Senior Scheduler (Construction)

About the role

The Senior Scheduler will independently manage planning and scheduling for data‑center construction projects or major work packages. You will ensure schedules align with owner objectives, contractual milestones, and delivery requirements across all project phases.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update integrated project schedules covering design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and close‑out.
• Define schedule activities, sequencing, durations, logic, dependencies, and key interfaces with stakeholders.
• Establish baselines, milestones, and critical‑path activities; analyze float, constraints, and performance.
• Track progress on a regular cadence and produce reports, dashboards, and forecasts for clients and project teams.
• Review actual progress versus plan, assess variances, and recommend mitigation actions.
• Identify, assess, and manage schedule risks; create recovery and acceleration plans when delays occur.
• Review contractor and supplier schedules for completeness, logic, and integration.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, commercial teams, and contractors to validate and communicate updates.
• Use Primavera P6 and Oracle Primavera Cloud, ensuring compliance with project controls and governance.
• Maintain historical schedule data, analyze performance, and mentor junior schedulers.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional qualification.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in project scheduling, planning, or controls for construction.
• Proven ability to develop and manage complex construction schedules independently.
• Strong knowledge of critical‑path method (CPM), schedule logic, baselines, float analysis, and milestone management.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
• Experience supervising or reviewing the work of junior scheduling staff.

Required skills

• Primavera P6
• Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC)
• Critical‑path method scheduling
• Schedule risk analysis and impact assessment
• Recovery planning and schedule forecasting
• Schedule logic, baselines, float analysis, milestone management, progress measurement