Project Scheduler

Los Angeles, CA
October 10, 2024
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Job Description

Element Consulting Inc. is looking for Project Schedulers with a minimum of eight (8) years of experience in Construction Scheduling for an Owner or General Contractor, preferably in an educational facility or public works projects. 

Duties:

  • Develops and maintains program schedules identifying relationships, logic, milestones, and constraints for construction projects of various types 
  • Independently interprets and reads detailed construction drawings (Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Civil, etc.) and develops a clear understanding of work scope 
  • Reviews Contractor’s Baseline schedule submissions and verifies that all work scope is identified properly and logically sequenced correctly; provides written detailed schedule review comments 
  • Performs QA/QC on contractor schedule submittals for conformance with contract; reviews critical path, cost loading, resource loading of man-hours, schedule content, recovery schedules, use of logic relationships and lags, constraints and milestones 
  • Performs schedule Time Impact Analysis for any change orders that affect the construction schedule; conducts schedule negotiations with the OAR and the contractor for any delay time settlements 
  • Reads drawings to determine if work is in or out of scope, and understands terms and conditions of the contract to determine if any compensable or non-compensable time extensions have merit 
  • Performs Critical Path analysis and Earned Value analysis 
  • Walks the construction sites as needed and checks the contractor’s weekly/monthly schedule progress; provides reports to the project OAR and upper management. 
  • Effectively communicates with the Contractor regarding all schedule/progress related matters and concerns in the weekly status meetings and all other schedule related meetings 
  • Performs Program Schedule QA/QC reviews on a regular basis 
  • Performs status updates for Program Schedules/Master Schedules on a bi-monthly basis 
  • Ensures proper use of Program-level standard codes, layouts and reports necessary to ensure data integrity 
  • Serves as a liaison between project teams, department leadership and the Program & Project Controls department 
  • Prepares reports as needed and directed by Management

Minimum Requirements
Required Experience:

  • Eight (8) years full time paid professional experience in Construction Scheduling for an Owner or General Contractor, preferably in an educational facility or public works projects 
  • Proficiency in Primavera 15.1 or above and MS Office Suite 

Required Education:

  • Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering or Construction Management.
    OR 
  • Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in any course, but with additional two (2) years of experience in Construction Scheduling to compensate for the required education.

Required Skills:

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Superior organizational and planning skills
  • Ability to build efficient working relationships with project teams and department staff 
  • Understanding of theories, principles and practices of cost engineering, scheduling and schedule forensics