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Project Scheduler

westmont, il • Posted 1 weeks ago
Onsite Full Time Management & Operations

The Project Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, and analyzing comprehensive, logic-driven project schedules using Oracle Primavera P6. This role serves as a critical partner to project management and field teams, ensuring schedules are accurate, actionable, and reflective of real-world construction sequencing.

The Scheduler plays a key role in identifying risks, supporting mitigation strategies, and providing clear, data-driven insights to guide project execution and decision-making.

We’re looking for you to do the following:

  • Schedule Development & Management
  • Develop complete, logic-driven project schedules that accurately reflect the planned sequence of work.
  • Regularly review and validate logic ties, durations, constraints, and calendars to maintain schedule integrity.
  • Ensure schedules remain a reliable management tool through consistent quality control and updates.
  • Work with project teams to update, re-sequence, and optimize activities in support of mitigation plans, safety considerations, and field realities.
  • Analysis & Risk Identification
  • Proactively identify bottlenecks, slippage trends, and potential risks, and communicate them to project teams.
  • Properly identify critical and near-critical path activities and evaluate their impact on project outcomes.
  • Apply analytical thinking to assess delays and recommend practical recovery strategies.
  • Identify recurring inefficiencies in scheduling processes, reporting, and coordination workflows.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication
  • Balance input from multiple stakeholders while maintaining logic integrity and schedule accuracy.
  • Engage effectively with project management, field teams, and trade partners to validate sequencing and durations.
  • Communicate schedule status, impacts, and analysis findings clearly to support informed decision-making.
  • Tailor communication style and reporting outputs to align with field operations and stakeholder needs.
  • Reporting & Documentation
  • Milestone charts
  • Phase maps
  • Summary logic diagrams
  • Customize reporting structures, layouts, filters, and dashboards to meet client and internal requirements.
  • Develop visual materials that clearly communicate sequencing and critical path to diverse audiences.
  • Train project team members on scheduling best practices and digital workflows.
  • Actively contribute to peer learning by sharing lessons learned and process improvements.
  • Participate in emerging software trials, innovations, and training initiatives.
  • Keep current with company standards, client requirements, and industry best practices.

You Have:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 3–8+ years of construction scheduling experience.
  • Experience on infrastructure, transit, heavy civil, or commercial construction projects.
  • Familiarity with multiple project delivery methods (Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, CMAR, etc.).
  • Strong proficiency in Oracle Primavera P6 including schedule creation, updating, and reporting customization.
  • Solid understanding of construction means and methods, trade sequencing, and project delivery approaches.
  • Ability to identify and analyze:
  • Critical and near-critical paths
  • Float erosion and slippage trends
  • Experience producing customized reports using layouts, filters, and software configurations.
  • Familiarity with local regulations, industry standards, and client scheduling requirements.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to make informed, data-driven decisions.
  • Ability to apply judgment to ensure schedules are complete, logical, and aligned with execution plans.

We Have:

  • A team-based culture that rewards collaboration, problem solving and process improvement
  • A commitment to your professional development
  • Varied career path opportunities across the different disciplines in the company
  • A new, robust enterprise resource planning software solution
  • Great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401K with company contribution, profit sharing, long-term disability
  • Team outings, and an opportunity to get involved and make a difference with various charities in the community
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Project Scheduler in westmont at Unknown Company

This position is listed as full time and onsite.

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