Senior Scheduler Lead — AI-Driven, Hybrid, Large Programs

Motive Power; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Motive Power is seeking a Lead Scheduler to head Scheduling for Motive Power’s largest and most complex programs, setting the standard for the Scheduling practice. You will own Scheduling deliverables across a variety of project types and scopes, advise client executives on schedule strategy, and mentor a team of schedulers.

You will define Scheduling procedures, quality controls, and best practices, including how our team uses AI to work faster and more accurately.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in project Scheduling and controls.
• Expert proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.
• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, and developing other schedulers or project controls professionals.
• Proven experience developing Scheduling procedures and process mapping at a team or organizational level.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present to and advise senior client and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead Scheduling and project controls on multiple large, complex projects and programs, owning Scheduling deliverables from baseline through closeout.
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of Project Schedulers (levels I to IV), including work assignment, performance feedback, and career development.
• Review team deliverables for accuracy, logic integrity, and compliance with contract requirements, and serve as the final quality check before schedules go to clients.
• Develop and maintain the firm’s Scheduling standards, procedures, templates, and process maps, and drive consistent adoption across projects.
• Perform advanced schedule analysis, including critical path, float, resource-loaded, and schedule risk analysis (e.g., Monte Carlo), and translate results into clear recommendations.
• Prepare, review, and defend time impact analyses, delay and forensic analyses, and recovery plans, and support claims and dispute resolution as needed.
• Advise client executives, Project Managers, and stakeholders on schedule strategy, performance metrics, and corrective action, and present at executive and steering committee meetings.
• Provide regular status reports on schedule, cost, and risk, and develop integrated cost and schedule controls across programs.
• Evaluate and manage program and portfolio schedules, prioritize competing projects, and recommend resource and sequencing strategies.
• Coordinate with external schedulers, contractors, and Project Managers to resolve issues, conflicts, and constraints.
• Contribute to business development and proposal efforts, including Scheduling approach, staffing, and estimates for new work.
• Evaluate Scheduling tools and technology, and lead continuous improvement of the Scheduling practice.
• Identify and apply AI tools to improve Scheduling work, such as schedule review, logic checks, forecasting, and reporting, and set guidelines for using them with accuracy and judgment.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Independent work

Team leadership

Education

PMI PMP certification

CAPM

PMI-SP

AACE certifications (CCT/CCP/PSP)

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Schedule risk tools

Job description

Motive Power is seeking a Lead Scheduler to head Scheduling for Motive Power’s largest and most complex programs, setting the standard for the Scheduling practice. You will own Scheduling deliverables across a variety of project types and scopes, advise client executives on schedule strategy, and mentor a team of schedulers.

You will define Scheduling procedures, quality controls, and best practices, including how our team uses AI to work faster and more accurately.