Senior Schedule Manager

Qualifications

• 10+ years of construction & scheduling experience
• Working knowledge of 4D visual planning methodologies
• Strong understanding of construction processes, sequencing, and project delivery methods
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of cost and resource loaded schedules and claims avoidance and resolution techniques
• Competence in Primavera P6
• With a Bachelor’s Degree, must have 24 months of experience
• Without a Bachelor’s Degree, must have 6 years of experience with each of the following:
• Construction or engineering project scheduling
• To include interfacing with owner review task meetings and materials procurement scheduling
• Schedule construction projects independently and without oversight
• Maintain and update schedules
• Use knowledge of construction plans and engineering specifications, codes, and standards
• Reading, reviewing, and interpreting construction documents, including drawings, specifications, and contracts/general conditions, at all levels of design to identify scheduling issues
• Working with the scheduling and project management software program Primavera P6

Preferred

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or related field
• 15+ years of construction & scheduling experience
• Experience with federal projects and government scheduling protocols (if applicable)
• Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) or other project controls tools
• OSHA 10/30 certification or familiarity with safety practices

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Understand and implement accepted Planning & Scheduling best practices
• Lead the planning effort alongside Project Manager and McGough Schedule Department
• Collaborate and make recommendations to project management team in planning the work, including developing Work-Breakdown Structure (WBS), durations, and sequencing the work (hard restraints and soft restraints)
• Analyze drawings, specifications, and construction related documents in preparation and acceptance of usable Baseline schedules for construction
• Monitor project schedules being developed and updated by Operations staff and provide support and guidance as necessary
• Interact with the Operations team and represent McGough Construction in the best manner to owners, subcontractors, and their representatives
• Support the development of conceptual bid and proposal schedules with Operations staff and present to selection committees if required
• Utilize analytics to identify and report on project trends and support with risk mitigation
• Evaluate the actual construction status relative to proposed plan
• Analyze and communicate the impact of potential and actual changes to the schedule
• Prepare reporting from schedules including EVA analysis, integration of cost and schedule
• Evaluate critical path and constraints to determine effect of changes to schedule and recommend work-around
• Participate in Lean events and support of the McGough way
• Responsible for special projects and other departmental duties as necessary