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Project Scheduler – Major New Distribution Facility

Job Location: Fairfield, NJ

Company

Our client is a leading Material Handling Systems Integrator recognized as a top NJ employer headquartered in Northern NJ.  They specialize in design, integration, installation and support of warehouse and distribution center material handling systems.  The company is a $400 million business in the US and they are experiencing exponential growth. 

Position

“Your Project Schedule will only ever be as good as the Scheduler responsible for creating and maintaining it.”

A Project Schedule is a dynamic ‘road map’ that guides the project team and the project to successful completion. It identifies what work needs to be completed, when and by whom; constructability issues; and key project interfaces. It allows a project team to review project performance to date and to make accurate projections about project work still to be completed simultaneously.

Key responsibilities for the Project Scheduler will be;

The creator: At the feasibility planning stage project information is often scarce. A good Scheduler works with the project team to ‘paint a time picture’ of the project that reflects the team’s vision of how the project will be performed and gain consensus by all parties involved. At this stage, this Scheduler’s role is critical as they are usually the key ‘time management expert’ in the team at the time.

The coordinator: During the planning stages the Scheduler’s role involves developing the agreed Project Schedule. They act as a coordinator, assembling information from the project team into a cohesive Schedule. The information is ‘owned’ by all of the project team but it is the Scheduler’s job to integrate and test the information provided by the team for logic, common sense and completeness by asking the right questions. The Scheduler remains totally responsible for the integrity of the scheduling tool and the schedule data.

The supporter: During the execution stage of the project the Scheduler plays a supporting role, maintaining the schedule, optimizing change outcomes and advising the project team on performance. The Scheduler must be alert to changes, variations in scope and trends that may influence the Project Schedule and project outcomes and then advise the project management team of his/her observations, findings and recommendations.   

Responsibilities

Whatever the role, the core attributes of ‘good scheduling practice’ remain the same. During the planning stages the Scheduler will work with the project leadership team to help make decisions such as:

  • Defining an appropriate scope in line with the adopted project development and project delivery strategy
  • How to monitor and control the project through the various phases of the project lifecycle
  • How to manage the interface between the various contracts
  • Completion dates of any project’s portions
  • Maximizing efficiency of the project strategy with respect to cost, time and contingency
  • Risk and opportunity management.

During the execution stage the Scheduler will work with the people responsible for executing the work to monitor and control the project, including:

  • Updating the schedule and comparing the actual work performed against the baseline program
  • Identifying and reporting variances

  • Identifying activities impacting the schedule’s critical path and facilitating the identification of rectification measures

  • Reporting on trends, forecasts and cashflow

  • Reporting on project contingency, and schedule risks and opportunities.

Qualifications

  

  • Minimum of 5 years of project scheduling experience for major commercial construction projects.
  • Experience using Microsoft Project and Primavera Project Planner (P3)
  • Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering or related field and have experience leading, mentoring and motivating teams to high levels of performance.
  • Excellent project risk management skills
  • Effective communication skills
  • Ability to travel as needed for project requirements

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