Scheduling Engineer

Scheduling Engineer

Category

Construction Operations

Additional Locations

300 E. Joppa Road 8th Floor, Towson, Maryland

Position Type

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

Required Experience

0-2 years experience working as a scheduler