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Director, Scheduling

Cumming Group

The Role

Overview

Lead scheduling for semiconductor projects, managing team and client relations.

Key Responsibilities

  • cost analysis
  • claims assessment
  • quality assurance
  • metrics monitoring
  • fee proposals
  • team development

Tasks

-Create development opportunities and plans for direct reports and teams; provide ongoing feedback. -Prepare fee proposals and negotiate professional service agreements. -Comparative cost analysis, calculation of damages & counter-damages. -Prepare deliverables such as time impact analysis report, quantification of damages, OKR, and claims assessment. -Manage and monitor team members' activity in alignment with organizational goals. -Build and maintain the trust and respect of internal team members to ensure efficiency and cohesiveness. -Coordinate staff utilization and assign team members to projects. -Observe potential internal/external conflict and implement proactive solutions to mitigate conflict. -Actively participate in the recruitment and development of diverse and talented team members. -Provide quality assurance to project schedule deliverables. -Partner with other Cumming service line leaders with the goal of providing an integrated project approach to clients and setting Cumming apart from competitors. -Increase services to existing clientele by providing solutions to their issues and develop new revenue generating business. -Consult executive level existing clientele, showcasing the services that have made Cumming an industry leader by consistently making client needs top priority. -Provide feedback to senior leaders and clearly communicate organizational direction to team members. -Train junior team members with a focus on building technical skills and competencies. -Monitor metrics and course correct as necessary while holding self and others accountable. -Expand Business Development from solid service delivery to adding new clients. -Promote opportunities for repeat business and expanding into adding clients through good service delivery and creating highly favorable references through the effective coordination administration and communication of project tasks. -Build relationships with key internal resources (peers, direct reports, & senior leaders).

Requirements

  • leadership
  • people management
  • litigation
  • delay analysis
  • mentorship
  • business focus

What You Bring

-Experience identifying and driving accountability. -Familiarity with adjudicative process: litigation, arbitration, expert determination, adjudication, ombudsmen, dispute review boards, mediation-Arbitration, technical forensics, etc. -Ability to begin to move from project tasks focus to more business mentality. -Demonstrated ability to identify resources to keep current and network externally. -Willingness to testify in construction disputes. -Ability to mentor/develop key team members (may be outside the chain of command). -Attendance at work during normal business hours. -Ability to proactively influence changes; thinking through issue trends and scalable solutions that further organizational goals. -Demonstrated success of project turn-around and recovery. -People Management (i.e., coaching, mentoring, admin). -Ability to move from project focus to business mentality by showing potential for leadership & outstanding competence in service delivery. -Ability to nurture regional/global team member and client relationships. -Knowledge of and experience performing delay &/or quantum analysis. -Demonstrate leadership traits and represent company values in a client facing capacity.

Benefits

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

The Company

About Cumming Group

-Specializing in high-stakes sectors like advanced manufacturing, healthcare, education, and themed entertainment, it manages projects from pre-planning through delivery. -Its expertise spans cost management, program/project oversight, scheduling, dispute resolution, energy solutions, and comprehensive project controls. -From airport terminals and hospitals to luxury resorts and semiconductor facilities, it delivers a wide range of high-profile projects. -Starting with one casino resort job, it expanded into a global consultancy by merging with boutique specialists across regions. -Today, it combines boutique agility with institutional scale, backed by private-equity investment, to tackle the world’s most complex construction challenges.

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