Project Scheduler

Element Consulting Inc. is looking for Project Schedulers with a minimum of eight (8) years of experience in Construction Scheduling for an Owner or General Contractor, preferably in an educational facility or public works projects. 

Duties:

• Develops and maintains program schedules identifying relationships, logic, milestones, and constraints for construction projects of various types 
• Independently interprets and reads detailed construction drawings (Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Civil, etc.) and develops a clear understanding of work scope 
• Reviews Contractor’s Baseline schedule submissions and verifies that all work scope is identified properly and logically sequenced correctly; provides written detailed schedule review comments 
• Performs QA/QC on contractor schedule submittals for conformance with contract; reviews critical path, cost loading, resource loading of man-hours, schedule content, recovery schedules, use of logic relationships and lags, constraints and milestones 
• Performs schedule Time Impact Analysis for any change orders that affect the construction schedule; conducts schedule negotiations with the OAR and the contractor for any delay time settlements 
• Reads drawings to determine if work is in or out of scope, and understands terms and conditions of the contract to determine if any compensable or non-compensable time extensions have merit 
• Performs Critical Path analysis and Earned Value analysis 
• Walks the construction sites as needed and checks the contractor’s weekly/monthly schedule progress; provides reports to the project OAR and upper management. 
• Effectively communicates with the Contractor regarding all schedule/progress related matters and concerns in the weekly status meetings and all other schedule related meetings 
• Performs Program Schedule QA/QC reviews on a regular basis 
• Performs status updates for Program Schedules/Master Schedules on a bi-monthly basis 
• Ensures proper use of Program-level standard codes, layouts and reports necessary to ensure data integrity 
• Serves as a liaison between project teams, department leadership and the Program & Project Controls department 
• Prepares reports as needed and directed by Management

Minimum Requirements
Required Experience:

• Eight (8) years full time paid professional experience in Construction Scheduling for an Owner or General Contractor, preferably in an educational facility or public works projects 
• Proficiency in Primavera 15.1 or above and MS Office Suite 

Required Education:

• Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering or Construction Management.
  OR 
• Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in any course, but with additional two (2) years of experience in Construction Scheduling to compensate for the required education.

Required Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Superior organizational and planning skills
• Ability to build efficient working relationships with project teams and department staff 
• Understanding of theories, principles and practices of cost engineering, scheduling and schedule forensics