Principal Scheduling Engineer; Term-Limited

Overview

Salary range is $101K to $207K with a midpoint of $154K. New hires typically receive between minimum and midpoint, however, we may go slightly higher based on experience, internal equity and market.

Sound Transit also offers a competitive benefits package with a wide range of offerings, including:

• Health Benefits: We offer two choices of medical plans, a dental plan, and a vision plan all at no cost for employee coverage; comprehensive benefits for employees and eligible dependents, including a spouse or domestic partner.
• Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Retirement Plans: 401a – 10% of employee contribution with a 12% match by Sound Transit; 457b – up to IRS maximum (employee only contribution).
• Paid Time Off: Employees accrue 25 days of paid time off annually with increases at four, eight and twelve years of service. Employees at the director level and up accrue additional days. We also observe 12 paid holidays and provide up to 2 paid floating holidays and up to 2 paid volunteer days per year.
• Parental Leave: 12 weeks of parental leave for new parents.
• Pet Insurance.
• ORCA Card: All full-time employees will receive an ORCA card at no cost.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Sound Transit will pay up to $5,000 annually for approved tuition expenses.
• Inclusive Reproductive Health Support Services.
• Compensation Practices: We offer competitive salaries based on market rates and internal equity. In addition to compensation and benefits, you’ll find that we provide work-life balance, opportunities for professional development and recognition from your colleagues.

This is a Term-Limited position with an anticipated duration of 5 years.

Under general direction, serves as a senior technical expert and owner’s advocate in all matters related to project scheduling on major capital programs. Provides advanced-level professional expertise in the development, evaluation, and defense of construction schedules for complex, multi-contract infrastructure programs; independently reviews, analyzes, and provides detailed technical assessment of contractor-submitted baseline schedules and monthly updates for conformance with contract specifications and sound CPM methodology;

leads forensic schedule analysis and delay analysis in support of claims avoidance, claims defense, and dispute resolution; assists with quantitative risk analysis and maintains schedule risk models to support contingency management and program reporting; oversees change management processes and time impact analysis; and provides highly responsible technical expertise and support to the Schedule Engineering Program Manager, Director of Scheduling Estimating Risk and VE, and program leadership.

The following duties are a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

• Develops, updates, and maintains program-level and contract-level master schedules using Oracle Primavera P6, ensuring schedules accurately reflect scope, logic, resource loading, and critical path.
• Prepares and maintains cost-loaded and resource-loaded CPM schedules; generates cash flow projections, earned value metrics, and schedule performance indices to support program-level reporting.
• Engages with the Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) team to coordinate and align 4D BIM models with construction schedules, ensuring conflicts are identified and resolved proactively.
• Performs “what-if” scenario modeling and develops look-ahead schedules to identify emerging risks, evaluate recovery strategies, and support management decision-making.
• Creates and maintains schedule enterprise structure in database, including work breakdown structure (WBS), schedule coding, and SCC mappings; ensures data integrity across integrated project control systems.
• Serves as the primary technical reviewer of contractor-submitted baseline schedules and all periodic updates; evaluates schedules for conformance with contract scheduling specifications, CPM logic integrity, appropriate level of detail, and…