Senior Project Scheduler

Cumming Management Group•Los Angeles, CA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Cumming Group is hiring a Construction Senior Project Scheduler to support aviation-sector projects on-site at LAX airport in Los Angeles, California. The role supports the Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP) and develops and maintains detailed construction planning schedules for new construction and renovation projects. It is directly responsible for scheduling multiple, interdependent large-scale projects valued at $100 million or more and provides scheduling support across construction, planning, and design work within a master program schedule. The scheduler reviews and evaluates contractor baseline schedules, monthly updates, and Time Impact Analyses for compliance with plans and specifications, proper work breakdown structures, sequencing, logic, critical paths, resource loading, and accurate progress reporting. The role maintains an Owner shadow schedule and an accurate as-built schedule, tracks field progress, assesses schedule variances and potential delays, and develops mitigation strategies and schedule-impact analyses for the Project Management team and management. The position also develops resource- and cost-loaded schedules, progress reporting documents, briefing materials, and tools to communicate complex project sequencing and performance. It coordinates with contractors, third-party schedulers, project managers, and other stakeholders, and may maintain a master schedule tracking interfaces among aviation-related systems and projects. The role supports overlapping scheduling tasks, issue management, meeting facilitation, document control, and monthly status reporting.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
At least 10 years of scheduling experience, including 5 or more years directly supporting an active construction project.
Demonstrated experience scheduling design and construction of large-scale, complex projects, including developing and managing progress-reporting methodologies for multi-million-dollar construction projects in the $300 million to $1 billion range.
Knowledge and experience with project management principles and project control cycles.
Ability to report earned-value performance measurement techniques.
Understanding of critical path method scheduling techniques and principles, and ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects concurrently.
Ability to track field progress weekly when reporting contractor performance.
Experience developing reporting tools to communicate complex project sequencing and progress assessments.
Experience working in a master schedule/subproject system environment, including determining progress impacts across programs.
Ability to report on all levels of project schedules and quality, monitor project progress and risk, and ensure project milestones are met.
Demonstrated experience reviewing third-party design and/or construction schedules and addressing comments.
Ability to clearly and concisely present project trends, risks, and forecast performance reports to management and recommend strategies and mitigation measures.
Demonstrated experience preparing progress reporting documents and understanding demanding, technical, and complex construction programs.
Strong verbal and written communication skills for conveying progress and issues to various levels of management on technical and non-technical matters.
Demonstrated success in previous positions through satisfactory performance, acceptance of responsibility, and professional growth.
Ability to interact effectively with various departments and maintain open lines of communication.
Proven accuracy, reliability, and completeness in job accomplishment.
Self-starter with a results-driven focus and ability to work with others.
Mastery of Oracle Primavera P6 version 8.3 or higher.
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Experience with Adobe Acrobat.

Nice To Haves

Aviation-sector experience.
Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) certification.
Knowledge of PMWEB and other project management systems.
Knowledge of related software tools such as Schedule Analyzer, MS Project, and Claim Digger.
Knowledge of presenting graphical data related to scheduling.

Responsibilities

Review contractor baseline construction schedules for conformance with plans and specifications, including work breakdown structure, sequencing, critical path, logic ties, activities, and resource loading.
Coordinate constructability reviews of baseline schedule submittals; identify missing activities, float sequestering or suppression, conflicts, and other deficiencies.
Ensure project work breakdown structures are properly coded and resource loaded, and provide written evaluations, comments, and responses on schedule submittals.
Coordinate with contractor schedulers to clarify and resolve schedule deficiencies.
Review contractor monthly schedule updates for logic changes, inaccurate progress reporting, critical path changes, and other pertinent issues.
Identify variations from the plan, analyze and report their causes, and promptly report schedule slippage, unsatisfactory performance, and other variances.
Review construction progress and inspection reports and maintain an accurate as-built schedule for construction tracking and evaluation of contractor updates and Time Impact Analyses.
Attend weekly construction meetings and monitor three-week look-ahead schedules for accuracy and consistency with baseline schedules and updates.
Identify critical-path and near-critical-path changes that could affect project phases, milestones, or duration; provide written responses and approval recommendations.
Maintain an Owner shadow schedule using sources such as daily inspection and quality-control reports and site visits; forecast potential delays or schedule adjustments and use the information to evaluate contractor updates.
Review contractor Time Impact Analyses and provide written responses, evaluations, and recommendations regarding time extensions as appropriate.
Identify schedule variances and opportunities and proactively develop mitigation strategies for the Project Management team.
Provide the Owner with what-if schedule-impact analyses for contemplated additional work and potential resequencing of phases or construction activities.
Evaluate and forecast project status against established baseline schedules; assess milestone impacts and report status to management to mitigate overruns and schedule slippage.
Provide direct scheduling support across multiple projects and report to multiple Project Managers; support projects in planning or design as well as construction projects within a master program schedule.
As required, maintain a master schedule system tracking project interfaces and timing impacts across electrical airfield systems, mechanical systems, airfield operations, and other aviation disciplines and projects.
Develop and analyze man-hour and equipment resources and cost-loaded, time-phased schedules.
Prepare detailed plans, time-scaled charts, diagrams, and quantity tracking to measure construction performance.
Maintain simplified logic schedules to highlight key interface status for critical-path review.
Prepare progress reporting documents and briefing materials and develop tools for communicating complex project sequencing and progress assessments.
Participate in reviews with third-party schedulers and provide written comments.
Analyze project milestones and report fiscal impact and risk to management.
Collaborate with stakeholders and contribute to planning and design schedules in support of PDG goals.
Support overlapping project scheduling tasks, issue management, meeting facilitation, document control, and monthly status reporting to the Project Management Team.