Scheduling Manager (Owner's Representative) - Data Center Construction

KALCON•Abernathy, TX

6d•$150,000 - $225,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves providing Owner Rep P6 schedule oversight of General Contractor schedules on a data center build in Abernathy, TX. It is a hybrid remote flex role requiring 25-50% travel to the site. The successful candidate will join the Project Controls team, offering professional scheduling capabilities to accelerate speed to market. Responsibilities include developing policies and procedures for scheduling, facilitating user training, and contributing to the planning and sequencing of activities from concept through commissioning. The role requires defining activities, scope, durations, logic, and resource loading, as well as reviewing and analyzing critical path schedules, developing comprehensive plans, monitoring schedule performance, investigating constraints, and performing Time Impact Analysis and Claims analysis.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or relevant functional discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience
3-10+ years related work
Understand the Critical Path Method of scheduling theoretically and as it applies to projects
Ability to understand and accurately interpret construction documents (drawings, specifications, contracts/general conditions) at all levels of design.
Expert knowledge of Primavera Scheduling Software (P6, latest Version) and MS
Extensive experience using Microsoft Office software tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Word.
Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Building Science, or a related field preferred.
5+ years of experience supporting commercial, industrial, mission-critical, data center, healthcare, manufacturing, or large-scale infrastructure construction projects.
Experience serving as a Field Manager, Field Engineer, Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Assistant Construction Manager, Owner's Representative, Project Engineer, or similar construction leadership role.
Strong knowledge of construction means and methods, project sequencing, scheduling, procurement, quality control, safety practices, commissioning, and project closeout processes.
Experience coordinating contractors, subcontractors, consultants, vendors, and owner stakeholders in active construction environments.
Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, schedules, contracts, and technical project documentation.
Experience tracking and coordinating RFIs, submittmits, procurement activities, inspections, commissioning activities, turnover requirements, and project documentation.
Familiarity with CPM schedules, look-ahead planning, milestone tracking, and construction progress reporting.
Working knowledge of quality assurance, quality control, contractor safety programs, and punch-list management.
Experience supporting projects in occupied facilities, live environments, phased turnovers, or operational settings preferred.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, and construction management platforms such as Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Unifier, or similar systems.
Strong organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with contractors, consultants, vendors, clients, and project stakeholders.
Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced construction environment.
Ability to perform regular site walks and provide field-based oversight throughout all phases of construction.
Ability to travel as required based on project assignments.

Nice To Haves

Data center experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Independently audit general contractor (GC) Primavera P6 schedules (XER files) for accuracy and conformance to client standards and project requirements.
Help to establish and maintain a national, repeatable scheduling framework—including templates, coding structures, and reporting formats.
Track and report critical milestones, enabling client leadership to make timely, data‑driven decisions.
Baseline & Progress Audits: Monthly at minimum; Focused Audits: Weekly, upon GC update receipt or at client request.
Track OFCI equipment delivery dates and highlight problem areas, with the afore mentioned superintendent and subcontractor buy-in to solutions.
Run DCMA Checks. 2. Compare against contractual baseline & previous period. 3. Review activities that are running in parallel. 4. Review multiple float paths. 5. Identify variance drivers & risks. 6. Recommend corrective actions.
Standardize L1 and L2 Milestones to be able to compare different construction projects.
Validate that constraints are assigned only to required L1 and L2 identifies milestones and ensure that the critical path is logical.
Ability to translate, create and update schedule sequences to PDF drawings for visual.
Responsible for developing policies and procedures for scheduling and facilitating user training with our internal and external stakeholders.
Contribute to the development of planning and sequencing of activities from concept through commissioning.
Define activities and associated scope, durations, logic, and interface between activities and resource loading of those activities.
Review and analyze critical path schedules, in an efficient and comprehensive manner.
Develop comprehensive plans that communicates the programs, projects, and strategic goals.
Monitor schedule performance data, develop complex data analysis, and issue schedule reports required by management and project procedures.
Investigate and incorporate project constraints in planning effort.
Perform Time Impact Analysis and Claims analyzation.
Develop schedule variance analysis.
Run schedule risk scenarios based on Monte Carlo and other risk analysis.
Maintain an active field presence and observe construction activities for general conformance with contract documents, approved submittmits, design intent, project requirements, and planned.
Assess daily and weekly progress, validate reported completion, and identify emerging constraints before they affect cost, schedule, safety, quality, commissioning, or.
Coordinate base-building, tenant fit-out, retrofit, and live-facility interfaces, including site access, logistics, deliveries, work areas, temporary conditions, and phased.
Coordinate owner, general contractor, fit-out contractor, direct vendor, and third-party activities in the field.
Support MOP, shutdown, notification, energization, startup, and other critical-work.
Track day-to-day schedule performance, critical activities, near-term look-aheads, constraints, and recovery.
Participate in weekly CPM reviews, detailed planning meetings, subcontractor coordination sessions, and vendor startup.
Track RFIs, submittals, procurement items, OFCI equipment, owner-direct vendors, inspections, and required decisions that affect field.
Coordinate customer or tenant fit-out milestones with base-building completion and turnover.
Document significant events, differing conditions, rework, access limitations, and potential change.
Provide general oversight of contractor QA/QC and safety implementation and promptly elevate observed deficiencies or.
Participate in regular site walks, punch-list reviews, inspections, and correction.
Support review of pay applications, change requests, buyout information, and field quantities by validating actual site conditions and.
Lead or support OAC and field coordination meetings, weekly reporting, meeting minutes, and action.
Coordinate project closeout, including punch lists, OCM manuals, training, operations turnover, permits, AHJ inspections, certificates of occupancy, and financial closeout.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life Insurance
Accident Insurance
Long Term Disability
401(k) retirement plan with 4% KALCON match when an employee contributes at least 5%
15 days of paid time off
8 paid national holidays
Reimbursement for professional licenses and certifications