Senior Regional Construction Scheduler

Mckissack & Mckissack•Los Angeles, CA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Join McKissack & McKissack's team! Immediate opening for a Senior Regional Construction Scheduler in the Los Angeles, CA area. McKissack & McKissack offers opportunities to grow your career while working on transformative projects in program and construction management, architecture, and interior design. We combine technical expertise and creative vision to deliver exceptional results. Our culture values diversity, professional development, and performance. We seek team players who are humble, hungry, and smart, with strong academic or professional experience, integrity, and a client-focused mindset. Join a team that invests in your success and rewards ambition, integrity, and collaboration.

Requirements

Minimum ten (10) years of full-time paid professional experience in construction scheduling for an owner or general contractor, preferably on educational facility or public works projects.
Proficiency in the latest version of Primavera P6, specifically P6 v19, and Microsoft Office Suite.
Bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university in engineering, construction management, or a related field.
Alternatively, a bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university in any course of study, plus an additional four (4) years of experience in the duties above to compensate for the required education.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with superior organizational and planning skills.
Ability to build effective working relationships with project teams and department staff.
Understanding of the theories, principles, and practices of cost engineering, scheduling, and schedule forensics.

Nice To Haves

preferably on educational facility or public works projects.

Responsibilities

Report directly to the Senior Construction Manager of Scheduling and Estimating and provide schedule-related reports for upper management to meet key performance milestones.
Assist in supervising Project Schedulers to ensure project timelines are met and interface with OARs, Senior Project Managers, and other site staff during CPM schedule reviews.
Independently interpret and read detailed construction drawings, including architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, civil, and related disciplines, to develop a clear understanding of work scope.
Review contractor P6 initial baseline construction schedules, identify missing scope, logic, or milestones, analyze the critical path, review cost loading, and provide written technical schedule review comments using LAUSD structured templates.
Review contractor P6 monthly schedule updates and provide written comments documenting milestone slippage, critical path activity slippage, and overall schedule analysis using LAUSD structured templates.
Perform schedule Time Impact Analysis using Windows Analysis and incorporate contemporaneous and/or forensic schedule parameters in detailed written analyses.
Read drawings and contract terms to determine whether work is in or out of scope and whether compensable or non-compensable time extensions have merit.
Communicate effectively with project teams regarding schedule and progress-related issues or concerns during regular schedule meetings.
Develop, maintain , and update program schedules identifying relationships, logic, milestones, and constraints for construction projects.
Update program and master schedules on a regular basis and ensure proper use of program-level standard codes, layouts, and reports to maintain data integrity.
Prepare reports as needed and directed by senior management, visit construction sites, attend meetings as needed, and check contractor monthly schedule progress.