Project Scheduler

1 week ago

downers grove, United States Middough Inc. Full time
Middough Inc. - 'TOP WORKPLACES' Award Winner
Senior Scheduler / Project Controls Specialist - Position and Responsibilities
As a Senior Scheduler / Project Controls Specialist with Middough, you will be responsible for planning, scheduling, cost engineering, and earned value analysis on assigned projects. In this role, you will also prepare schedules, performance status, and management reports to identify variances in work execution strategy. You will also be responsible for providing timely feedback to management, throughout the project cycle, with recommended solutions to improve or mitigate problems affecting cost, schedule or estimating issues.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Lead and facilitate schedule progress reviews with engineering and construction teams.
  • Collaborate with lead Engineers and the construction team to refine service and construction labor estimates into P6 Level 4 execution schedules and earned value management suite to track progress and issue reports.
  • Lead in the creation of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and development of schedules and budget data (including resource loading) for those WBS elements.
  • Analyze unit rates and performance metrics to provide management team with guidance on performance to-date and estimate to completion.
  • Compile schedule and cost data inputs into the project control database and interpret output results to guide decision making.
  • Analyze schedule progress and performance as well as identify developing problem areas.
  • Advise management of risks that may affect project profit, costs, schedules, and client relations. Support the project management team in maintaining timely and effective change management processes, procedures, and systems.
  • Lead the development and maintenance of periodic (daily, weekly, monthly) status reports to update management and client on the project progress.
  • Participate in the project close out process including the evaluation of all subcontractors and major vendors.
  • Make safety a priority in all planning and execution.
  • Use Middough Advance Project Procedures (MAPP) as a tool for project implementation and to comply with procedural requirements.

Education, Experience and Skills
The successful candidate will possess the following:

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or business required.
  • 8-10 years of experience in planning and sequencing of construction, procurement, and/or engineering activities.
  • 8+ years of experience developing construction schedules working with resource loading and earned value management systems highly preferred.
  • Hands-on project controls experience on engineering and construction projects required.
  • Hands-on experience with Primavera Project Planner P6 (highly preferred) and/or MS Project required.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills for effective, timely, and professional communication and collaboration to purse information from and engage with project teams.
  • Strong ability to problem-solve and use data analysis to make decisions.
  • Knowledge of cost engineering concepts as they relate to budgeting, monitoring, and tracking actual costs, change orders and forecasting.
  • Experience with MS Word, Access, Excel, VBA (highly preferred), PowerPoint, MS Project Software, and other Microsoft Office products.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and attention to detail abilities.
  • Excellent multitasking and organizational abilities for project efficiency.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Physical Requirements
The characteristics described below are representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing duties of this position, the successful candidate will:

  • Remain in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods.
  • Frequently walk, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop or kneel, twist or bend, use repeating motions that may include the wrists/hands/fingers, and talk and hear.
  • Frequently use up-close vision, distance vision, depth perceptions, and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Should not expect adverse environmental conditions within company offices.
  • May be exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as climbing ladders and/or stairs, extreme heat and/or cold, and/or poor air quality) if or when on-site at a client facility. Noise levels may be moderate to high at various client sites, hearing protection may be required and/or provided. Safety protections provided by the client and/or company and are required to be used and followed.
  • May require occasional car or air travel to other company locations or client sites.
  • This position requires the candidate/employee to possess and maintain a valid driver's license in their state of residence.

About Middough
Middough Inc. (Middough), founded in 1950, is a leading professional engineering, architecture and project solutions company providing services to a broad spectrum of Fortune 500 clients in nine core industries with offices across the Central, Midwest and Northeast regions. Our diversified team is our greatest asset, and they are challenged with a large variety of interesting projects, management and technical development opportunities and team building experiences. Middough employs the best and brightest individuals who share our passion for excellence and who are dedicated to client satisfaction, quality service, safety awareness and professional development.
What Middough Offers
We offer a growth and learning culture which encourages and supports employee development through a wide variety of tools and resources such as the company Learning Management System, Middough Learning Center. Middough provides an opportunity to bring your talents and expertise to a successful and growing organization for your career advancement goals. Additionally, we offer a highly competitive compensation and the following comprehensive benefits package, based on eligibility and plan terms/changes:

  • A hybrid work model for work-life flexibility (based on business and client needs)
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
  • Company paid Short/Long Term Disability, Life, AD&D, and Travel Insurance
  • Health Saving and Flexible Spending Accounts
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid Time Off, Company Paid Holidays
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Paid Certifications and Registrations (as applicable)
  • Employee Assistance Program

Middough participates in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) E-Verify program to confirm work authorization.
Equal Opportunity Employment
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors or any other protected characteristic under protected by federal, state, or local laws. Middough does not support sponsorship for any applicant that requires an employment visa (i.e., H-1B) to work lawfully in the US.

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