Scheduler

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Job Description:

Parsons is seeking an experienced Scheduler to support a major program and construction management team delivering a large, complex industrial infrastructure project. 

Reporting through the Project Controls Branch, the Scheduler will develop, maintain, update, and analyze the integrated project schedule. The selected candidate will coordinate schedule information across engineering, permitting, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, startup, and closeout while providing accurate progress and forecast information to program leadership and the Client. 

This position is based near Little Rock, Arkansas and is part of a 4–5 year contract. During the first year, remote work is permitted. After the first year, the selected candidate will be required to either reside within commuting distance of Little Rock, AR or be willing to relocate to the area. 

Periodic travel and coordination with program leadership, Client representatives, contractors, consultants, suppliers, and on-site personnel may be required. 

What You'll Be Doing:

• Develop, maintain, update, and analyze detailed project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Integrate engineering, permitting, procurement, fabrication, construction, testing, commissioning, startup, turnover, and closeout activities.
• Establish activity coding, calendars, logic, sequencing, milestones, constraints, and progress-measurement requirements.
• Review contractor baseline schedules, updates, look-ahead schedules, recovery plans, and schedule narratives for compliance and reasonableness.
• Evaluate schedule quality, including activity logic, durations, open ends, constraints, float, critical paths, and required contractual milestones.
• Track actual progress against approved baselines and verify reported status with engineering, construction, procurement, and field personnel.
• Identify critical and near-critical activities, emerging delays, schedule variances, constraints, and potential milestone impacts.
• Prepare look-ahead schedules and coordinate upcoming decisions, submittals, permits, deliveries, inspections, tests, and other prerequisites.
• Support the development and evaluation of mitigation plans, recovery schedules, alternative sequencing, and schedule-compression strategies.
• Review the schedule effects of design changes, field conditions, delayed decisions, procurement issues, and other project events.
• Support the review of time-impact analyses, requests for time extensions, delay claims, and schedule-related change proposals.
• Coordinate with Risk and Cost personnel to support schedule-risk analysis, earned value management, forecasting, and integrated performance reporting.
• Work with commissioning personnel to incorporate system completion, turnover, testing, startup, training, and acceptance activities.
• Prepare schedule reports, milestone summaries, variance analyses, critical-path reports, trend charts, dashboards, and executive briefings.
• Maintain accurate and auditable schedule files, assumptions, narratives, approvals, progress records, and change histories.
• Participate in progress meetings, schedule reviews, risk workshops, contractor meetings, and Client briefings.
• Promote consistent scheduling practices, accurate progress measurement, early warning, and transparent reporting.
• Work remotely during the first year, with the expectation of residing within commuting distance of Little Rock, Arkansas, or relocating to the area thereafter.
• Support periodic travel and coordination with program leadership, Client representatives, contractors, consultants, suppliers, and on-site personnel.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field and at least seven years of relevant construction-scheduling experience.
• Additional directly related experience may be considered in place of the preferred degree.
• Experience developing and maintaining integrated schedules for large industrial, infrastructure, manufacturing, Federal, or government construction projects.
• Experience reviewing contractor schedules, performing critical-path and delay analyses, and developing mitigation or recovery plans.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 and its reporting capabilities.
• Strong knowledge of critical-path methodology, schedule logic, float analysis, baselines, progress measurement, forecasting, and schedule controls.
• Ability to identify schedule deficiencies, performance trends, delays, and practical recovery options.
• Working knowledge of time-impact analysis, change management, earned value management, and schedule-risk analysis.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including preparation of schedule narratives, reports, and management presentations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, contractors, and Client representatives.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Experience integrating engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning schedules.
• Familiarity with Deltek Acumen, Power BI, PMIS platforms, or comparable schedule-analysis and reporting tools.
• Planning and Scheduling Professional certification.
• Project Management Professional certification.
• Certified Construction Manager certification.
• Experience supporting schedule-risk analysis, earned value management, time-impact analyses, delay claims, and requests for time extensions.
• Experience preparing executive briefings, critical-path reports, trend charts, schedule dashboards, milestone summaries, and variance analyses.

Security Clearance Requirement:

None

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: $88,400.00 - $154,700.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

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