Project Scheduler

Balfour Beatty Communities•Austin, TX

About The Position

Balfour Beatty is seeking a Project Scheduler to develop and manage conceptual, bidding, and final project schedules for marketing, preconstruction, and operations teams. The role works with project stakeholders and job-site personnel to create, maintain, update, and report on schedules, while helping ensure submissions comply with company procedures and contract requirements. It also supports schedule risk assessment, delay recovery, change-order management, and claims documentation, and trains field and office personnel in scheduling practices and software.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Science, Construction Management, Construction Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
At least 3 years of experience performing project-level scheduling with Primavera P6.
Experience on highway projects.
Experience with revenue-loaded schedules and billings.
Primavera experience through college courses or construction work.
Basic understanding of constructability issues, construction techniques, and trade sequencing for planning.

Nice To Haves

AACE – PSP or PMI certification.

Responsibilities

Manage and/or create conceptual (RFP), bidding (preconstruction), and final project schedules using preliminary and ongoing project information for marketing, preconstruction, and operations departments.
Attend job-site meetings; work with architects, engineers, subcontractors, and owners; and contact and visit job sites to develop project schedules.
Develop standard and custom graphs and charts for site personnel to manage projects.
Build and maintain a database of activity groups with as-built information for future use and reference.
Train field and office personnel on scheduling software and scheduling issues, including fragnets, report value, and documenting project effects.
Train field and office personnel to perform Time Impact Analyses and review submitted analyses monthly for each project.
Ensure baseline schedule submissions are timely, complete, accurate, and compliant with company procedures and contract requirements.
When applicable, visit assigned job sites at least quarterly or as necessary to assist with schedule maintenance and change-order management.
Participate in financial and legal project reviews as necessary to evaluate and mitigate schedule risk in accordance with company procedures.
Produce presentation-quality schedules for business development, operations, and legal presentations.
Incorporate owner activities, project close-out activities, and activities from Technical Services and Safety Departments into project schedules as required.
Develop claims documentation and help operations personnel identify potential claims early, prevent them where possible, and defend the company and, as appropriate, the owner.
Participate in meetings about project delays and suggest alternative scheduling means and methods to recover project progress as appropriate.
Maintain the integrity of schedule logic and ensure implementation of company scheduling policies and procedures.
Prepare monthly schedule updates as required by project contract documents.
Prepare monthly schedule status reports for project management and the Scheduling Manager.
Prepare and maintain monthly billing schedules as required.
Participate in job-related associations and community-based organizations and associations to enhance the company’s image and position.