Senior Construction Scheduler

Title: Senior Construction Scheduler

Reporting to: General Counsel, Office Leader

Candidate will be assigned to a project based in La Porte, IN or Elkhart, IN

Overview of Role

The Senior Construction Scheduler plays a vital role in a construction project, helping to manage both time and resources to ensure work is completed on time. The job of a Senior Scheduler is to create a variety of schedules and analyses for a project, which includes but is not limited to:

• Preparing master development schedules
• Building cost and resource loaded baseline schedules
• Monitoring and updating schedules
• Analyzing change order impacts to schedules
• Performing time impact analysis for delay claims
• Preparing monthly schedule reports

The Senior Construction Scheduler should have the ability to identify opportunities within a project that will add value and help successfully accomplish the clients desired project outcome.

Truth. Trust. Together. Tomorrow.

At RLB, we speak the truth, build for the long term, look out for each other, and work to do good. We are driven by outcomes, creating tailored solutions that deliver successful projects. We believe that when we bring together the right people doing things the right way, we make progress for our clients and our communities.

RLB is an award-winning international firm known for providing property and construction consultancy advice at all stages of the construction cycle. Utilizing its many years of experience and professionally trained employees, RLB continues to firmly establish itself as one of the major players in the construction industry throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania. Our employees are involved in a variety of projects across a range of sectors from sports arenas and healthcare to higher education and convention centers.

As a privately held company, we hire the best people, give them exceptional training, and provide extensive opportunities for professional growth while working on exciting projects, while providing an excellent compensation and benefits package.

Essential Functions:

• Creates, develops, maintains master development schedules, fully resource and cost loaded project baseline schedules, and updated monthly project schedules, all meeting contract requirements. • Documents and monitors project tasks and schedules. • Maintains and backs up schedule files for each project in a timely and organized manner. • Interfaces with project management, owner, and subcontractors on all scheduling-related issues, including reporting requirements, progress status, and preparing time impact analysis. • Works with project team on what-if schedules to analyze impacts of differing construction means and methods. • Provides support to teams in assessing, documenting delays and impacts, alternate work plans, and methods of construction. • Provides support to project teams when delays have been determined. • Proposes schedule recovery alternatives and mitigation strategies. • Performs time impact analyses (TIAs) for change order requests and delay claims. • Prepares Monthly Schedule Update Reports for each schedule update, which describes current project status, deviations, and identifies any critical schedule issues. • Prepares concise schedule narratives describing the status of assigned projects. • Creates schedule performance dashboards. • Maintains quality assurance and control on assigned project schedules. • Contributes to team performance by collaboration and effective communication. • Contributes to and understands the clients desired project outcomes, identifies opportunities to add value to accomplish the desired outcomes. • Adds to team effort by accomplishing other duties as assigned.

Highly Desirable Functions:

• Preparation of delay analysis & time extension requests utilizing AACE Recommended Practice 29R-03 Forensic Schedule Analysis. • Review and defense of submitted delay claims. • Preparation of expert opinions and testifying in arbitration and litigation matters. • Assist in mediation and negotiations. • Expert in Time Impact Analysis (TIA), Contemporary Period Analysis, Window Analysis, As-built vs As-Planned, and Collapsed As-built methodologies for delay quantum.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a positive, proactive approach to the role and will be committed to delivering customer service excellence.

Minimum Education or substitute experience required:

• BS in Engineering, Business, or Construction Management

Minimum Experience required:

• 7 years previous experience as a Senior Scheduler or Project Controls Manager on major projects/programs

Skills Required:

• Scheduling and Project Management software programs and/or tools
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, ASTA Powerproject
• Strong oral and written communications skills and the ability to apply appropriate communication techniques to various individuals
• Positive customer service orientation with both internal and external clients is required
• Strong interpersonal skills are required, demonstrating a consistent commitment and ability to work with diverse work groups and individuals

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Indoor office environment. May require work on site location when necessary. • Equipment used includes computers and standard office machines. • Essential physical tasks include the ability to work on a computer and the ability to answer and speak on a telephone.