Director of Scheduling

Description

• Position the company as a national leader in scheduling and project controls by developing scalable practices, best-in-class solutions, and data-informed risk tools.
• Provide leadership support in major project pursuits, CMAR interviews, and project startup.
• Break down internal silos and build repeatable, data-driven workflows within scheduling team that connect planning to measurable project outcomes and on-time project delivery.
• Stay current with emerging scheduling and controls trends and competitive innovation in the AEC sector.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with IT, Preconstruction, VDC, Scheduling and Field Ops to drive seamless digital integration and field adoption.
• Maintain and oversee complex and large project schedules.
• Interface with other project teams and trade partners to provide scheduling data for subcontract change requests, bid comparisons, new work item estimates, and resolution of potential schedule impacts and claims.
• Standardize best practices, scheduling protocols, and training across offices and teams to ensure excellence in conceptual planning, logistics, risk metrics, and schedule execution.
• Represent the firm externally at conferences, roundtables, and trainings to enhance brand perception and thought leadership.
• Oversee the enterprise-wide implementation of the SmartPM platform (or others as directed by company) resulting in real-time access to key risk metrics for project teams .
• Responsible for all recommendations to senior leadership and executing on all staffing decisions including hiring, promotions, terminations, etc. for scheduling dept.
• Define and execute a multi-year strategic roadmap for scheduling and planning in alignment with the company's 2030 growth plan.
• Provide on-the-job training specific to scheduling practices for on-site project management, field operations, and trade partners.
• Collaborate with precon, project directors and business development executives to ensure client-facing proposal solutions demonstrates field-executable value.
• Lead the scheduling team to be a strategic driver of project value, not just a scheduling compliance function.
• Lead and grow a high-performing, geographically distributed scheduling organization that supports strategic market sector-based teams while driving consistency and innovation.
• Drive initiatives in planning, scheduling and project controls digital workflow optimization across preconstruction, operations, and field.
• Takes active role in coaching and mentoring people in the scheduling department
• Maintain liaison with project management, clients, subcontractors, and other stakeholders on all planning and scheduling-related items and functions, including reporting requirements, progress status, and new impacts.
• Support training and digital upskilling across the field operations team resulting in field execution excellence in scheduling management.
• Provide overall technical direction for all project schedulers, ensuring compliance with project controls, standards, and procedures.
• Lead and develop a multi-tiered department including planners, schedulers, sr. schedulers, and scheduling managers.
• Partner with HR and Learning & Development to build onboarding and career development programs for scheduling team.
• Provide schedule information to project schedule auditors
• Ensure regular, timely, and predictable attendance.
• Travel to remote job sites as needed.
• Support pursuit and proposal teams with clear, organized, accurate and scalable solutions.
• Produce master project CPM schedules from contract documents for a diverse range of projects.
• Conduct what-if scenarios, project risk analysis, manpower histograms, percent complete and pure logic diagram reports, and other scheduling reports as necessary.
• Collaborate with trade partners to enhance commitment and feedback to the master project schedule.

Requirements

• Proficiency in project earned value applications and assessment.
• Ability to develop estimates and timelines from concepts and rough ideas.
• Proficiency in principles of engineering, architectural plans, and construction cost estimation.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to establish and build effective working relationships and high performing teams.
• Ability to work under deadlines and coordinate several concurrent deadlines.
• Advanced knowledge of construction logic and sequencing.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field preferred.
• Strong knowledge of approved methods, materials, and devices used in general building and civil construction.
• In-depth knowledge of construction production rates for primary commodities in large commercial buildings, including demolition, excavation, pile driving, paving, steel construction, formwork, concrete placement, underground utilities, and tenant improvements.
• Has a vision for the future and is willing to bring new ideas and innovation to the scheduling team and company.
• Strong understanding of safety protocols in the office and on the job site.
• Strong ability to read plans and specifications and develop construction approaches with limited oversight.
• Expertise in Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling theory and P6 Pro Software.
• Proficiency in CPM and Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) fundamentals, with the ability to develop resource-loaded schedules.
• 10+ years of scheduling experience, including reading/researching blueprints, or 10+ years of experience in onsite project management or superintendent experience.
• Expertise in standard scheduling and reporting specifications.

Benefits

• Holistic benefits – Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, & Disability Insurance; Paternity leave; financial literacy resources, and an Employee Assistant Program including legal and mental health support.
• Competitive pay – weekly paychecks, salary, bonus incentives, 401(k) with employer match
• Perks – tenure awards including pro sports tickets, fitness memberships, travel vouchers, and paid work anniversary sabbaticals.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance