Senior Scheduler

Trilon Group•Carteret, NJ

9d•$160,000 - $180,000

About The Position

A great place to work and grow, Naik Group is a dynamic, multi-discipline engineering company with offices in New York and New Jersey. Our continued growth in this highly competitive market is evidence of the trust and value clients place in our services’ quality and timeliness. Included in the full range of professional services we offer are Bridge/ Structural Design & Inspection, Highway/Roadway Engineering, Civil/Site Engineering, Traffic Engineering/ITS, Utility Engineering, Construction Management & Inspection, Design Build, Survey, Right of Way, and High Definition 3-D Laser Scanning. Our principals take considerable pride in their approach to the firm’s management, offering services like that of a large organization while demonstrating the personal client and consultant relationship of a small firm. Naik Group is seeking an experienced Senior Scheduler to support complex transportation, infrastructure, and public building programs for public-sector clients. This role is critical to the successful planning, execution, and monitoring of large-scale capital projects and requires deep expertise in CPM scheduling, public agency processes, and multi-stakeholder coordination. The ideal candidate brings a strong background working on DOT, transit authority, municipal, or other government-funded projects and is comfortable operating in fast-paced, highly regulated environments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, transportation, construction or project management.
A minimum of ten (10) years of related experience including a minimum of five (5) years in management, supervisory role, or project manager role in a large, multi-faceted organization.
Proficient in Oracle-Primavera P6 Cloud and MS Project.
Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrated knowledge of project scheduling and CPM techniques.
Demonstrated knowledge of construction methods and standards.
Demonstrated knowledge of basic civil, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering principles.
Strong oral and written communication skills are required.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Strong project management and coordination skills with adherence to scope budget and schedule.
Proficient with the Microsoft Suite of products such as Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Candidates selected for interviews shall bring samples of work to demonstrate knowledge of scheduling analysis and writing ability.

Nice To Haves

Experience with the design and construction in a railroad environment is preferred but not required.
Knowledge of Power BI is preferred but not required.
Project Management Institute (“PMI”) Scheduling Professional (“PMI-SP”), and Project Management Professional (“PMP”) certifications are preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Conduct Critical Path Method (“CPM”) Schedule Management to support our client's capital program and handle design, construction, and design build CPM schedules.
Attend project kick-off meetings and discuss the schedule submissions and the CPM scheduling requirements.
Prepare detailed CPM review comments of baseline schedules and recommendations, discuss with client project management teams, and issue review report of the baseline schedules.
Facilitate planning sessions with project management teams, project team members, and multiple project stakeholders (e.g., agency owners, user departments, contractors) to identify work packages and tasks as well as execution logic.
Create and maintain project and program schedules during all phases of capital projects.
Complete summary and detailed reviews of baseline schedules, activity durations, logic ties, sequence of construction and phasing, resources and resource histograms, costs and cost curves and run schedule workshops.
Review monthly CPM Updates and provide the following reports:
Primavera schedule comparison reports including recommendations for improvement for schedule logic, duration changes and general schedule quality.
Critical Path (Longest Path) and Float Path analysis of the monthly schedule updates.
Reviews of the monthly schedule updates, highlight changes in logic ties, activity duration, calendars, any deviation in sequence of construction from the baseline schedule, added/deleted activities and provide comments, recommendations and schedule review reports.
Earned Value (“EV”) reports based on EV analysis.
Monthly Time Delay reports, identifying the root cause of delays, and responsible parties, with recommendations for improvement.
Attend design, construction, project progress and schedule meetings.
Conduct periodic field visits for ongoing construction projects.
Review Change Orders Frag-net schedules, perform delay claim and Time Impact Analysis, identify the root cause of the delay, the party responsible and provide recommendations.
Create hypothetical scenario schedules to recommend and review recovery and mitigation schedules.
Develop and provide a monthly update of Project Management Schedules, which capture the project delivery lifecycle with project team input.
Assist in developing ad-hoc schedules and reports for in-house capital program projects.
Offer risk analysis in collaboration with project teams and stakeholders to assess schedule risks and mitigation options.
Develop subject matter training material and train schedulers, project controllers, project managers, engineers, and other stakeholders.