Senior Scheduler

Swinerton•Austin, TX

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Develop pre-construction and construction job schedules to maintain timely and profitable job completion. This role involves assisting with developing scheduling department procedures and best practices, ensuring project teams adhere to these standards, and preparing, updating, and validating the quality of various schedules and narratives including preconstruction, baseline, proposal, and month-end schedules. The Senior Scheduler will independently support project teams in managing project schedules, verifying schedule detail for accuracy against company standards, and reviewing, developing, and reporting on KPIs, data analytics for labor productivity, financial, and scheduling metrics. Responsibilities also include cross-checking activity durations with labor productivity rates, preparing forensic schedule analysis for delay claims, supporting negotiations of delay and labor productivity changes, and preparing project-specific recovery/acceleration plans. The role requires partnering with teams to protect rights to recovery of claims, preparing cross-region third-party scheduling reviews, and assisting with developing and reporting scheduling metrics and project health to division management. Additionally, the Senior Scheduler will oversee P6 database management, assist with developing and conducting scheduling trainings, train teams in company scheduling best practices, and assist with the training and development of other schedulers. A full comprehension of company cost management systems, council on scheduling changes, notice, and requirements, and an understanding of financial projections of projects are essential. The role involves performing and verifying cost and resource loading in P6 schedules, supervising and developing BI analytics for labor and scheduling metrics, and collaborating with Estimating, VDC, Safety & Quality teams. The Senior Scheduler will also support client interview needs and perform P6 & hands-on schedule trainings.

Requirements

Engineering, Construction Management, or Architectural degree, or equivalent
10 years of construction experience including 5+ years scheduling experience with a minimum of 2 years’ experience with construction claims/negotiations
Demonstrated experience managing teams and driving department goals and objectives
Demonstrated experience with construction-related scheduling Critical Path Method
Proficient in construction methods and processes
Proficient knowledge and understanding of financial/cost management systems, construction cost accounting, and financial projections of projects
Proficient knowledge and understanding of contracts and notice requirements
Proficient in reading plans, and specifications
Demonstrated experience in scheduling and productivity claims
Proficient understanding of job cost information
Expert at P6 Professional, Microsoft Suite, and Bluebeam
Working knowledge of virtual construction technology systems
Ability to travel locally within divisions

Responsibilities

Able to perform all essential Scheduler responsibilities
Assist with developing scheduling department procedures and scheduling best practices
Ensure project teams follow best practices in schedule updating process
Prepare, update, and validate quality of preconstruction and baseline schedules and narratives
Independently support project teams managing project schedules
Verify schedule detail for accuracy and company standards on project basis
Prepare, update, and validate quality of proposal schedules and narratives
Attend project kick off and interim reviews as necessary
Prepare, update, and validate quality of month end schedules and narratives
Review, develop, and report KPIs, data analytics for labor productivity, financial and scheduling metrics
Cross checking activity durations with labor productivity rates to verify production goals
Prepare forensic schedule analysis for detailed cause and effect delay claims analysis
Prepare claims for mediation and make supportive forensic analysis for settlement negotiations
Prepare project delay, disruption, and acceleration damages
Support negotiations of delay and labor productivity changes
Prepare project specific recovery/acceleration plan schedule as required under the contract
Partner with Teams on protecting and/or preserving rights to recovery of claims
Prepare cross region third party scheduling reviews
Assist with developing and reporting scheduling metrics, status, and project health to division management
Oversee P6 database management and activity coding
Assist with developing and conducting scheduling trainings
Train teams in company scheduling best practices including change orders and labor productivity
Assist with training and development of schedulers and assistant schedulers
Fully comprehends and provides council on scheduling changes, notice, and scheduling requirements
Understands and evaluates the financial projections of projects
Perform and verify cost and resource loading in P6 schedules on project(s) basis
Supervise and develop BI analytics for labor and scheduling metrics
Collaborate with Estimating, VDC, Safety & Quality
Support client interview needs and attend as requested
Perform P6 & hands-on schedule trainings and assist with developing trainings
Complete other responsibilities as assigned