Scheduling Manager - SB Energy - Portsmouth, OH

KALCON•Portsmouth, OH

4d•$150,000 - $225,000•Hybrid

About The Position

SB Energy is seeking a Scheduling Manager to provide owner’s representative Primavera P6 schedule oversight of General Contractor schedules for a data center build. This hybrid remote-flex role requires 25–50% travel to the Portsmouth, Ohio site. The Scheduling Manager will join the Project Controls team to provide professional scheduling capabilities and help the client accelerate speed to market. The role includes auditing and analyzing contractor schedules, monitoring milestones and schedule performance, identifying risks and recommending corrective actions, and supporting planning and sequencing from concept through commissioning. The Scheduling Manager will also develop scheduling policies and procedures, establish repeatable scheduling standards, and facilitate training for internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a relevant functional discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
3–10+ years of related work experience.
Understanding of the Critical Path Method of scheduling, both theoretically and as applied to projects.
Ability to understand and accurately interpret construction documents, including drawings, specifications, and contracts/general conditions, at all levels of design.
Expert knowledge of Primavera Scheduling Software (P6, latest version) and MS.
Extensive experience using Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Word.

Nice To Haves

Data center experience.

Responsibilities

Independently audit General Contractor Primavera P6 schedules (XER files) for accuracy and conformance to client standards and project requirements.
Help establish and maintain a national, repeatable scheduling framework, including templates, coding structures, and reporting formats.
Track and report critical milestones to support timely, data-driven decisions by client leadership.
Conduct baseline and progress audits at least monthly, and focused audits weekly, upon receipt of GC updates, or at the client’s request.
Track OFCI equipment delivery dates, highlight problem areas, and work with the superintendent and subcontractors to secure buy-in for solutions.
Run DCMA checks; compare schedules against the contractual baseline and previous period; review parallel activities and multiple float paths; identify variance drivers and risks; and recommend corrective actions.
Standardize L1 and L2 milestones to support comparisons across construction projects.
Validate that constraints are assigned only to required L1 and L2 identified milestones and that the critical path is logical.
Translate, create, and update schedule sequences on PDF drawings for visual reference.
Develop scheduling policies and procedures and facilitate user training for internal and external stakeholders.
Contribute to planning and sequencing activities from concept through commissioning.
Define activities and their associated scope, durations, logic, interfaces, and resource loading.
Review and analyze critical path schedules efficiently and comprehensively.
Develop comprehensive plans that communicate programs, projects, and strategic goals.
Monitor schedule performance data, conduct complex data analysis, and issue schedule reports required by management and project procedures.
Investigate and incorporate project constraints into planning.
Perform Time Impact Analysis and claims analysis.
Develop schedule variance analyses.
Run schedule risk scenarios using Monte Carlo and other risk analysis methods.

Benefits

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