Senior Project Scheduler

At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world's most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, as reflected in our top 15 rankings in ENR. With over 70 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!

We are currently hiring a dedicated Construction Senior Project Scheduler to support aviation sector projects. This role will support the Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP) and is based on-site at LAX airport in Los Angeles, CA. and is responsible for developing and maintaining detailed construction planning schedules for new construction and renovation projects. This position will be directly responsible for scheduling multiple, interdependent projects of a large scale ($100m+ in value).

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Review Contractor’s Baseline Construction Schedule for conformance with the Plans and Specification to ensuring proper WBS breakdown, sequencing, critical path and logic ties, and inclusion of all activities, resource loading, etc. necessary for approval. o Perform and coordinate constructability review on Contractor’s Baseline Schedule submittal and identify any missing activities, float sequestering or suppression techniques/issues or any other conflicts or shortcomings.
  • Ensure that project WBS are properly coded and resource loaded.
  • Provide written evaluation, comments and responses on Baseline Schedule submittal.

• • Coordinate with Contractor Scheduler as necessary for clarification and resolution of schedule deficiencies.

• Review Contractor’s Monthly Schedule updates in conformance with the plans and specifications and identifying any logic changes or inaccurate progress reporting, critical path changes or other pertinent items necessary.

• • Identify variations from the plan and analyses and report on the cause of the variations.

• • Review construction progress and inspection reports and maintain an accurate “as built” schedule for use during construction and for evaluation of Contractor’s Monthly Schedule updates and any Time Impact Analysis (TIA) submittal.

• • Attend weekly construction meeting and monitor 3 Week Look Ahead Schedules for accuracy and identify any inconsistency with Baseline/Schedule updates. Promptly reporting schedule slippage, other unsatisfactory performance or other variances.

• • Identify any critical path changes or near critical path changes that could impact individual phase, milestones or project duration.

• • Provide written response and approval recommendation submittal response.

• • Coordinate schedule comments and corrections with Contractors.

• • Schedule deficiencies.

• Maintain an Owner shadow Schedule identifying actual construction activities dates from various sources including daily inspection and quality control reports, site visits, etc. Project and identify potential delays or schedule adjustments based upon Owner Schedule and utilize to assist in evaluating the Contractor’s Monthly Schedule updates.

• Review Time Impact Analysis (TIA) submitted by the Contractor and provide written responses, evaluation and recommendation for time extension as appropriate. Identify schedule variances and opportunities and proactively develop mitigation strategies for the Project Management team.

• Provide the Owner “What if” schedule impacts for contemplated additional work, potential re-sequencing of phases or construction activities. Evaluate, and forecast project status against an established baseline schedule. Assess the impact of project milestones and report status to Management in order to mitigate project overruns and schedule slippage.

• Provides direct scheduling related support on multiple projects on reporting to multiple Project Managers.

• May require monthly support for projects in Planning or Design along with supporting Construction projects within a Master Program Schedule Plan and would report to the Landside Element Management Team.

• May be required to maintain master schedule system to track project interfaces for time frame impacts to electrical airfield systems, mechanical systems, airfield operations and other aviation related disciplines and projects.

• Provides development and analysis of man-hour resources, equipment resources and cost loaded, time-phased schedules.

• Prepare detailed plans; time scaled charts, diagrams and tracking various quantities to measure construction performance.

• Maintain simplified logic schedules to highlight status of key interfaces for critical path review.

• Provide progress reporting documents and briefing materials as required. Develop creative reporting tools to communicate complex project sequencing and/or progress assessments.

• Participate and review with third-party schedulers to address and provide written comments.

• Analyze and assess project milestones and reports the fiscal impact and risk to Management.

• Contribute to the advancement of PDG’s goals through commitment to productive collaboration with all stakeholders and in development of planning and design schedules.

• Support overlapping project scheduling tasks, issue management, meeting facilitation, document control and monthly status reporting to the Project Management Team.

Hardware/Software Knowledge:

• Mastery of Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8.3 or higher.

• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite software - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

• Knowledge of PMWEB and other Project Management Systems is preferred.

• Experience with Adobe Acrobat.

• Knowledgeable of presenting graphical data as related to scheduling.

• Use of other related software tools such as Schedule Analyzer, MS Project, Claim Digger, etc.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or other related field required.
• 10 years or more of scheduling experience with 5+ years in direct support of an active construction project.
• Demonstrated experience scheduling the design and construction of large-scale, complex projects including developing and managing a progress reporting methodology for multi-million-dollar construction projects within the range of $300M - $1B.
• Requires knowledge and experience of Project Management principles and Project Control Cycles.
• Must be capable of reporting earned value performance measurement techniques.
• Understanding of critical path method (CPM) scheduling techniques and principles, including ability to handle and prioritize multiple projects concurrently.
• Must be able to track field progress weekly in reporting Contractor’s performance.
• Developed reporting tools to communicate complex project sequencing and/or progress assessments.
• Worked in a master schedule/sub project system environment including programs in determining progress impacts.
• Must possess capability to report on all levels of project schedules, quality, monitor project progress, risk and ensure project milestones are met.
• Demonstrated experience in working and reviewing third-party design and/or construction schedules and addressing comments.
• Must clearly and concisely be capable of presenting project trends, risks and forecast performance reports to management and to make recommendations on strategies and mitigation measures to resolve project issues is required.
• Demonstrated experience in progress reporting documents and ability to understand a demanding, technical and complicated construction program plus the ability to communicate progress and issues both verbally and written communications on technical and non-technical matters for various levels of management.
• Demonstrated success on the job, as evidenced by satisfactory performance, acceptance of responsibility, and growth in previous position(s).
• Must possess the ability to effectively interact with various departments to maintain open lines of communication.
• Proven accuracy, reliability and completeness in job accomplishment.
• Self-starter with results-driven focus and ability to work with others.
• Aviation sector experience is preferred.
• Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) certification is preferred.

Cumming Group is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity in its personnel policies and practices. It is Cumming Group’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, sexual preference, sexual orientation, gender (including gender expression and gender identity), pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions, including breastfeeding), military service, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. All such decisions are based on (1) individual merit, qualifications, and competence as they relate to the particular position, and (2) promotion of the principle of equal employment opportunity.

All other terms and conditions of employment, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoff, return from layoff, training, education, and social and recreational programs, are administered without regard to the characteristics described above. To this end, Cumming Group complies with all provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, all of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, and all similar state and local laws.

In addition to base salary, Cumming Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) Matching
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Short and long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program