Project Scheduling Specialist

We’re hiring a Project Scheduling Specialist to develop and update project schedules across the company. This position will work closely with the director of scheduling and project teams providing training and support.

As a project scheduler you’ll confidently and professionally represent Dowbuilt, with a positive attitude and customer service driven approach. To succeed in this position, you’ll bring:

• Coordinate schedule activities between various projects and stakeholders. In collaboration with project teams, prepare, monitor and update overall project schedules using MS Project Online, following guidelines and policies.
• Run regular update meetings with project teams to assist and assess conflicts in schedule logic and risks to schedule critical path and deadlines.
• Provide clear and accurate schedule update reports identifying long and short-term resource requirements for projects, Critical Path drivers and risks, work with project teams to ensure proper planning, and to identify scheduling conflicts as well as offer solutions.
• Clear understanding and working knowledge of critical path scheduling.
• Learn and apply scheduling logic, based on construction sequencing of project; use Dowbuilt scheduling templates to incorporate project specific tasks, milestones, project calendars and other schedule constraint controls.
• Develop an understanding of the design process, construction planning and procurement as it relates to the residential market and incorporate these processes into all schedules.
• Integrate subcontractor and supplier schedules, as provided by project teams into master schedules and update regularly.
• Collaborate with Direct of Scheduling, project teams and related stakeholders to develop and capture scheduling and planning best practices for Dowbuilt.
• Train project engineers, project managers and superintendents on MS Project to allow teams to independently update and maintain schedules; provide troubleshooting support.
• Participate in internal project reviews as requested.
• Assist in other scheduling department functions, as needed (including by not limited to developing SOP’s).
• Demonstrate and support a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion

TRAVEL:
Some nationwide travel to job sites may be required. Less than 10% of time.

To be successful as a Dowbuilt project scheduling specialist, you’ll need:

• Undergraduate degree in Building Science, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related field or equivalent professional experience
• High degree of proficiency in MS Project and critical path scheduling methodology
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships with project teams that transcend a project
• Detail-oriented and proactive problem solver
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word)
• Experience with applications such as Smartsheet, Egnyte, Slack and Asana is preferred
• Demonstrate and support a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion
• Operate with a high level of integrity, positivity, and emotional intelligence

• Collaborate with project build teams to create, monitor and update project schedules using MS Project software.
• Generate and distribute project schedule update reports identifying controlling issues and risks to project progress.
• Ability to work minimum Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm, not including commute time
• Must have reliable transportation to get to/from work and to/from job sites safely and on-time
• Must comply with Dowbuilt’s drug and alcohol policy
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check and drug screen

The duties of this position require the employee to constantly operate a computer and other office equipment, as well as the ability to remain in a stationary position 50% of the…