Vice President, Construction Scheduler

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 231,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking a Vice President, Construction Scheduler to join our Project Controls team in the San Francisco Bay Area. You will lead expert CPM scheduling (Primavera) for complex rail transit programs, coordinating with designers, contractors, and clients to develop integrated schedules.

The role requires a strong track record of 12+ years in construction scheduling, experience with tunneling and metro projects, and advanced reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of scheduling experience.
• 12+ years developing and managing schedules for large programs.
• Experience with tunneling and metro/transit projects including underground construction.
• Proficient with critical path method analysis using Primavera.
• Forecasting skills for project finances and schedules.
• Change Order Analysis, Time Impact Analysis and forensic schedule analysis.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in large Client Programs with multiple project teams.
• Strong reporting and communication abilities.
• Experience in project reports and documentation.
• Building construction and/or project management experience.
• Team player with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert CPM scheduling (via Primavera) for rail transit programs and design/construction.
• Develop integrated schedules from designer, contractor, and third parties.
• Assess and recommend actions to resolve schedule changes or delays.
• Coordinate reporting, assess risk, and generate accurate forecasts.
• Develop, update, and analyze detailed execution schedules for multiple projects.
• Establish baseline schedules with durations, logic, resources, and costs.
• Review CPM updates and produce Primavera comparison reports.
• Perform Earned Value analysis, change management, and change-order reviews.
• Conduct Time Impact Analyses to assess potential delays.
• Recommend schedule recovery options and conduct what-if analyses.

Skills

Construction scheduling experience

CPM analysis

Forecasting

Schedule analysis

Cross-functional teamwork

Program management

Reporting

Documentation

Project management

Team player

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management or related discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

CPM scheduling technique

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP is seeking a Vice President, Construction Scheduler to join our Project Controls team in the San Francisco bay area.

Your Impact

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide expert Providing and/or overseeing critical path method scheduling (via Primavera) to support client’s Program including design and construction rail transit projects.
• Developing integrated program schedules based on input from the various entities including designer, contractor, third party etc.
• Assess and provide recommendations to resolve schedule, scope changes or delays to the project team and executive management.
• Coordination with project teams to assess reporting and identify risk and create accurate forecasts.
• Responsible for developing, updating, and analyzing detailed execution schedules for simultaneous projects
• Establish baseline schedule: summary and detailed review of baseline durations, logic, resources, costs, cost curves, resource histograms.
• Review periodic CPM Updates, provide Primavera schedule comparison reports and detailed reviews.
• Perform Earned Value analysis reports, schedule change management and review of change orders.
• Perform time impact analyses (TIA) to determine the extent of the impacts of potential delays.
• Provide recommendations for schedule recovery. Recovery schedule reviews and perform what-if scenario analysis.

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management or related discipline or equivalent years of construction scheduling experience.
• 12 years of experience in developing and managing construction schedules for large programs.
• Experience with large-scale tunneling and metro/transit infrastructure projects, including underground construction, station development, and rail systems
• Experienced with critical path method analysis/technique with Primavera.
• Project financial forecasting skills.
• Change Order Analysis, Time Impact Analysis, and Forensic Schedule Analysis.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Experience working within large and challenging Client Programs with one or more project teams.
• Effective reporting and communication skills.
• Experience in preparing project reports and documentation.
• Building Construction and or project management experience
• Team player and Strong communication skills

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $230,750-$290,080/year

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law. #LI-MP1

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES

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