Senior Regional Construction Scheduler - Los Angeles, CA

Join McKissack & McKissack's team! Immediate opening for a Senior Regional Construction Scheduler in the Los Angeles, CA area.

McKissack & McKissack offers opportunities to grow your career while working on transformative projects in program and construction management, architecture, and interior design. We combine technical expertise and creative vision to deliver exceptional results. Our culture values diversity, professional development, and performance. We seek team players who are humble, hungry, and smart, with strong academic or professional experience, integrity, and a client-focused mindset. Join a team that invests in your success and rewards ambition, integrity, and collaboration.

Responsibilities

Report directly to the Senior Construction Manager of Scheduling and Estimating and provide schedule-related reports for upper management to meet key performance milestones.

Assist in supervising Project Schedulers to ensure project timelines are met and interface with OARs, Senior Project Managers, and other site staff during CPM schedule reviews.

Independently interpret and read detailed construction drawings, including architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, civil, and related disciplines, to develop a clear understanding of work scope.

Review contractor P6 initial baseline construction schedules, identify missing scope, logic, or milestones, analyze the critical path, review cost loading, and provide written technical schedule review comments using LAUSD structured templates.

Review contractor P6 monthly schedule updates and provide written comments documenting milestone slippage, critical path activity slippage, and overall schedule analysis using LAUSD structured templates.

Perform schedule Time Impact Analysis using Windows Analysis and incorporate contemporaneous and/or forensic schedule parameters in detailed written analyses.

Read drawings and contract terms to determine whether work is in or out of scope and whether compensable or non-compensable time extensions have merit.

Communicate effectively with project teams regarding schedule and progress-related issues or concerns during regular schedule meetings.

Develop, maintain, and update program schedules identifying relationships, logic, milestones, and constraints for construction projects.

Update program and master schedules on a regular basis and ensure proper use of program-level standard codes, layouts, and reports to maintain data integrity.

Prepare reports as needed and directed by senior management, visit construction sites, attend meetings as needed, and check contractor monthly schedule progress.

Qualifications

Minimum ten (10) years of full-time paid professional experience in construction scheduling for an owner or general contractor, preferably on educational facility or public works projects.

Proficiency in the latest version of Primavera P6, specifically P6 v19, and Microsoft Office Suite.

Bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university in engineering, architecture, construction management, or a related field.

Alternatively, a bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university in any course of study, plus an additional four (4) years of experience in the duties above to compensate for the required education.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with superior organizational and planning skills.

Ability to build effective working relationships with project teams and department staff.

Understanding of the theories, principles, and practices of cost engineering, scheduling, and schedule forensics.

Compensation

Salary range: $140,000 to $160,000/yearly (dependent on years of experience, competency, travel requirements)

Employee Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Dependent Care

Commuter Benefits

Tuition Assistance

Adoption Assistance

Matching 401k Plan

Company-paid holidays

Paid-Time-Off (PTO)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Life Insurance

Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance

Marketplace Perks-at-Work

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

McKissack & McKissackis committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, and local laws.

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