Senior Program Scheduler - Data Center

Turner & Townsend•Dallas, TX

11d

About The Position

Turner & Townsend seeks a Senior Program Scheduler to create and manage schedules for large-scale construction programs. The role provides program-level schedule consulting across multiple projects, covering scheduling from pre-construction through closeout. The scheduler supports construction and capital projects in markets such as data centers, critical infrastructure, aviation, life sciences, and energy and natural resources. The position involves working with project managers, construction firms, contractors, and subcontractors to maintain schedule integrity, assess progress and dependencies, and identify potential delays. On-site presence and requirements may change based on client needs. SOX control responsibilities may apply.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a construction-related field.
5 to 7 years of applicable scheduling experience.
Prior experience building a complex master schedule.
Familiarity with construction drawings, specifications, and construction contracting.
Ability to convert data into Tableau reports and graphics.
Excellent communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Data center experience is strongly desired.
AACE certification in planning and scheduling is preferred.
Exposure to complex projects, stakeholder management, and multidisciplinary teams in data centers, critical infrastructure, aviation, life sciences, or energy and natural resources is preferred.

Responsibilities

Implement scheduling best practices and report trends internally and externally.
Create and analyze portfolio project schedules using Primavera P6 and Tableau.
Review and understand engineering, procurement, and construction schedule logic.
Create, manage, and oversee schedules using the critical path method.
Work with project managers and construction firms to maintain schedule integrity.
Produce high-level and 1-, 3-, and 6-month look-ahead reports from P6.
Develop logic-driven conceptual schedules from limited project information, from initiation through closeout; identify major phases and discuss dependencies.
Use P6 to create end-to-end master schedules using techniques such as rolling-wave planning at L2–3 detail.
Use P6 to create detailed construction schedules incorporating subcontractor commitments at L4–5 detail.
Update schedules regularly in line with the program calendar and standard planning principles.
Resource-load schedules and provide management overviews of over- and underutilization.
Identify and trend movement to key float paths.
Track quantities using S-curves.
Collaborate regularly with contractors and subcontractors.
Prepare and update monthly progress reports.
Monitor and communicate potential issues that could delay the schedule.
Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities.