Organizational Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain CPM logic based, quantity-loaded project schedules used to manage workflow across the project life cycle in Primavera P6, using company standard project templates and input from the Project Management Team.
- Interpret contract documents and apply scheduling obligations and specifications to deliverables.
- Attend and co-lead recurring internal and client project meetings to collect project status information, provide schedule updates, and support schedule coordination and planning changes.
- Update project schedules on a weekly to bi-weekly basis, ensuring accuracy and integrity in schedule logic, activity sequencing, durations, and constraints.
- Coordinate with internal departments and external organizations to obtain and communicate project schedule information.
- Support the development and maintenance of work breakdown structures (WBS) and activity coding frameworks aligned with project standards. Identify and track critical path, near-critical path, and schedule deviations.
- Develop and maintain schedule status reports, metrics, dashboards, and executive summaries used to evaluate and measure schedule, project and program performance, for both internal and client audiences.
- Monitor progress against approved baselines and key project milestones to identify variances and support schedule revisions as needed.
- Assist in conducting what-if scenarios and time impact analysis (TIA) to support schedule risk evaluation and decision-making.
- Analyze float paths, observe scheduling trends, and identify potential impacts to project delivery. Participate in process improvement initiatives and contribute to the development and maintenance of detailed scheduling and project controls process guides.
- Apply feedback from senior schedulers to improve schedule logic, modeling accuracy, and reporting clarity.
- Learn and apply earned value management (EVM) principles in schedule assessments.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, construction management, or a related quantitative or technical field required.
- Master's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or a related quantitative or technical field preferred.
- 2+ years of scheduling, project controls, or project engineering experience supporting project management functions on construction or capital improvement projects required.
- Proficient in Oracle Primavera P6 and Microsoft Excel.
- Strong understanding of CPM logic theory, quantity-loading, and schedule project development fundamentals.
- Familiarity with project lifecycle phases and construction methodologies.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently while contributing to a larger team effort.
- Experience with schedule analysis, reporting, and stakeholder collaboration.
Location and Commitments · Overtime work may be required occasionally to ensure certain deliverables are completed on time. · Weekend work is rare but occasionally may be necessary. Physical Requirements & Working Conditions An employee must meet the physical demands described here to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Please note that physical requirements may vary based on client needs. · Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer. · The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office environment including the use of stairs. · Ability to adjust focus, especially due to concentration on a computer screen. · Must communicate frequently with other departments and employees both verbally and in writing. · May need to lift and carry up to 15 pounds and/or position the body to reach items on the floor/below knee level or overhead.
PMA Consultants Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
333 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 880, Chicago, United States, 60606
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