- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Construction
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Education
- Bachelor
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- ApplyToJob
Description
Sargent Electric is a leading specialty contractor focused on electrical, instrumentation, wireless, utility, and low voltage systems. Founded in Pittsburgh in 1907, we operate from 8 locations across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, delivering projects nationwide for our strategic customers.
We support the breadth of client needs, from routine 24/7 service and emergency restoration to their largest and most complex projects. Our proven safety record, technical depth, and longstanding client relationships have made us a partner of choice for Fortune 500 companies, leading general contractors, and EPC contractors.
We are seeking to hire a Construction Scheduler - Mission Critical - in our Pittsburgh, PA office.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
This full-time role supports the Mission Critical business unit by developing, maintaining, and managing detailed schedules for large-scale electrical construction projects from preconstruction through commissioning and turnover. The work location may be a project site or Mission Critical office, with local travel to project sites.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
WHAT YOU'LL BRING:
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
Sargent Electric Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
We support the breadth of client needs, from routine 24/7 service and emergency restoration to their largest and most complex projects. Our proven safety record, technical depth, and longstanding client relationships have made us a partner of choice for Fortune 500 companies, leading general contractors, and EPC contractors.
We are seeking to hire a Construction Scheduler - Mission Critical - in our Pittsburgh, PA office.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
This full-time role supports the Mission Critical business unit by developing, maintaining, and managing detailed schedules for large-scale electrical construction projects from preconstruction through commissioning and turnover. The work location may be a project site or Mission Critical office, with local travel to project sites.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- Manage Project Schedules. Develop and maintain logic-driven schedules from preconstruction through commissioning and turnover
- Develop Primavera P6 Schedules. Maintain baselines, updates, activity logic, durations, milestones, constraints, critical path, and physical percent complete in Primavera P6.
- Drive Field-Based Updates. Work with project managers, superintendents, general foremen, and field teams so updates reflect actual conditions, installed progress, productivity, materials, access, and constraints.
- Integrate Electrical Scope. Schedule underground, grounding, raceway, cable tray, equipment setting, busway, cable installation, terminations, controls, testing, energization, commissioning, and turnover activities.
- Integrate Procurement and Prefabrication. Incorporate engineering releases, submittals, approvals, procurement, fabrication, long-lead deliveries, BIM coordination, clash detection, detailing, and material release activities.
- Analyze Critical Path and Risk. Identify critical and near-critical activities, sequencing conflicts, constraints, and emerging risks and support mitigation and recovery plans.
- Report Schedule Performance. Prepare critical-path analysis, baseline-versus-actual reporting, milestone tracking, variance analysis, look-aheads, and recovery schedules.
- Support Look-Ahead Planning. Translate the overall schedule into executable near-term plans aligned with manpower, materials, equipment, access, predecessor work, and field priorities.
- Coordinate with the General Contractor. Reconcile the electrical construction schedule with the general contractor master schedule and other trade schedules.
- Plan Commissioning and Turnover. Integrate testing, energization, startup support, commissioning, punch list, documentation, and phased turnover milestones.
- Communicate and Improve. Clearly communicate schedule status, risks, priorities, and required actions and help establish consistent Mission Critical scheduling standards and best practices.
- Champion Safety Culture. Lead by example in upholding safety standards and support best practices across field and office environments.
- Crave Learning. Grow through hands-on experience, training, and mentorship and actively engage in available development opportunities.
- Additional Responsibilities. Assume additional duties and responsibilities as delegated by Sargent Executive Management.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business Administration, or a related discipline; candidates with two or more years of relevant construction scheduling experience may receive equivalent consideration in lieu of a degree.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain detailed construction schedules using Primavera P6.
- Ability to translate complex schedule information into clear, actionable information for project stakeholders.
- Experience with construction management applications such as BuildingConnected, Vista, Bluebeam, PlanGrid, Procore, ProjectSite, Primavera P6, and related applications preferred.
- Strong understanding of electrical construction sequencing in a multi-trade environment preferred
- Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, computer, multitasking, and time-management skills.
- At least 2 years of construction scheduling, project controls, or construction management experience supporting electrical, mission critical, data center, industrial, or other complex construction projects.
- Experience scheduling large-scale electrical construction, data center, mission critical, industrial, or similarly complex projects preferred.
- Competitive compensation based on experience
- Established, growing company with a strong industry reputation
- Collaborative, team-driven environment
- Opportunity to directly impact project success and cost efficiency
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
Sargent Electric Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Skills
BIMProcurement