Senior Scheduler (Public Works)

Cordoba; Alhambra (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k with employer match

Paid time off

Wellness programs

Job summary

Cordoba Corporation seeks a Senior Scheduler in Alhambra, CA, to lead and oversee complex program schedules for recovery and rebuild projects valued around $800 million. You will drive CPM baselines, schedule governance, and integration across multiple agencies and contractors.

The role requires extensive experience in program-level scheduling, delay analysis, and earned value management within public-sector infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Engineering, Project Controls, or a related field.
• Minimum 15 years of project scheduling experience on large public-sector capital improvement, infrastructure, transportation, utility, or construction projects.
• Education background in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or related field.
• Ability to develop CPM baseline schedules and maintain them through regular updates.
• Ability to build and maintain an integrated master program schedule across multiple concurrent projects.
• Ability to prepare and evaluate time impact analyses and delay claims.
• Ability to perform resource loading and cost loading, and to support earned value reporting.
• Ability to produce clear schedule narratives, look-ahead schedules, milestone reports, and executive-level summaries.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, including presenting schedule status to management.
• Ability to coordinate with project managers, design consultants, contractors, and partner agencies to identify schedule risks and mitigation options.
• Ability to adapt and respond effectively to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of integrated master program schedules covering all lifecycle stages.
• Establish scheduling standards, methodologies, reporting protocols, and project controls procedures for recovery and rebuild programs.
• Develop and maintain CPM schedules for multiple concurrent capital projects and align them with funding milestones.

Skills

CPM scheduling

Integrated master schedule

Schedule risk analysis

Earned value reporting

Delay analysis

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in CM/CE/Architecture

Job description

Overview

Cordoba Corporation is a leading engineering and design firm based in California. We are seeking a Senior Scheduler to join our Facilities Sector. The ideal candidate will provide senior-level scheduling leadership and project controls oversight for a portfolio of recovery and rebuild capital improvement projects with an estimated program value of approximately $800 million. This position is responsible for developing and managing integrated master schedules, leading schedule risk assessments, evaluating project impacts, and providing executive-level reporting to support strategic program delivery.

The Senior Scheduler serves as the lead scheduling authority for complex, multi-project programs and works closely with executive leadership, project managers, consultants, contractors, utilities, permitting agencies, and partner jurisdictions to ensure projects are delivered in accordance with approved schedules, budgets, and recovery milestones. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in program-level scheduling, delay analysis, critical path management, and capital project controls within large public-sector infrastructure and construction environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of integrated master program schedules encompassing planning, design, permitting, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project close-out activities.
• Establish scheduling standards, methodologies, reporting protocols, and project controls procedures for recovery and rebuild programs.
• Develop and maintain critical path method (CPM) schedules for multiple concurrent capital projects and ensure alignment among project schedules, funding milestones, and program objectives.
• Manage program-level schedule integration across multiple projects, agencies, utility providers, contractors, and stakeholder groups.
• Analyze schedule performance and identify critical path activities, near-critical paths, constraints, float erosion, schedule variances, and risks.
• Lead schedule risk assessments and develop recovery strategies, mitigation plans, and what-if analyses to address potential delays and project impacts.
• Review and approve contractor baseline schedules, monthly updates, recovery schedules, and schedule forecasts for compliance with contract requirements and industry best practices.
• Evaluate and negotiate time extension requests, schedule impacts, delay claims, and Time Impact Analyses (TIA).
• Perform forensic schedule analysis and provide recommendations regarding entitlement, causation, and mitigation of delays.
• Support earned value management, cost-loaded scheduling, cash-flow forecasting, and resource planning activities.
• Coordinate with Project Managers, consultants, contractors, permitting agencies, utility companies, and partner jurisdictions to identify project interdependencies and scheduling constraints.
• Prepare and present schedule analyses, forecasts, risk assessments, and recommendations to executive leadership and key stakeholders.
• Monitor schedule compliance across the program and ensure consistency with funding requirements, contractual obligations, and project delivery objectives.
• Support disaster recovery and rebuilding initiatives by establishing schedule governance processes and accelerating project delivery strategies where necessary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Engineering, Project Controls, or a related field.
• Minimum 15 years of project scheduling experience on large public-sector capital improvement, infrastructure, transportation, utility, or construction projects.
• Education background in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or related field.
• Ability to develop critical path method (CPM) baseline schedules and maintain them through regular updates.
• Ability to build and maintain an integrated master program schedule across multiple concurrent projects.
• Skilled in reviewing contractor baseline schedules, monthly updates, and recovery schedules for compliance with contract requirements; incorporation of other schedule impact factors, such as community meetings, partner agency concurrent work, and funding sources.
• Ability to prepare and evaluate time impact analyses and delay claims.
• Ability to perform resource loading and cost loading, and to support earned value reporting.
• Ability to produce clear schedule narratives, look-ahead schedules, milestone reports, and executive-level summaries
• Effective oral and written communication skills, including presenting schedule status to management.
• Ability to coordinate with project managers, design consultants, contractors, and partner agencies to identify schedule risks and mitigation options.
• Ability to adapt and respond effectively to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with disaster recovery or post-disaster rebuild programs.

Salary Range: $166,000 to $183,000 yearly

Location: Alhambra, CA

Work Environment: Onsite

Our Company

Cordoba Corporation, Making a Difference

Cordoba Corporation is a leading civil engineering, construction management, program management, and planning firm. Our expertise spans diverse sectors, including education and facilities, transportation, water, and energy. Collaborating closely with our clients, we have successfully delivered complex and high-impact infrastructure projects across California.

National Recognition - Cordoba’s efforts have garnered national acclaim. Engineering News-Record (ENR) has consistently ranked us as a “top 100 construction management firm” and a “top 50 program management firm.” Additionally, ENR recognized Cordoba as a “top 100 design firm” in California in 2018. Our business model emphasizes efficiency, fostering a dynamic work environment. We approach projects with multifaceted strategies, ensuring successful outcomes.

Statewide Presence - With headquarters in Los Angeles, Cordoba maintains a strong statewide presence. Our offices extend to San Francisco, Sacramento, San Ramon, Chatsworth, Santa Ana, Ontario, and San Diego.

Enhancing Employee Well-Being

Benefits and Perks:We offer multiple medical and dental insurance plans, as well as vision insurance. Plans are subsidized for both employees and dependents with coverage effective the first month after hire. Additionally, Cordoba provides employees with paid AD&D and life insurance, a 401k with an industry leading employer match, generous vacation and sick leave accruals, 9 paid holidays, and other forms of paid time off. We also offer flexible spending accounts (FSA’s) including medical care reimbursement, dependent care reimbursement, and commuter benefit plans. Employees are also eligible for our employee assistance program and well-being benefits that include stress management, nutrition, and financial well-being.

Cordoba Corporation provides equal employment opportunities, promoting diversity and inclusion. We welcome applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Harassment-Free Workplace: We strictly prohibit workplace harassment based on any factor, including race, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. Cordoba is committed to fostering a healthy and happy lifestyle for our employees, both within and beyond the workplace.

For inquiries or accommodations, please contact our HR Department at: [phone].

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