Title: Construction Scheduler
Reporting to: Office Manager
Salary Range: $67,000 - $87,500
Overview of Role
A Construction Scheduler plays a vital role in a construction project, helping to manage both time and resources to ensure work is completed on time. The job of a scheduler is to create a variety of schedules and analyses for a project, which includes, but is not limited to, preparing master development schedules, building cost and resource loaded baseline schedules, monitoring, and updating schedules, analyzing change order impacts to schedules, performing time impact analysis for delay claims, and preparing monthly schedule reports. The Construction Scheduler should have the ability to identify opportunities within a project that will add value and help successfully accomplish the client’s desired project outcome.
Truth. Trust. Together. Tomorrow.
At RLB, we speak the truth, build for the long term, look out for each other and work to do good. We are driven by outcomes, creating tailored solutions that deliver successful projects. We believe that when we bring together the right people doing things the right way, we make progress for our clients and our communities.
RLB is an award-winning international firm, known for providing property and construction consultancy advice at all stages of the construction cycle. Utilizing its many years of experience and professionally trained employees, RLB continues to firmly establish itself as one of the major players in the construction industry throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania. Our employees are involved in a variety of projects across a range of sectors, from sports arenas and healthcare to higher education and convention centers.
As a privately held company, we hire the best people, give them exceptional training, and provide extensive opportunities for professional growth while working on exciting projects while providing an excellent compensation and benefits package.
Essential Functions:
· Creates/develops/maintains master development schedules, fully resource and cost loaded project baseline schedules, and updated monthly project schedules all meeting contract requirements.
· Document and monitor project tasks and schedules. Maintains and backs up schedule files for each project in a timely and organized manner.
· Interface with project management, owner, and subcontractors on all scheduling related issues, including reporting requirements, progress status, and preparing time impact analysis.
· Work with project team on what-if schedules to analyze impacts of differing construction means and methods.
· Provides support to teams in assessing/documenting delays and impacts, alternate work plans and methods of construction. Provides support to project teams when delay(s) have been determined. Propose schedule recovery alternatives and mitigation strategies.
· Perform time impact analyses (“TIA’s”) for change order requests and delay claims.
· Prepare Monthly Schedule Update Reports for each schedule update, which describes current project status, deviations, and identifies any/all critical schedule issues.
· Prepare concise schedule narratives describing the status of assigned projects.
· Creation of schedule performance dashboards.
· Maintain quality assurance and control on assigned project schedules.
· Contributes to team performance by collaboration and effective communication.
· Contributes to and understands the clients desired project outcomes, identifies opportunities to add value to accomplish the desired outcomes.
· Adds to team effort by accomplishing other duties as assigned.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate a positive proactive approach to the role, and will be committed to delivering customer service excellence, with good commercial results.
· Minimum Education (or substitute experience) required: BS in Engineering, Business or Construction Management.
· Minimum Experience required: Previous experience as a Scheduler or Project Controls Manager on construction projects.
· Skills Required: Scheduling and Project Management software programs and/or tools; extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, ASTA Powerproject.
· Strong oral and written communications skills and the ability to apply appropriate communication techniques to various individuals.
· Positive customer service orientation, with both internal and external clients is required.
· Strong interpersonal skills are required, demonstrating a consistent commitment and ability to work with diverse work groups and individuals.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
· Indoor office environment. May require work on site location when necessary.
· Equipment used includes computers and standard office machines.
· Essential physical tasks include: the ability to work on a computer and the ability to answer and speak on a telephone.
RLB is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company does not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, handicap, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items.
