Project Scheduler

Walsh Group•Mount Pleasant, SC

25d

About The Position

The Walsh Group is seeking a Project Scheduler for its Data Center Group in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. The scheduler develops and maintains project schedules in coordination with project management, superintendents, and subcontractors, and uses scheduling software and established best practices to analyze schedule progress, resources, costs, and sequencing. The role assesses project risks and schedule changes, documents and analyzes change orders and delays, and communicates their effects on cost and timeline. The Project Scheduler leads scheduling meetings, produces recurring project reports, works with accounting personnel on budget forecasting, and supports claim mitigation, estimating, and contingency planning. Some travel is required.

Requirements

Three to five years of project scheduling experience.
Primavera experience required; P6 preferred.
Claim experience required.
Time impact analysis experience required.
Understanding of baseline schedules, progress schedules, recovered schedules, total float, critical paths, predecessors, successors, near-critical paths, float trending, percent complete, float ownership, and constraints.
Ability to make confident, timely, fact-based decisions across a broad range of resources.
Demonstrated multitasking experience working in large teams and solving complex problems.
Some travel required.

Nice To Haves

A degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management is preferred.
Primavera P6 experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop a baseline schedule in coordination with project management, superintendents, and subcontractors.
Use established best practices and scheduling software to implement, maintain, and analyze the project schedule.
Code and load resources and costs, and enter general sequencing information.
Coordinate project controls to assess risk in accordance with established best practices and standards.
Prepare risk and impact assessments of schedule changes and present them to the project team.
Analyze schedule changes and their impact on project cost and timeline.
Ensure project change orders and delays are documented, analyzed, and reviewed, and communicate their impact on project timeline and cost.
Lead project scheduling meetings and ensure appropriate project management representation.
Prepare detailed weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports and distribute them to appropriate staff.
Work with accounting personnel to forecast and manage the project budget and its relationship to the schedule.
Perform claim mitigation and estimating, and prepare what-if models and possible contingency plans.