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Schedule Manager

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In-Office
Chicago, IL, USA
85K-110K Annually
Senior level
In-Office
Chicago, IL, USA
85K-110K Annually
Senior level
Lead development, maintenance, analysis, and communication of CPM project schedules across multiple construction projects. Partner with project and operations leadership to drive milestone compliance, perform critical path and time-impact analyses, identify risks, and develop recovery strategies from pursuit through closeout.
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About Us

Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $7.6 billion in revenue for 2024, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential related building projects.

About Ventana

As part of the Clayco family, Ventana designs, supplies, and installs high-performing curtain wall façade systems. By working closely with the design team, we can ensure a competitively priced façade that is water and air-tight and allows for optimal thermal control of the interior space. Traditionally, the façade is one of the major risk factors on any building, and the team at Ventana has a proven track record of taking the risk and delivering superior façade systems that guarantee long-term performance.

The Role We Want You For

Ventana is seeking a Schedule Manager to lead the development, maintenance, analysis, and communication of project schedules across small, medium, and large-scale construction projects. This role partners closely with Project Managers, Project Directors, Operations Leadership, field teams, and Executive Leadership to ensure project milestones are clearly defined, actively managed, and consistently achieved.The Schedule Manager will own schedule strategy from pursuit through closeout, maintain CPM schedule integrity, evaluate schedule performance, identify risks, and communicate impacts and recovery strategies across project teams. This position plays a key role in aligning project execution plans, contractual milestone commitments, production sequencing, and operational priorities throughout the full project lifecycle.

The Specifics of the Role

  • Serves as the primary scheduling partner to Project Managers, Project Directors, and Operations Leadership.
  • Drives accountability for milestone commitments across a portfolio of projects.
  • Coordinates internal and external schedule reporting through accurate data analysis, interpretation, and communication.
  • Supports project planning through milestone compliance reporting, look-ahead planning, critical path analysis, and recovery planning.
  • Leads cross-functional coordination efforts to resolve schedule conflicts and execution challenges.
  • Anticipates client, project team, and leadership concerns related to schedule and proactively communicates solutions.

Requirements

  • 5-8 years of progressive construction industry experience, with a strong emphasis on project scheduling.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in Critical Path Method scheduling, including schedule development, updates, analysis, forecasting, and impact evaluation.
  • Advanced working knowledge of construction scheduling software such as Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or equivalent.
  • Ability to independently manage project schedules from preconstruction through project closeout.
  • Strong understanding of construction operations, production sequencing, procurement/fabrication lead times, installation logic, and schedule-driven project execution.
  • Ability to collaborate with project management, operations, field leadership, and executive stakeholders to maintain accurate, executable, and recoverable project schedules.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
  • Ability to clearly present schedule data, risks, impacts, and recovery strategies to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Experience with specialty subcontractor operations.
  • Experience with facade, curtain wall, glazing, building enclosure, architectural wall systems, or data center enclososures.
  • Familiarity with production tracking, installed quantities, progress measurement, procurement tracking, fabrication schedules, and milestone-based reporting.
  • Experience supporting time impact analyses, change management, delay documentation, and claims-related schedule narratives.
  • Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field.

Some Things You Should Know

  • This position will service our National clients.
  • Our clients and projects are nationwide – Travel will be required
  • No other builder can offer the collaborative design-build approach that Clayco does.
  • We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high-profile jobs.
  • The pace is fast!
  • This position is classified as a safety-sensitive role in accordance with applicable state and federal laws. Candidates selected for this position will be subject to a comprehensive background check, which includes mandatory drug testing.

Why Ventana and Clayco?

  • 2025 Best Places to Work – St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, and Phoenix Business Journal.
  • 2025 ENR Top 400 – Top Data Center Contractor (Top 3).
  • 2025 ENR Top 100 Design-Build Firms – Design-Build Contractor (Top 5).
  • 2025 ENR Top 100 Green Contractors – Green Contractor (Top 3).

Benefits

  • Discretionary Annual Bonus: Subject to company and individual performance.
  • Comprehensive Benefits Package Including: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs

Compensation

  • The salary range for this position considers a wide range of factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to: Education, qualifications, skills, training, experience, certifications, internal equity, and location. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for the role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The Clayco Nationwide salary range for this position is approximately $85,000 - $110,000 +/- annually (not adjusted for location).

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