Senior Project Scheduler

Company Overview

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Imagine a place committed to offering an unmatched employee experience. Where you work on projects that are meaningful to you. Where you play an active part in shaping your career journey. Where your co-workers are invested in you and your success. Where you are encouraged and supported to do your very best and given the tools and resources to do so.

Where it’s a priority that the company takes good care of you and your family.

Our employees are the heart of our company. As an employer of choice, our goal is to provide a challenging, progressive and inclusive work environment which fosters personal leadership, career growth and development for every employee. We value passionate individuals who challenge the norm, deliver world-class solutions and bring diverse perspectives. Join our team, and together we will make a difference and change the world.

Our Transportation Construction, Engineering and Inspection group assists in all levels of federal, public, private and international organizations by offering planning, design, and construction services for transportation systems that reflect community needs. Our value-added program management, best-in-class design-build expertise, and unparalleled sustainability and economic solutions, build partnerships and create solutions for current and future environmental and infrastructure challenges. CDM Smith is seeking a Project Scheduler / Schedule Reviewer to support our Transportation CEI (Construction Engineering & Inspection) team in Charleston, WV.

This position will contribute to CDM Smith’s mission by:

• Performing Baseline and Updated Schedule Reviews for both internal and external clients, frequently under tight deadlines.
• Developing and documenting project planning considerations and objectives, scope and milestones to incorporate into the master project schedule.
• Developing, maintaining, and analyzing integrated critical path schedules for projects in accordance with contract specifications.
• Developing scope, deliverables, and activities with project managers for each task assignment.
• Developing detailed work plan deliverables including schedule diagrams (Pert, Gantt & Time-Scale), resource loaded activities, and fee scheduling of invoicing.
• Gathering project progress information from project manager and project team members to update and monitor the project.
• Maintaining and updating scope within work breakdown structure; reports on unbudgeted activities. Updates actual expenditures, and forecasts remaining cost/resource needs.
• Supporting the updating of a risk register related to schedule and scope impacts.
• Developing monthly progress report deliverables to encompass schedule updates, schedule performance/milestone reports, and performance curves. Monitoring and reporting critical path and schedule performance; updating actual progress and forecast remaining work schedule.
• Preparing miscellaneous proposal and/or Contract Time Determination schedules, as required.

Skills and Abilities:

• Proficient in project management methodology including project planning, control and assurance methodologies, and general finance and accounting concepts and practices.
• Demonstrates good knowledge of project goals, drivers, strategies, risks and opportunities as well as an understanding construction practices.
• Working knowledge of Enterprise Project Portfolio Management tools (Ex: Primavera P6)
• AACE-CST, AACE-PSP, or PMI-SP certification
• Proficient in determining contractual compliance and reasonableness of schedule…