collaborate with OARs, senior project managers, and site staff to ensure milestones are met. The position requires 10+ years in construction scheduling, P6 v19 and MS Office proficiency, and a relevant bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Qualifications

• 10 years of full-time professional construction scheduling experience.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 version 19 and Microsoft Office.
• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, or a related field, or a bachelor’s degree in any field plus 4 additional years of experience.
• An understanding of cost engineering, scheduling, and schedule forensic analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and strong organization and planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Read construction drawings (architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, civil) to understand scope.
• Review contractor P6 baseline schedules for missing scope, logic, milestones; perform critical path analysis and cost loading review.
• Review contractor P6 monthly updates with written comments on milestone slippage.
• Develop and update program and master schedules and reports for upper management.
• Provide regular status updates to program schedules and master schedules.
• Ensure correct use of program codes, layouts, and reports to keep data accurate.
• Lead schedule reviews in meetings and site visits to verify monthly progress.
• Support supervising Project Schedulers to meet project timelines.

Skills

Construction scheduling

P6 scheduling

Communication

Coordination

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/architecture/construction management/related field

Bachelor's degree in any field + 4 years relevant experience

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Office

Job description

LAUSD's Project Execution group delivers the District's school construction and modernization projects. As Senior Regional Construction Scheduler, you report to the Senior Construction Manager of Scheduling and Estimating, help supervise the Project Schedulers, and work with Owner's Authorized Representatives, Senior Project Managers, and site staff on the review of contractor schedules.

You read the construction drawings to understand the scope, review contractor Primavera P6 baseline schedules and monthly updates on LAUSD's structured review templates, and perform time impact analysis using the windows method, which measures how each delay moved the finish date, in a detailed write-up. You decide whether work is in or out of scope and whether a paid or unpaid time extension has merit, and you develop and update the program and master schedules and the reports upper management uses to track key milestones.

This is a full-time, in-person position.

What You Will Own

• Schedule reports for upper management on key performance milestones
• Help supervising the Project Schedulers so project timelines are met, and coordination with OARs, Senior Project Managers, and site staff on schedule reviews
• Reading of detailed construction drawings (architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and civil) to understand the scope
• Review of contractor P6 baseline schedules for missing scope, logic, or milestones, with critical path analysis, cost loading review, and written comments on LAUSD's structured review templates
• Review of contractor P6 monthly updates, with written comments on milestone and critical path slippage and an overall schedule analysis on LAUSD's templatesTime impact analysis by the windows method, using contemporaneous or forensic schedule data, in a detailed write-up
• Review of whether work is in or out of scope, and whether a paid or unpaid time extension has merit under the contract
• Program schedules with relationships, logic, milestones, and constraints, developed, maintained, and updated
• Regular status updates to program and master schedules
• Correct use of program-level codes, layouts, and reports so the schedule data stays accurate
• Schedule discussions at regular meetings, reports for senior management, and site visits to check the contractor's monthly progress

• 10 years of full-time professional construction scheduling experience for an owner or a general contractor, preferably on educational facility or public works projects (required for this role)
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 version 19 and Microsoft Office (required for this role)
• A bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, or a related field, or a bachelor's degree in any field plus 4 additional years of this experience (required for this role)
• An understanding of cost engineering, scheduling, and schedule forensics

Excellent written and verbal communication, strong organization and planning, and the ability to build good working relationships with project teams and department staff