Lead Scheduler – Construction Programs

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As Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) expands to meet growing passenger demand, Jacobs – a global leader in program management and airport design – is seeking a Lead Scheduler. In this key role, you’ll leverage your deep understanding of the construction industry and proven expertise in developing, maintaining, and analyzing complex construction schedules. You’ll review contractor schedules to ensure logical accuracy from a construction standpoint and apply your knowledge of multiple disciplines—electrical, mechanical, architectural, and systems—along with exposure to structural components, to keep projects on track and aligned with program goals.

• Work closely with Jacobs’ Construction Management team and the contractors’ scheduling teams.
• Integrate owner requirements and collect monthly progress updates from the required stakeholders.
• Participate in weekly project construction progress meetings and report scheduling concerns and any ongoing mitigation strategies.
• Evaluate contractor progress at interim milestones, identify potential issues if milestones are not met, and coordinate schedule updates with contractors working on CLE, especially those impacting critical milestones.
• Review contractors’ monthly schedule submissions; develop monthly Technical Schedule Reports (TSR) for each contractor’s schedule submission; discuss these TSRs with the respective contractors and coordinate corrective actions; highlight key areas of risk and schedule slippage.
• Manage the completion of all schedule submissions within the review timeline.
• Evaluate schedule risks with Jacobs’ construction management team and make recommendations for tracking these risks and associated corrective actions.
• Work with the Jacobs’ construction management team to identify the need for the issuance of a recovery schedule based on contractual requirements and identified slippage.
• Provide 30, 60, 90‑day key activities descriptions for the Airport’s monthly Executive Committee meetings.
• Update and maintain the Monthly Metrics report schedule sections, including the project’s scheduling performance index (SPI).
• Attend the Airport’s monthly project review meetings and present key schedule updates.
• Supervise the other Jacobs’ Team scheduler.
• Work closely with the contractors’ scheduling teams on corrective actions and mitigation measures.

• A minimum of 15 years of experience working as a construction scheduler on infrastructure programs with a program management firm and/or contractor, such as a large airport, rail terminal, hospital, college campus, or other project types having a wide variety of construction disciplines.
• At least five years of experience working on large ($500 million plus) multi‑year, complex, new‑construction, infrastructure airport programs with multiple contractors.
• Minimum three years in a lead scheduler or scheduling manager position.
• Ability to work onsite at Client/CLE during the regular work week (M‑F).
• Demonstrated skill and extensive usage of P6 Scheduling Software.
• In‑depth knowledge of the construction industry with a strong understanding of how construction schedules are developed, maintained, and updated; ability to review a contractor’s schedule and quickly assess its logical accuracy from a construction perspective; familiarity with multiple project disciplines, including electrical, mechanical, architectural, fire suppression, and control systems; and practical exposure to structural components.
• Experience conducting detailed reviews of schedule updates, preparing Technical Schedule Reports, and creating recovery plans if a contractor gets behind schedule; making recommendations to the owner.
• Proven track record working as an integral team member on the project…