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Schedule Engineer
Preconstruction Services
220 Commerce Drive, Suite 230, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Full-Time/Regular
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including the disabled and veterans.
Job Description
Supporting Whiting-Turner Schedule Manager with group and project specific responsibilities
Development of pursuit and proposal schedules
Development of master project schedules
Development of detailed construction schedules
Data entry of activities, durations, and sequences (predecessors / successors) into Primavera
Schedule development is done in Oracle Primavera scheduling software (training provided by Whiting-Turner)
The potential candidate will also be expected to become familiar with other schedule software platforms
Schedule management and controls
Schedule updating process – collecting progress and incorporating into scheduling software
Reporting – Preparing schedule update reports and graphics per Contract requirements
Schedule analysis
- Developing and analyzing the impact issues have on the project schedule
- Collecting scheduling metrics and creating spreadsheets / data bases to interpret and visualize the data
Technical Review – Reviewing the project schedule's quality and performance (health)
Data mining – Mining data from as-built schedule for historical metrics
Estimating – Performing square footage and quantity take-offs, as needed
Cost loading of schedule activities and maintaining the cost information through the updating process
Management of Whiting-Turner's schedule database and Primavera software
If the potential candidate is assigned to a project site, they will have the following responsibilities in addition to those listed above
Attending project meetings – WT, Owner, Subcontractor
Walking the project site to independently confirm the project team's assessment of progress and completion of schedule activities
Collecting information from lean scheduling meetings and using the information to update the CPM
Required Skills
Basic Qualifications
1. College Degree:
- Construction Management or Engineering (civil, industrial, mechanical, construction)
2. Course Work:
- In addition to the standard classes to support the engineering discipline, the following are recommended (but will not automatically disqualify a candidate if not taken)
- Class in either estimating or scheduling
- Alternatively, a general construction management class with exposure to estimating or scheduling
- An industrial engineering process class (for industrial engineers)
3. Experience:
- Any exposure to construction or manufacturing is recommended, however, NO experience is not a disqualification
- Experience can be as an intern or as summer employment working for a general contractor or construction manager
- Working for a trade contractor (carpenter, electrician, …) helping to install the work
- Scheduling experience or participation in the construction scheduling process is helpful for the position but does not disqualify a candidate
- Internships in a non-construction related field will be considered if the candidate expresses a solid interest working in the construction industry.
- Summer classes and school related summer work are acceptable
4. Interests - Professional (do not need to have interest in all):
- Construction and participating in the building process
- Scheduling and project controls
- Information systems and data analytics
- Business intelligence and visualizations
- Risk analysis
- Emerging technology for construction application
5. Software Experience:
- CPM schedule software experience (Primavera P6 is a bonus)
- Typical MS Office suite of programs – Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Collaborative platforms like MS Teams, Google Hang-Out, Zoom, Go-To (any other video conferencing)
- Other pluses: Database management
Travel
- Day trips to support project teams within the assigned operating group
- 12 - 24 month assignments to a single project, either
- Within the employees assigned operating group's region, or
- For an opportunity, outside the operating group's region, the operating group leader believes is beneficial for the employee's growth and development