Senior Associate, Scheduling, Global

About the role

Join a deeply experienced and high-performing team with the ability to directly impact and contribute to Ada’s development program. Our team combines industry-wide experience and in-country expertise across all our regions.

Responsibilities

• Support the development, publication, and maintenance of schedule milestones and benchmark ranges by market and archetype
• Support NA teams in the development, updates and reporting of integrated project schedules across the full lifecycle, from project initiation and pre-construction through commissioning and handover
• Establish and maintain the critical path and near-critical paths; identifying float and early warning signals (float consumption, milestone slippage, etc.)
• Perform schedule risk analysis, what-if scenarios, and recovery planning; provide schedule acceleration options when required
• Incorporate owner led tasks and actions including: procurement, long-lead equipment, utility/interconnection workstreams, and commissioning
• Work with Delivery teams to define baseline schedule; prepare and document updates and implement changes with version control
• Produce recurring schedule reports including look-aheads, milestone dashboards, critical path, delay analysis, and executive-ready data
• Partner with Business Intelligence to ensure schedule definitions, data quality expectations, and reporting cadence are met; support portfolio rollups and dashboard reliability
• Review, challenge, and validate General Contractor and trade contractor schedules for logic, duration realism, constraints, and completeness
• Coverage of schedule alignment with cost forecasts where required (cash flow timing, milestone-driven spend curves) in partnership with Cost Management and Development/Delivery teams
• Oversee and manage day-to-day outputs from third-party planning/scheduling consultants in North America; ensure deliverables meet internal and external reporting standards
• Contribute to continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and helping develop standard templates, playbooks, audit scorecards, and training materials for scheduling

Requirements

• 7–10+ years of progressive experience in construction scheduling / planning on large, complex projects (mission-critical / complex infrastructure preferred)
• Expert-level proficiency in Primavera P6 (preferred); strong schedule data integrity and version control discipline
• Deep understanding of Critical Path Method (CPM), logic linking, float analysis, schedule risk management, and KPI-driven schedule controls
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining integrated project schedules including design/permitting, procurement (LLE/LLM), construction, commissioning, and turnover
• Experience reviewing and challenging contractor schedules; comfort running schedule audits and enforcing minimum scheduling standards and WBS alignment
• Strong communication skills: ability to translate schedule risk and impacts into clear executive-ready insights and actionable recommendations
• Ability to partner cross-functionally with Delivery, Design, Procurement, Commissioning, Finance/BI, and Investment stakeholders in a fast-paced environment

Qualifications

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Skills

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Benefits

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Pay

The anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. Total compensation may also include a discretionary performance-based bonus. Note, the range takes into account a broad spectrum of qualifications, including, but not limited to, years of relevant work experience, education, and other relevant qualifications specific to the role.

$180,000.00 - $210,000.00

The firm also offers robust Benefits offerings. Ares U.S. Core Benefits include Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision plans; 401(k) program with company match; Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA); Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution; Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance; Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance; Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit. Ares offers a number of additional benefits including access to a world-class medical advisory team, a mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry, a mindfulness and wellbeing app, financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor, new parent leave, reproductive and adoption assistance, emergency backup care, matching gift program, education sponsorship program, and much more.