Sr Scheduler

HNTB Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB Corporation seeks a senior scheduling leader to manage and optimize project schedules across multiple programs in Los Angeles. You will develop enterprise scheduling processes, build complex models, and analyze schedule risk, cost impacts, and milestones.

You will mentor junior staff, support proposals, and present to clients, ensuring accurate status and proactive mitigation of delays. This role emphasizes collaboration and technical leadership in project controls.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead multiple scheduling projects.
• Experience developing and maintaining enterprise level scheduling processes.
• Strong analytical skills for schedule risk and EVA analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead project scheduling across functional teams and maintain master schedules (P6/analogous software).
• Develop complex scheduling models and perform risk analyses.
• Prepare and present schedule status, forecasts, and EVA integration with cost.
• Mentor junior schedulers and support business development efforts.

Skills

Scheduling leadership

Enterprise scheduling

Complex scheduling models

Schedule risk analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or Business

Job description

What We're Looking For At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners. This opportunity entails providing technical leadership in researching and implementing scheduling tools and best practices. Working on multiple scheduling projects as a project leader or project advisor within functional teams. Building and maintaining schedules for projects. Monitoring and reporting on status, analyzing schedules and associated changes for key risk areas and milestones impact. May mentor, direct, and oversee the work of earlier career staff.

What You’ll Do:

• Works on multiple scheduling projects as a project leader or project advisor within functional teams.
• Develops and maintains sustainable Enterprise level scheduling processes and procedures.
• Creates complex scheduling models.
• Prepares and analyzes master project/program schedule.
• Oversees a database or “warehouse” of scheduling data recorded and tracked from each job.
• Participates in client presentations as required.
• Participates in and coordinates with other project controls areas.
• Participates in labor projections in support of department staff planning.
• Supports department growth by participating in business development and marketing efforts.
• Provides support, guidance, or subject matter expert services in RFP development to aid in pursuit development.
• Provides schedule support for claims analysis (e.g., using contractor claims, delay cost estimates, time impacts, etc.).
• Serves as Subject Matter Expert in VE Studies.
• Analyzes contract documents/construction documents (plans and specifications) to translate scope of work, milestones, contract time, and/or construction phasing and sequencing into the schedule.
• Leads the planning effort alongside Project Manager, collaborates and makes recommendations to project management team in planning the work, including developing Work-Breakdown Structure (WBS), estimating durations, and sequencing the work (hard restraints and soft restraints).
• Independently develops new project schedules for complex projects using scheduling software.
• Maintains project schedule including progress updates.
• Communicates status of schedule and key risk areas to members of project management team.
• Performs schedule risk analysis, including quantitative risk analysis.
• Performs schedule analysis to include critical activities, risk areas, key milestones and significant changes to schedule.
• Develops “what if” scenarios to explore alternate sequencing in order to mitigate or avoid schedule delays.
• Revises forecasts and evaluates impact of delay.
• Prepares reporting from schedules including EVA analysis, integration of cost and schedule.
• Performs contemporaneous schedule analysis.
• Performs detailed review of contractor schedule submittals, including baseline and progress update Quality controls all scheduling deliverables prepared by support staff.
• Supports the preparation of procurement documents related to scheduling specifications.
• Mentors Schedulers I, II, and III if applicable and may serve as technical lead.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or Business and 9 years relevant experience, or In lieu of education, 13 years relevant experience

What We Prefer:

• AACE Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) or equivalent
• Experience preparing and/or reviewing project schedules using commercially available scheduling software
• Experience in 2 or more phases of project lifecycle (e.g., predesign, design, procurement, construction, and post-construction phases)
• Experience working as client's PM/CM agent (e.g., providing program management/construction management services), or as part of design-build contractor (or equivalent design and construction experience)

Locations: Los Angeles, CA (Figueroa Street)

The approximate pay range for Los Angeles Metro Area and Orange County, CA is $145,993.46 - $228,348.77. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant’s resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees. At HNTB, we are harnessing the power of collaboration and innovation to establish a new vision for the future of mobility across our country. You don’t have to look far to see our impact. For more than a century, HNTB’s spark has connected people and places, expanded opportunity, and left a lasting impact on our communities. Our culture of integrity and inclusion, combined with groundbreaking solutions, has affirmed our reputation and positioned our firm as the industry leader in delivering extraordinary value. When you join HNTB, you are joining an employee-owned firm founded on the values of integrity, collaboration, personal accountability, respect for others, and the development of all employees. We are committed to the continual improvement of an inclusive workplace. We encourage our employees to bring their whole and authentic selves to work, provide them a meaningful welcoming environment where they are valued, celebrated and respected. Diversity of thought and unique perspectives drives innovation, engagement and retention, which makes HNTB better and brings value to our clients and our communities.

Equal Opportunity Employer HNTB is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other status protected by law. We will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with a disability where appropriate.

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