Scheduler/Estimator

Hargrove and Associates•Chalmette, LA

About The Position

The Scheduler/Estimator plans and schedules heavy industrial engineering projects, monitors project costs, and estimates projects under general supervision. The role develops schedules and analyses for contract packages to forecast construction activities and identify coordination issues where safety and schedule may conflict. It also monitors and updates schedules using meetings, construction coordination interviews, and field verification; maintains change notice and change order management processes; helps facilitate weekly change notice hearings and change committee meetings; prepares construction project estimates, including estimates for change notices; and develops and maintains cost systems, reconciling commitments, change orders, and contractor invoices and producing cost reports. The position requires relevant industrial experience in planning, scheduling, cost control, and estimating, along with proficiency in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Timberline Estimating, and Microsoft Office. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States. Hargrove describes its culture as team-oriented, grounded in trust and personal integrity, and committed to safety and the well-being of people affected by its work.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
At least 5 years of relevant industrial experience in planning, scheduling, cost control, and estimating.
Knowledge and application of company business standards and good practices.
Extreme attention to detail.
Comprehensive understanding of the functions of all engineering disciplines.
Understanding of existing and potential customer deliverable expectations and preferences.
Ability to set priorities.
Ability to communicate and correspond effectively with engineering disciplines and/or contractors to obtain and understand information concerning schedules, scopes of work, estimates, and project costs.
Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills.
Excellent presentation and organizational skills.
Knowledge of other disciplines' deliverable development to coordinate efforts.
Knowledge and understanding of schedule constraints and information requirements for producing project controls deliverables.
Ability to develop a construction cost estimate, a detailed engineering schedule, and a man-hour budget for a small project or an area of a larger project.
Ability to determine construction material quantities.
Experience estimating and scheduling professional service hours and assessing the progress and quality of project controls work.
Ability to accurately estimate completion of assigned tasks.
Proficiency with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Timberline Estimating, and Microsoft Office.
Ability to sit, stand, or walk for long periods of time.
Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

Develop schedules and analyses for contract packages to forecast construction activities and identify coordination issues where safety and schedule may conflict.
Monitor and update schedules using meetings, construction coordination interviews, and field verification.
Monitor and maintain the change notice/change order management system.
Assist in facilitating weekly change notice hearings and change committee meetings.
Develop estimates for construction projects, including estimates associated with change notices.
Develop and maintain the cost system, including reconciling commitments, change orders, and contractor invoices and producing cost reports.