Senior Scheduler Department Construction Management
Employment Type: Full Time Location: New York, NY Compensation: $160,000 - $180,000 per year
Description: A great place to work and grow, Naik Group is a dynamic multi-discipline engineering company with offices in New York and New Jersey. Our continued growth in this highly competitive market is evidence of the trust and value clients place in our services quality and timeliness. Included in the full range of professional services we offer are Bridge Structural Design & Inspection, Highway/Roadway Engineering, Civil/Site Engineering, Traffic Engineering, ITS/Utility Engineering, Construction Management & Inspection, Design Build, Survey, Right of Way, and High Definition 3-D Laser Scanning. Our principals take considerable pride in their approach to the firms management, offering services like that of a large organization while demonstrating the personal client and consultant relationship of a small firm.
Naik Group is seeking an experienced Senior Scheduler to support complex transportation infrastructure and public building programs for public-sector clients. This role is critical to the successful planning, execution, and monitoring of large-scale capital projects and requires deep expertise in CPM scheduling, public agency processes, and multi-stakeholder coordination.
The ideal candidate brings a strong background working on DOT transit authority, municipal, or other government-funded projects and is comfortable operating in fast-paced, highly regulated environments.
Responsibilities:
• Conduct Critical Path Method (CPM) "Schedule Management" to support our clients capital program and handle design, construction, and design build CPM schedules. • Attend project kick-off meetings and discuss the schedule submissions and the CPM scheduling requirements. • Prepare detailed CPM review comments of baseline schedules and recommendations, discuss with client project management teams, and issue review reports of the baseline schedules. • Facilitate planning sessions with project management teams, project team members, and multiple project stakeholders to identify work packages and tasks as well as execution logic. • Create and maintain project and program schedules during all phases of capital projects. • Complete summary and detailed reviews of baseline schedules, activity durations, logic ties, sequence of construction, phasing resources, and resource histograms, costs, and cost curves, and run schedule workshops. • Review monthly CPM Updates and provide the following reports: • Primavera schedule comparison reports, including recommendations for improvement for schedule logic, duration changes, and general schedule quality. • Critical Path, Longest Path, and Float Path analysis of the monthly schedule updates. • Reviews of the monthly schedule updates highlighting changes in logic ties, activity duration calendars, any deviation in sequence of construction from the baseline schedule, added/deleted activities, and provide comments, recommendations, and schedule review reports. • Earned Value (EV) reports based on EV analysis. • Monthly Time Delay reports identifying the root cause of delays and responsible parties with recommendations for improvement. • Attend design, construction, project progress, and schedule meetings. • Conduct periodic field visits for ongoing construction projects. • Review Change Orders, Frag-net schedules, perform delay claim and Time Impact Analysis, identify the root cause of the delay, the party responsible, and provide recommendations. • Develop and provide a monthly update of Project Management Schedules which capture the project delivery lifecycle with project team input. • Assist in developing ad-hoc schedules and reports for in-house capital program projects. • Offer risk analysis in collaboration with project teams and stakeholders to assess schedule risks and mitigation options. • Develop subject matter training material and train schedulers, project controllers, project managers, engineers, and other stakeholders.
Qualifications:
• Bachelors degree in engineering, architecture, transportation, construction, or project management. • Minimum of ten (10) years of related experience, including a minimum of five (5) years in management, supervisory role, or project manager role in a large multi-faceted organization. • Proficient in Oracle-Primavera P6 Cloud and MS Project. • Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills. • Demonstrated knowledge of project scheduling and CPM techniques. • Demonstrated knowledge of construction methods and standards. • Demonstrated knowledge of basic civil structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering principles. • Strong oral and written communication skills are required. • Strong interpersonal skills. • Strong project management and coordination skills with adherence to scope, budget, and schedule. • Proficient with the Microsoft Suite of products, such as Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. • Experience with the design and construction in a railroad environment is preferred but not required. • Knowledge of Power BI is preferred but not required. • Project Management Institute (PMI) Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) and Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications are preferred but not required.
Benefits:
• Naik offers a competitive compensation package, including: • Holiday and paid-time-off programs • 401k Plan and Match • Career Path Development Program • Management & Technical Career Tracks • Tuition Reimbursement • Competitive health and dental insurance premiums • Short-Term Disability • Long-Term Disability • Life insurance • Employee Assistant Program (EAP) • Flexible Spending Account
Naik is a Drug and Alcohol-Free workplace, an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and E-Verify employer. We are committed to pay transparency and fairness in hiring. This posting complies with the Pay and Benefit Transparency Laws, which requires employers to disclose compensation and benefits information in all job advertisements.