Schedule Manager

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

$90K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-10 years of experience in scheduling for construction or manufacturing.
  • Preferred college degree (associate's or bachelor's) or equivalent trade apprenticeship.
  • Demonstrated experience in planning and developing comprehensive project schedules.
  • Ability to prepare and present schedule progress updates effectively.
  • Skilled in analyzing schedule data and communicating impacts to the project team.
  • Experience in developing schedule narratives and submission packages according to specifications.
  • Proficient in Primavera P6 and familiar with Microsoft software applications, with exposure to lean scheduling tools as a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, develop, and manage proposal and project schedules with project teams.
  • Conduct independent site assessments to gauge progress against the schedule.
  • Attend meetings to collaboratively update and disseminate project timelines.
  • Analyze critical paths, milestone trends, and prepare schedule updates for the team.
  • Prepare time extension requests when necessary, providing detailed explanations of project impacts.
  • Insert and analyze schedule fragnets to determine their effect on project timelines.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on diverse projects within the construction field.
  • A collaborative environment that emphasizes team engagement and communication.
  • Potential for professional growth in scheduling and project management expertise.
  • Exposure to innovative tools and methodologies in project scheduling.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Planning, developing, and managing proposal and project schedules with the Whiting-Turner project teams. Schedules developed range from summary level to detailed construction including specialty schedules, for example, commissioning. As required, project schedules could require cost, hour and quantity assignments loaded into the scheduling software. The prospective candidate will work at project sites, meet with the project team to either develop or update the project schedule, perform independent site walks to assess progress, and attend meetings as required. Schedule updating will involve a review of critical and near critical, milestone trends, activity variances and various industry schedule metrics (SPI, CEI, ...) with the project team.

Required Skills

Qualifications
  • 5-10 years of experience working as a scheduler in construction or manufacturing.
  • College Degree (associate's or bachelor's) is preferred but not necessary (for example, a Trade's apprenticeship program will also be considered).
  • Experience working with project teams, planning and developing the project schedule (activities, duration, sequences).
  • Experience with preparing schedule progress updates.
  • Analyzing schedule updates and informing the project team of current schedule status, date forecasts, and potential impacts.
  • Experience presenting schedule data (critical and near critical paths, milestone trends, activity variances) to the project team
  • Developing, inserting, analyzing schedule fragnets. Explaining result of potential schedule impact to the project team.
  • Experience with writing schedule narratives and preparing schedule submission packages per specification requirements.
  • Experience with preparing time extension requests.
  • Exposure to hour, dollar and / or quantity loading project schedules.
  • Exposure to schedule metrics and key performance indices (KPI's).
  • Understanding lean scheduling processes and the tools used to facilitate the short-term scheduling process (pull planning boards and software).

Software
  • Proficient in Primavera P6.
  • Competency with the Microsoft suite of software applications
  • Exposure to lean schedule software (TouchPlan, vPlanner...) is preferred but not necessary.

Travel
  • To project sites within the scheduler's assigned region.


Required Experience

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