Job Details

CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULER- McKINNEY, TX
Our Client has the immediate need for an established Construction Scheduler to join their team based in the far North Dallas area.

What we are seeking:

• 7-10 years serving in a construction operations role creating baselines and maintaining construction schedules

Education

• Bachelors in Construction Management, Architecture, or Engineering, or commensurate experience

Summary

The Construction Scheduler utilizes exceptional organization and communication skills to create, share & explain construction project schedules to other team members. They will spend ample time reviewing data, understanding market trends, creating baseline schedules, and working with our team members to train and update project schedules to match the current status of the build.

Primary Responsibilities Required Skills/Expectations

• Ultimate responsibility of construction schedules
• Work directly with marketing to produce initial baseline schedules for project pursuits
• Participate in project's pre-construction phase, advising on all constructability timelines
• Spot project risks and include impact analysis for review by project team
• Generate buy-in with subcontractors by participating in preconstruction meetings with every
• large-scale subcontractor to review scope and set expectations for timelines
• Visit project sites to walk the job and coordinate schedules with project team as determined by management
• Collaborate with project teams to update project schedules (to include tracking delays)
• Support team to develop short term construction schedule ("3 week look-ahead")
• Train project team in scheduling theory and the building and maintenance of schedules
• Track critical activities and changes to the critical path impacting the project
• Educate the team on utilizing the project schedule as a tool to hold team, subcontractors, and owners accountable for decision making
• Assist project teams with generation of fragment schedules for submission with extension request
• Provide a summary and report on project progress to executive team
• Host postmortem on final schedule to review data trends and next steps for improvement on future
• projects
• Advise and assist in development of company scheduling policy
• Understand, implement & uphold procedures and processes
• Expert knowledge of assigned plans and specs
• Experience with critical path method of scheduling
• Working knowledge of all trades
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Open, honest, and frequent communication
• Strong collaborative and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of critical path method (CPM) scheduling
• Time-management skills and the ability to meet deadlines
• Solid analytical skills to collect and interpret data
• Proficiency in understanding blueprints and contracts
• Outstanding decision-making skills
• Forward thinker, proactive solution-finder
• Calm, professional demeanor
• Keen attention to detail

Technology Experience:

• Proficient in Microsoft Project (scheduling software)
• Use submittal tracking software and logs
• Utilize PlanGrid Software for plan review

Compensation Package:
$80-120,000 Base Salary (dependent on experience)
5% Bonus Opportunity
$900/monthly Vehicle allowance
7% Match on 401K