Lead Scheduler
Enterris Associates is a trusted, full-service construction management firm specializing in program and project management, risk analysis and mitigation, claims support, compliance, and dispute resolution. We partner with the public sector and utility clients to drive the successful delivery of complex infrastructure projects. Our advisory services include testing and inspection, contract administration and oversight, compliance monitoring, and comprehensive construction and project management all tailored to help our clients navigate challenges and achieve their goals with confidence. Built on the legacy of PQM founded in 2006, we bring nearly two decades of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction expertise to our clients. We deliver value through quality oversight, project management, compliance, and risk mitigation.
About the role
Support Program Controls leadership with planning, development, monitoring, and control of program-wide project schedules, ensuring alignment with contractual requirements, project objectives, and key program milestones.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and update baseline, master, and detailed project schedules, incorporating approved scope, activities, logic relationships, constraints, milestones, calendars, resources, and cost information.
- Coordinate with cost, estimating, risk management, program management, design, and college construction teams to maintain alignment between schedule, cost, risk, and overall program performance.
- Monitor and document construction progress against approved baseline schedules; validate reported progress through schedule reviews, field observations, and site visits as required.
- Review contractor schedule submittals for compliance with standard operating procedures, contract requirements, schedule specifications, approved baselines, logic, critical path methodology, milestones, and reporting requirements.
- Perform schedule QA/QC, including detailed review of critical paths, activity relationships, constraints, calendars, milestones, float, cost/resource loading, coding structures, and schedule integrity.
- Perform Time Impact Analysis (TIA), delay analysis, and detailed investigations of schedule impacts to determine effects on critical activities, contractual milestones, and overall project completion.
- Identify, track, and communicate schedule risks, construction issues, conflicts, and potential delays; support development and evaluation of recovery and mitigation strategies.
- Serve as a key liaison among contractors, designers, construction project leadership team, project controls, and program leadership on schedule-related issues and resolution strategies.
- Develop and maintain complex resource- and cost-loaded program schedules to support Critical Path analysis, Earned Value Management, cash-flow forecasting, resource planning, and broader project/program management reporting.
- Lead schedule-focused discussions during weekly progress meetings, schedule reviews, and stakeholder sessions, communicating current performance, critical activities, emerging risks, and required corrective actions.
- Prepare project schedule performance reports and status updates highlighting baseline variance, critical path changes, milestone performance, forecast completion dates, delays, risks, and recovery actions.
- Conduct regular QA/QC reviews of program and master schedules to verify schedule integrity, consistency, coding standards, data accuracy, and alignment across projects.
- Maintain program-level scheduling standards, coding structures, processes, tools, and data integrity while supporting continuous improvement of scheduling practices and controls.
- Collaborate with program teams to establish and implement scheduling standards, best practices, templates, procedures, and tools across multiple projects.
- Support development of schedule-related presentations, technical materials, lessons learned, and continuous-improvement initiatives; contribute to internal and external presentations, conferences, and technical publications as appropriate.
- Lead step-by-step onboarding for new construction project team schedulers.
- Supervise daily work of construction project team schedulers.
- Provide back-up support during construction project team scheduler absences.
Requirements
- Minimum of fifteen (15) years of recent capital construction scheduling experience.
- Experience with cost and resource loaded schedules.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) or similar business process.
- Strong understanding of cost engineering, scheduling best practices, and schedule forensics.
- Good analytical and problem-solving abilities, with keen attention to detail.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills. Proven ability to foster collaboration across diverse project teams.
- Advanced proficiency in Primavera Scheduling Software, MS Office Applications including Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Business Administration, or Construction Management. An additional four (4) years qualifying experience in excess to the minimum stated above may be substituted for the required education.
Pay
This role is salaried/exempt with a base annual salary range of $145,400.00 - $155,400.00 and commensurate with skill, education, experience, and work location. This role is bonus eligible after 6 months of employment.
Benefits
- PPO and HMO Medical plans, including a 100% employer-paid base plan and Health Savings Accounts
- Dental PPO
- Vision PPO
- Short Term Disability (100% employer-paid)
- Long Term Disability (100% employer-paid)
- Basic Life / AD&D Insurance (100% employer-paid)
- Critical Illness insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Identity Theft Insurance
- Voluntary Life Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with Employer Matching up to 6%
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Monthly Technology/Cell Phone Allowance
- Employee Assistance Programs (100% employer-paid)
- Perks & Discounts
- Work-life Balance
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Company events and great culture
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional environment and uses standard equipment such as computers and phones.
Physical Demands
- Be able to sit and/or stand for up to 8 hours per day.
- Demonstrate the ability to move freely for up to 8 hours per day.