Strategic Lead Scheduler for Complex Programs

Motive Power, Inc.; Colorado; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Motive Power is seeking a senior Lead Scheduler to oversee scheduling for our largest and most complex programs. You will own scheduling deliverables from baseline to closeout, advise executives on schedule strategy, and mentor a team of schedulers across multiple projects.

You will define standard procedures, drive adoption, and apply advanced analytics (including Monte Carlo) to inform decisions. This hybrid role involves up to 25% travel and collaboration with client teams and internal

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in project Scheduling and project controls, including leadership of schedules on large, complex projects.
• Expert proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project, including advanced analysis, reporting, and schedule risk tools.
• 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.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Scheduling

Analysis

Communication

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Motive Power is seeking a senior Lead Scheduler to oversee scheduling for our largest and most complex programs. You will own scheduling deliverables from baseline to closeout, advise executives on schedule strategy, and mentor a team of schedulers across multiple projects.

You will define standard procedures, drive adoption, and apply advanced analytics (including Monte Carlo) to inform decisions. This hybrid role involves up to 25% travel and collaboration with client teams and internal