Scheduler

Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc.•Baton Rouge, LA

84d•Onsite

About The Position

Southern Industrial is looking for a scheduler who creates and manages schedules for large and/or complex industrial construction projects. Duties include, but are not limited to, leading project teams in creation of bid and baseline schedules, managing schedule updates throughout the execution of projects, identifying critical path to key project milestones, and assisting project team with execution strategy as it relates to the project schedule.

Requirements

A minimum of 5 years’ experience scheduling, planning, and/or estimating projects.
Experience using Primavera and MS Project. Must be able to build, baseline, resource load, track completion status, and update a schedule in Primavera.
Computer skills to include Microsoft Office, including Teams, Excel, Word, and Outlook.
Strong interpersonal communication, attention to detail, organization, and follow-up skills.

Nice To Haves

Bluebeam experience a plus.

Responsibilities

Plan future work to reflect SIC’s execution plan and maximize workforce productivity.
Develop and update schedules based on project documents, input from the project team, and/or inspection of project site.
Identify and coordinate necessary resources, with sufficient lead time prior to the start of the work to ensure those resources can be scheduled for efficient execution. Resources may include: work scope and job instructions, technical information, MRO parts and materials, special tools and equipment, special permitting, minimum skills levels and quantity of human resources required, production operating conditions.
Resource loading schedules to estimate/verify man-hours required by craft and work duration.
Advise project team on long lead items affect to schedule. Work with project team to set receiving dates for critical equipment and materials.
Work with and inform subcontractors of the schedule for their scope of work. Update schedule as required based on subcontractors available labor, material, and equipment.
Provide weekly schedule updates to the project team in the form of set duration lookaheads (ex. 3-week lookahead).
Be able to create a WBS and Activity Codes within a schedule in order to format/group schedules appropriately.
Complete all safety (EHS) and general job training as required by SIC.
Attend SIC and/or customer meetings to provide scheduling support and advice.
Actively pursue cost savings opportunities for SIC and the customer.
Other duties as assigned.