Project Scheduler

KDG Construction Consulting•Los Angeles, CA

1d•$160,000 - $175,000

About The Position

KDG Construction Consulting is seeking an experienced Project Scheduler to support complex construction and infrastructure projects. The role reviews and maintains construction schedules, analyzes critical path activities, monitors project progress, evaluates schedule updates, and identifies potential delays and risks. The Project Scheduler works with project managers, contractors, and other stakeholders to ensure schedules accurately reflect construction progress, project milestones, and established requirements. The position requires extensive construction scheduling experience, advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, and a strong understanding of critical path method (CPM) scheduling, project controls, and construction sequencing. The successful candidate evaluates contractor schedules and time impacts, develops mitigation strategies, and communicates schedule performance and risks to management.

Requirements

Minimum of ten years of construction scheduling experience, including at least five years directly supporting active construction projects.
Demonstrated experience scheduling large-scale, complex design and construction projects, including multimillion-dollar construction programs.
Advanced proficiency in Oracle Primavera P6, Version 8.3 or higher.
Strong understanding of critical path method (CPM) scheduling, project management principles, and project controls.
Experience reviewing baseline schedules, monthly updates, construction progress reports, and schedule narratives.
Demonstrated ability to analyze schedule logic, critical path changes, project delays, and time impact analyses.
Experience tracking field construction progress and maintaining accurate project schedules.
Experience with resource loading, cost-loaded schedules, earned value measurement, and schedule forecasting.
Experience working within master schedule and subproject scheduling environments involving multiple projects and interdependent activities.
Demonstrated ability to prepare schedule evaluations, progress reports, and management presentations, including recommendations for risk mitigation and schedule recovery.
Excellent written and verbal communication, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects, coordinate with diverse stakeholders, and respond effectively to changing priorities.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) certification.
Experience supporting aviation, airport, or other complex infrastructure construction projects.
Knowledge of PMWEB and other project management systems.
Experience with Adobe Acrobat and schedule analysis tools such as Schedule Analyzer, Microsoft Project, and Claim Digger.
Experience developing graphical reporting tools and presenting complex scheduling data.
Experience coordinating multidisciplinary master schedules and evaluating project interface impacts.
Flexibility to work extended hours or varying shifts as project requirements dictate.

Responsibilities

Review contractor baseline schedules for compliance with project plans, specifications, sequencing, logic ties, critical path, and resource-loading requirements.
Perform constructability and schedule reviews to identify missing activities, logic deficiencies, improper sequencing, and other schedule conflicts.
Review monthly schedule updates, evaluate reported progress, identify critical path changes, and analyze schedule variances.
Maintain an independent shadow schedule using construction progress reports, inspection records, quality control documentation, and field observations.
Attend construction meetings and review three-week look-ahead schedules to identify inconsistencies, delays, and potential project impacts.
Review time impact analyses (TIA), evaluate time extension requests, and prepare written schedule evaluations and recommendations.
Develop what-if schedules and mitigation strategies to evaluate proposed changes, resequencing, and potential project delays.
Monitor project milestones, forecast schedule performance, and communicate risks, trends, and recommended corrective actions to management.
Develop and maintain project and master schedules to coordinate multiple projects, disciplines, and interdependent activities.
Prepare resource-loaded, cost-loaded, and time-phased schedules to support project controls and performance measurement.
Prepare schedule reports, narratives, charts, and presentations to communicate construction progress and schedule performance.
Coordinate schedule reviews, comments, and corrections with contractors, third-party schedulers, project managers, and other stakeholders.
Support project coordination, document control, issue management, and monthly status reporting.
Perform other scheduling and project controls duties as assigned.