Project Scheduler III

E2 Consulting Engineers, LP•Los Angeles, CA

11d•$84 - $103•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Scheduler III performs complex reviews and analysis of contractors’ schedules for contract compliance on large-scale construction projects valued at approximately $300 million to $1 billion. The role supports planning, design, and construction projects, including work within a Master Program Schedule Plan, and provides scheduling support to multiple projects and Project Managers. The position develops and maintains project schedules, evaluates contractor baseline schedules and monthly updates, tracks interfaces and construction progress, and assesses schedule risks, impacts, and potential delays. It provides written evaluations and recommendations, supports project reporting and meetings, and develops mitigation strategies to help the Project Management team manage schedule performance and avoid overruns. The role operates in a professional office and indoor airport environment, uses standard office equipment, and involves 10% travel. Local candidates only.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
At least 10 years of scheduling experience.
At least 5 years of experience directly supporting a single active construction project.
Experience with Adobe Acrobat.
Experience with Claims Digger.
Knowledge of Critical Path Method (CPM).
Experience presenting graphical data related to construction project scheduling.
Experience reviewing third-party designs and construction schedules.
Master Schedule / Sub Project System Environment experience.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
Experience with Microsoft Project.
Experience with Oracle Primavera P6 version 8.3 or higher.
Presentation skills and comfort presenting project trends, risks, forecasts, and performance reports to varied audiences.
Knowledge of progress reporting methodologies for large-scale construction projects valued at approximately $300 million to $1 billion.
Knowledge of project control cycles and project management principles.
Experience reporting contractor performance and earned value performance measurement.
Ability to report progress and schedules to technical and non-technical audiences, including schedule quality, project progress, risk, and milestones.
Experience with reporting tools for project sequencing and progress assessments.
Experience with Schedule Analyzer.

Nice To Haves

Aviation or airport experience.
Knowledge of PMWEB and other project management systems.
Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) certification.

Responsibilities

Contribute to project goals through collaboration with stakeholders and development of planning and design schedules.
Support projects in planning, design, and construction within a Master Program Schedule Plan, reporting to the Landside Element Management Team as applicable.
Support overlapping project scheduling tasks, issue management, meeting facilitation, document control, and monthly status reporting to the Project Management Team.
Prepare progress reporting documents and briefing materials, and develop reporting tools to communicate complex project sequencing and progress assessments.
Analyze project milestones and report fiscal impacts and risks to Management.
Prepare detailed plans, time-scaled charts, diagrams, and tracking of quantities to measure construction performance.
Develop and analyze man-hour and equipment resources, as well as cost-loaded, time-phased schedules.
Maintain simplified logic schedules for key interface status and critical path review.
Maintain a master schedule system to track project interfaces and timeframe impacts across electrical airfield systems, mechanical systems, airfield operations, and other aviation-related disciplines and projects.
Maintain an Owner shadow schedule using construction activity dates from sources such as inspection and quality-control reports and site visits; identify potential delays or schedule adjustments and use the information to evaluate contractor monthly updates.
Participate in reviews with third-party schedulers and provide written comments.
Provide direct scheduling support across multiple projects and report to multiple Project Managers.
Develop what-if schedule impact assessments for additional work or potential resequencing; evaluate and forecast project status against the baseline schedule and report milestone impacts and status to Management.
Review contractor baseline construction schedules for conformance with plans and specifications, including WBS breakdown, sequencing, critical path, logic ties, activities, and resource loading.
Coordinate with contractor schedulers to clarify and resolve schedule deficiencies.
Ensure project WBS items are properly coded and resource loaded.
Coordinate constructability reviews of contractor baseline schedule submittals and identify missing activities, float sequestering or suppression issues, and other conflicts or shortcomings.
Provide written evaluations, comments, responses, and approval recommendations for baseline schedule submittals.
Review contractor monthly schedule updates for conformance with plans and specifications, including logic changes, inaccurate progress reporting, critical path changes, and other pertinent items.
Attend weekly construction meetings and monitor three-week look-ahead schedules for accuracy and consistency with baseline schedules and updates.
Promptly report schedule slippage, unsatisfactory performance, and other variances; coordinate schedule comments and corrections with contractors.
Identify critical-path and near-critical-path changes that could affect project phases, milestones, or duration.
Identify variations from the plan, analyze their causes, and report findings.
Review construction progress and inspection reports and maintain an accurate as-built schedule for construction and evaluation of contractor monthly updates and Time Impact Analysis submittals.
Review contractor Time Impact Analyses and provide written responses, evaluations, and recommendations regarding time extensions as appropriate.
Identify schedule variances and opportunities and proactively develop mitigation strategies for the Project Management team.