Construction Scheduler

Company: Shawmut Design and Construction
Location: Providence
Posted on: January 27, 2023

Job Description:

Since our founding in 1982, were proud that the culture weve built as a 100% employee-owned company as we have been recognized with over 70 Best Place to Work awardsincluding Best Workplace by Fortune Magazine three years in a row, Fortune Best Workplace for Women, Fortune Best Workplace for Millennials, Great Place to Works Best Workplace for Parents, and one of Americas Best Employers by Forbes. At Shawmut, you will have the opportunity to own your career and deliver impact within our culture of ownership and innovation focused around providing the gold standard of client service for the worlds most recognizable and elite brands and institutions.Here is a glimpse at what we are offering:

• Health, Life, Long/Short Term Disability Insurance including Dental and Vision
• 401K with Match
• Generous Paid Time Off policy (Including vacation, summer Fridays, holidays, personal sick and volunteer day which we can explain at time of interview)
• ESOP be an employee owner!
• The Extras: cell phone, laptop, tuition reimbursement, discounted gym membership, pet insurance, auto & homeowner (mortgage network & insurance savings) and many more The purpose of this role is to provide project teams with scheduling support, quality control, reporting, risk assessment and issues tracking/mitigation to help project teams meet their contractual obligations and deliver schedules on time.Project Pursuit
  • Develop bid schedules as required and in conjunction with Scheduling Manager and appropriate Preconstruction and Field Operations Staff.Project Preparation
  • Partner with Project Executive and Preconstruction Manager to serve as a resource to help develop comprehensive understanding of project strategy and deploy throughout preconstruction process.
  • Ensure proper set-up of and adherence to established best practices/processes.
  • Verifies that projects are set up in compliance with published guidelines and that they allow for easy tracking against performance.
  • Partner with estimating, project management and other key stakeholders.Project Scheduling
  • Works with project teams to ensure that every project is set up with a viable schedule, including procurement.
  • Transitions project to construction phase activities.
  • Prepare concise monthly narratives.
  • Works with operations to regularly review schedule progress on active projects.
  • Participates, drives and facilitates team schedule updates to verify performance against the plan and ensure that all parties are being held accountable. Ensures that updates are done in a logical and traceable way. Verifies that teams are inputting issues into the schedule real-time to verify impact to project critical path. Review results with Scheduling Manager and appropriate Con Ops / Field Ops staff as required.
  • Reconcile discrepancies from actual vs planned process and drive recovery process for projects facing scheduling challenges.
  • Leverages available software to mitigate risks and increase visibility, communication and accountability for all Stakeholders. Keep up to date with industry and software advancements.
  • Ensures accuracy when maintaining and organizing data.People Development
  • Coach and fill in gaps for construction operations staff who need scheduling support.
  • Drive and participate in continuous learning efforts especially as it relates to scheduling methodology and industry best practices for schedule management, recovery and contractual requirements. Partner with IT to dovetail with Technical Training Efforts for software usage.
  • 3-5 years of construction Lean construction experience a plus
  • Bachelor's Degree (relevant to construction is a major plus)
  • Software proficiancy in P6 and Microsoft
  • Understanding of construction principles, practices, procedures, means
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in
  • Demonstrated initiative, follow through, resourcefulness, efficiency and attention
  • Strong working knowledge of MS Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Ability to learn new software and ability to quickly learn organization structure
  • Ability to create a culture of inclusion and belonging by acting with courage, humility and curiosity; desire to learn about others and self-reflectShawmut prohibits discrimination against any staff member or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, religion, national origin, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, disability, creed, citizenship status, or any other legally protected characteristic.ID: 2022-5438 Division: Construction Operations External Company URL: http://www.shawmut.com/ Street: 3 Davol Square

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