Project Scheduler

About the role

Murphy Company is a leading mechanical contractor in the St. Louis and Denver markets, offering a supportive environment for its professionals to grow their careers. The company values its employees' well-being, relationships, and professional conduct, aiming to create a fulfilling workplace culture.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project schedules using tools like Asta Power Project, Primavera P6, or Microsoft Project.
• Collaborate with project managers, craft superintendents, engineers, estimators, and subcontractors to gather schedule input.
• Identify task dependencies, durations, and sequencing to build a realistic timeline.
• Monitor construction progress and update schedules based on field data (including Stratus) and reports.
• Flag delays and schedule variances and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Assist project teams in coordinating resource availability.
• Generate and distribute schedule reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Assist in claims analysis and recovery planning when delays occur.
• Ensure compliance with contractual scheduling requirements.
• Support project forecasting by furnishing management with schedule-based products, such as projected cost/billing curves, man-hour burndown curves, and asset histograms.

Desired Qualifications

• Proficiency with scheduling software (Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, etc.).
• Understanding of Critical Path Method (CPM) and other scheduling techniques.
• Good grasp of common tasks and sequences associated with plumbing and mechanical systems installation, to include estimating/pre-con, VDC/BIM, procurement, fabrication, field installation, testing, and commissioning.
• Understand the life cycle of a construction project from concept to maintenance and be able to provide scheduling support to enhance company performance in all phases.

Skills

• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications.
• Experience with Earned Value Management and progress reporting.
• Familiarity with general construction workflows, permitting, and inspection timelines.
• Identify schedule variances and design recovery schedule options for management review.
• Identify plumbing and mechanical activities that impact GC/Owner critical path and make proactive recommendations to resolve.
• Understand cost loading and work with project management teams to recommend appropriate strategies to support positive cash flow early in the project.
• Assist project managers to ensure that schedule activities correlate to cost codes, to the billing schedule of values, and (for BIM projects) to Stratus packages.

Attributes

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Clear communication with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Time management and the ability to prioritize shifting deadlines.
• Collaboration across departments and disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to teach others.
• Ability to work in a variety of environments, from presentations in a boardroom environment to working on austere field sites.
• Demonstrated capability to manage multiple project schedules simultaneously.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or a related field preferred.
• Associate’s degree with relevant experience may also be considered.

Certifications

• Software-specific certification (Asta, P6, MS Project) preferred.
• Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) by AACE International is preferred.

Experience

• 3+ years of experience in construction scheduling.
• Experience working on multi-phase or large-scale construction projects.
• Familiarity with Building Information Modeling (BIM) for integrated planning.
• Previous work with the market segments we serve, including government, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, college campuses, high-rise, commercial, and industrial (manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, power, refinery, steel).
• Previous experience with lean construction principles and agile scheduling methods.
• Previous experience in scheduling plumbing and mechanical (pipe and duct) scopes as well as common mechanical support scopes, such as insulation and controls.

Benefits

A collaborative, family-friendly work environment
Competitive pay and an excellent benefits package, including health and life insurance, a robust wellness program, 401(k), and profit sharing.
A personal time off plan that rivals our competitors.