Sr. Construction Project Scheduler

 Summary

Our client is a boutique, full-service real estate advisory and construction management firm supporting complex development programs across Southern California. Their expertise spans the full lifecycle of a project, including planning, entitlement, design management, procurement, and construction oversight. With a team of highly credentialed professionals across engineering, project controls, and construction management, the firm has established a strong reputation for delivering results within large, highly regulated public sector environments.

They are currently seeking a Senior Regional Construction Scheduler to support major capital improvement programs in partnership with one of the largest public school districts in the region. This role is ideal for a highly experienced scheduling professional with deep expertise in Primavera P6, advanced schedule analysis, and program-level oversight within LAUSD or similarly structured public works environments. The position requires both technical leadership and the ability to influence program-wide scheduling performance across multiple concurrent projects.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Report directly to senior leadership and provide high-level schedule reporting aligned with key program milestones and executive requirements
• Support and help supervise Project Schedulers, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and adherence to program standards
• Interface with OARs, Senior Project Managers, and field teams to coordinate schedule reviews and resolve issues
• Review and analyze Primavera P6 baseline schedules, ensuring completeness of scope, logic, milestones, and cost loading
• Evaluate monthly schedule updates, identifying critical path impacts, milestone delays, and overall project performance trends
• Produce detailed, structured schedule review comments aligned with owner-driven templates and LAUSD-style reporting standards
• Perform advanced Time Impact Analysis (TIA) using methodologies such as Windows Analysis, incorporating both contemporaneous and forensic evaluations
• Interpret construction drawings and contract documents to assess scope alignment and determine entitlement to time extensions
• Develop, maintain, and update program-level and master schedules, ensuring alignment across multiple concurrent projects
• Perform regular status updates to program schedules, ensuring accuracy and consistency of data
• Establish and enforce standardized coding structures, layouts, and reporting formats to maintain schedule data integrity
• Identify schedule risks, delays, and inefficiencies, recommending mitigation and recovery strategies
• Prepare executive-level reports, dashboards, and performance summaries for senior management
• Participate in project meetings and conduct site visits to validate schedule progress against field conditions

Qualifications & Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of full-time professional experience in construction scheduling
• Experience working for an owner or general contractor, preferably within public sector or educational facility projects
• Proven experience supporting large-scale capital programs with multiple concurrent projects (strong preference for LAUSD or similar districts)
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 (latest versions) and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related field
  • OR bachelor’s degree in another discipline with additional relevant scheduling experience
• Core Technical Expertise
  • Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling and analysis
  • Cost and resource loading within Primavera P6
  • Earned Value Analysis (EVA) and performance tracking
  • Schedule forensics and delay analysis
  • Time Impact Analysis (TIA) and Windows Analysis methodologies
  • Contract interpretation related to schedule entitlement and claims
• Highly Preferred Experience
  • Direct experience with LAUSD Facilities Services Division or similarly structured public agencies
  • Familiarity with owner-mandated schedule review templates, reporting standards, and approval workflows
  • Experience supporting program-level scheduling across large, multi-project environments
  • Exposure to Design-Build delivery methods
  • Familiarity with Building Information Modeling (BIM) and integrated project controls
• Key Attributes
  • Strong leadership capabilities with experience mentoring or overseeing scheduling teams
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a high level of attention to detail
  • Strong written communication skills, particularly in technical reporting and executive summaries
  • Confident communicator capable of interfacing with senior stakeholders and project leadership
  • Ability to operate effectively in structured, compliance-driven environments with strict reporting requirements