Transportation Scheduler & Project Controls Lead

Mott MacDonald; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

Parental leave

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is seeking an experienced Scheduler to support a transportation program in California. The role leads schedule development, analysis, and project controls, coordinating across design, construction, and third-party stakeholders to maintain schedule integrity throughout the project lifecycle.

Required 5+ years in engineering/construction scheduling, proficiency with Primavera P6, Unifier, and MS Project, and strong communication and reporting skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience developing and managing schedules for transportation projects.
• Strong proficiency in CPM scheduling and in project control software (Primavera 6, Unifier, Microsoft Project).
• Experience with project financial forecasting.
• Demonstrated expertise in change order and extension of time analysis.
• Proven ability to work with cross-functional and multi-project teams within large programs.
• Strong reporting, communication, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and updates project master schedules, detailed working schedules and schedule reports, workaround plans, and related schedule reports.
• Coordinates activities of the project controls group with project staff.
• Prepares and directs the preparation of progress reports.
• Coordinates with project managers on contract change orders.
• Reviews Contractor's baseline schedules and monthly schedule updates.
• Conducts Time Impact Analysis of change order impacts.
• Provides scheduling requirements in construction contract documents.
• Coordinate with project teams to ensure risk identification and forecasting.
• Evaluate and recommend schedule recovery strategies.

Skills

CPM scheduling

Project controls

Scheduling reports

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or related field

Tools

Primavera 6

Unifier

Microsoft Project

Job description

Mott MacDonald is seeking an experienced Scheduler to support a transportation program in California. The role leads schedule development, analysis, and project controls, coordinating across design, construction, and third-party stakeholders to maintain schedule integrity throughout the project lifecycle.

Required 5+ years in engineering/construction scheduling, proficiency with Primavera P6, Unifier, and MS Project, and strong communication and reporting skills.