Lead Scheduler
Simpson & Simpson Management Consulting is seeking an experienced Scheduler V / Lead Scheduler to support a major public-sector capital improvement program in the Los Angeles area.
đź“Ť Location: Los Angeles, CA
🏗️ Industry: Construction / Capital Improvement / Program Management
đź“… Position: Scheduler V / Lead Scheduler
This is a senior-level opportunity for an accomplished scheduling professional with extensive experience supporting large, complex capital construction programs and multiple concurrent projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee program and project scheduling activities
- Develop, maintain, and analyze complex Primavera P6 schedules
- Review contractor baseline schedules, updates, and recovery schedules
- Perform Critical Path Method (CPM) and schedule variance analyses
- Conduct Time Impact Analyses (TIA) and schedule forensic reviews
- Review and manage cost- and resource-loaded schedules
- Monitor milestones, schedule risks, delays, and recovery strategies
- Support Earned Value Management (EVM/EVMS) and performance reporting
- Establish scheduling standards, coding structures, and best practices
- Provide technical guidance and oversight to project schedulers
- Coordinate with project managers, contractors, designers, and program leadership
- Communicate schedule issues, impacts, and recommendations to senior stakeholders
Minimum Qualifications
- 15+ years of recent capital construction scheduling experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or a related field
- Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6
- Strong proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Demonstrated experience with cost- and resource-loaded schedules
- Strong knowledge of CPM scheduling, cost engineering, schedule analysis, and schedule forensics
- Experience performing Time Impact Analysis
- Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM/EVMS)
- Experience leading or providing technical oversight to other schedulers
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills
Preferred Qualifications
- AACE Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP)
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Experience supporting public-sector, higher education, infrastructure, or other large multi-project capital programs
Who We’re Looking For
We’re looking for more than an experienced P6 user. The ideal candidate is a senior scheduling professional capable of leading the scheduling function, evaluating contractor schedules, identifying schedule risks and delays, performing sophisticated schedule analysis, and communicating findings and recovery strategies to project and program leadership.
