Scheduling Manager

The Role

Joining Balfour Beatty as a Scheduling Manager you will play a key role in supporting Business Development, Preconstruction, Operations, and Legal in every aspect of a project schedule from initial concept development of schedule logic to preconstruction through closeout for projects ranging from midsize to large-scale commercial construction. This role is critical in ensuring on-time delivery by identifying potential delays and recommending solutions to maintain project momentum.

Essential Functions

• Manage and/or create conceptual (RFP), bidding (preconstruction) and final project schedules from preliminary and ongoing project information for marketing, preconstruction, and operations departments use.
• Attend job site meetings, work and meet with architects, engineers, subcontractors, and owners, and contact and visit job sites in order to develop the project schedule.
• Develop standard and custom graphs and charts for site personnel to manage the project.
• Build and maintain a database of activity groups with as-built information for future use and reference.
• Identify critical path activities and project milestones; provide solutions to mitigate schedule risks and recover lost time.
• Provide support and guidance to ensure the baseline schedule submission is timely, complete, accurate, and in compliance with standard company procedures and the contract.
• Visit each assigned job site at least once per quarter to assist with schedule maintenance and change order management.
• Participate in financial and legal project reviews as necessary to evaluate and mitigate any schedule risk in accordance with standard company procedures.
• Produce presentation quality schedules for business development, operations, and legal presentations.
• Enforce and know the importance of maintaining the integrity of schedule logic.
• Prepare monthly schedule status report for project management and the Scheduling Manager.
• Prepare and maintain the monthly billing schedule.

What you will need

• 5+ years in scheduling within commercial construction environments.
• Bachelor's degree in construction management or 8 - 10 years of progressive equivalent work experience in the commercial construction field.
• Demonstrable strong understanding of construction sequencing, methods, and resource planning.
• Proven ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, and contracts.
• Strong computer skills including the ability to use word processing, spread sheets, etc. and advanced skills in scheduling software.
• Able to gain trust and support of others, encourages collaboration, is cooperative and seen as a team player.
• Able to effectively and proactively communicate in a variety of settings and styles; can gain new skills, knowledge and technical abilities quickly.

What you will get

As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holidays
• Paid Volunteer time
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Referral Bonus

About us

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm, we are challenging the construction industry's assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation's largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).