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Scheduler (Heavy Civil Construction)

Granite Construction

Santa Maria, California

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Baseline Schedule, Calendar Management, Communication Skills, Construction, Construction Engineering, Construction Management, Continuous Improvement, Contract Requirements, Corporate Planning, Data Analysis, English Language, Keyboards, Lean Manufacturing, Maintain Compliance, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Multitasking, People Management, Physical Demands, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Primavera, Problem Solving Skills, Product Data Management (PDM), Project Execution, Project Planning, Project Schedule, Project/Program Management, Reconciliation, Reporting Skills, Risk Management, Schedule Development, Training/Teaching, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
LOCATION
Santa Maria, California
POSTED
2 days ago
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General Summary

This position is responsible for supporting the development, maintenance, training and implementation of corporate planning and scheduling systems across the company. The role ensures compliance with project specifications and promotes continuous improvement of company standard practices.

Essential Job Accountabilities
  • Oversee planning and scheduling functions, including policy, process, and procedures, to meet overall operational needs and company objectives
  • Partner with project stakeholders to develop an approved baseline schedule that aligns with proposed sequencing and short-interval schedules, ensuring contractual requirements are met
  • Create high-quality CPM schedules with resource and cost loads to generate necessary reports for addressing questions on the planned project approach
  • Prepare detailed schedule narratives for all formal submissions to accurately convey the company's position to the client
  • Integrate multiple planning and scheduling software and methodologies into a cohesive plan to streamline project execution
  • Update CPM schedules to reflect requirements, identified challenges, and their implications on proposed sequencing, ensuring successful project completion
  • Review and understand project-specific scheduling specifications and plans, providing guidance on contractual language to the project team to mitigate risks
  • Prepare weekly prospective schedule TIA's, updates, and reconciliation schedules, ensuring monthly submissions are compliant with contractual obligations
  • Support the development of companywide planning and scheduling guidance, processes, and procedures to enhance corporate, regional, and project-level planning and scheduling capacity
  • Communicate effectively with project stakeholders, leveraging a strong understanding of heavy civil construction methodology and sequencing to facilitate planning

Education
  • Bachelor's degree required in engineering, construction management, project management, or comparable discipline
  • Equivalent combination of training and experience may be considered in lieu of Bachelor's degree
  • AACEI PSP, PMI-SP or other professional planning and scheduling certification preferred

Work Experience
  • 10+ years of full-time construction-related experience in project level planning and scheduling
  • Minimum 75% career experience as a schedular for large heavy civil projects with a general contractor
  • Experience in performing, monitoring, reviewing, and planning scheduling functions, including schedule development, controls, and analysis
  • Demonstrated skill in identifying, analyzing, and providing innovative solutions to planning and scheduling problems

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Thorough knowledge of planning and scheduling for heavy civil projects, including means and methods
  • Mastery of Primavera P6, Powerproject, or Tilos, and ability to learn and teach various scheduling software
  • Comprehension of CPM and PDM methodology, including network diagramming, WBS, task creation, and report preparation
  • Familiarity with AACEI and PMI standards; knowledge of Linear, 4D, Lean, and TOC methodologies is a plus
  • Strong working knowledge of MS Office, including Excel for schedule data analysis
  • Proven experience with cost and schedule databases
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure
  • Effective communication skills in English, both orally and in writing, with experience in developing and presenting training

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities requir

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