Senior Scheduler

WSP • Los Angeles, CA

1d • $150,000 - $190,000

About The Position

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Scheduler to join our Project
Controls team in Southern California. This position will be part of the WSP US
Program Management National Practice, reporting to the Project Controls - West
Functional Manager.

Your Impact 

Job Duties:

This position is responsible for providing technical leadership, governance,
and advanced scheduling expertise across complex capital programs and
projects. This role serves as a subject matter expert (SME) for Oracle
Primavera P6, development and/or implementation of scheduling standards, and
project controls best practices. The position supports both project teams and
executive leadership by ensuring schedule integrity, consistency, and
alignment with cost, risk, and performance objectives. Responsibilities
include but are not limited to the following:

Develop and manage integrated master schedules for large, multi-stakeholder
programs and projects. 

Responsible for developing the project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS),
work packages, and project performance measures.  

Responsible for reviewing, analyzing, and reporting internal project
performance, and/or contractor’s schedule performance.

Develop the baseline project schedule to include detail Basis of Schedule
documentation.

Identify schedule activities, dependencies, and durations, that control the
overall project and critical path.

Conduct and/or review periodic CPM updates, provide Primavera schedule
comparison reports and detail schedule reviews.

Develop Earned Value analysis reports, critical path, look ahead, and
resource requirements.

Review and monitor variances from baseline, develop schedule recovery
options, and coordinate timely and effective corrective actions to ensure
alignment with project and schedule objectives. 

Schedule Change Management to include review and analysis of project change
orders. 

Perform time impact analyses (TIA) to evaluate and determine the impacts of
potential delays.

Provide recommendations for schedule recovery, conduct recovery schedule
reviews, and perform what-if scenario analysis.

Assess and provide recommendations to resolve schedule, scope changes or
delays to the Project Team and Executive Management.

Who You Are

Minimum Requirements:

10+ years’ experience in developing and managing CPM project schedules in
Primavera P6 or equivalent, with a proven track record in developing,
updating and analyzing detailed execution schedules for large scale, complex, programs and projects.

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline or equivalent
professional experience.

Extensive experience in construction schedule development and management. 

Ability to anticipate, identify, and mitigate potential schedule issues and
coordinate contingency and/or recovery plans across large, multi-stakeholder
project teams.

Advanced skills in Time Impact Analysis (TIAs), forensic analysis, and
What-if-scenarios.

Experience in Earned Value Management (EVM) and EVM reporting. 

Extensive experience in Change Order Management, including merit reviews and
time impact assessments.

Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and coordinating across
large client multi-stakeholder programs.

Effective reporting and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications 

Master's degree and/or related project controls professional certification(s)
Experience in developing and managing schedules through engineering, procurement, and construction phases, to include commissioning, turnover, and project closeout.
Experience in supporting claims analysis and dispute resolution
Energetic team player with strong communication skills
Strategic problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Experience in mentoring junior schedulers

WSP Benefits: 

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and
financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include
coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement
savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental
leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance
at naturalization proceedings. 

Compensation:

Expected Salary (Southern California): $150,000 to $190,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith
believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful
applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to
internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to
ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits
and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s
sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading
engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local
communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors
and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in
the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more
than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our
clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs.
Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical,
dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing
health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their
careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be
essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to
get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National
Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or
other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring
document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has
expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at
hand.  Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or
other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the
right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation
will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing
service.

Requirements

• 10+ years’ experience in developing and managing CPM project schedules in Primavera P6 or equivalent, with a proven track record in developing, updating and analyzing detailed execution schedules for large scale, complex, programs and projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline or equivalent professional experience.
• Extensive experience in construction schedule development and management.
• Ability to anticipate, identify, and mitigate potential schedule issues and coordinate contingency and/or recovery plans across large, multi-stakeholder project teams.
• Advanced skills in Time Impact Analysis (TIAs), forensic analysis, and What-if-scenarios.
• Experience in Earned Value Management (EVM) and EVM reporting.
• Extensive experience in Change Order Management, including merit reviews and time impact assessments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and coordinating across large client multi-stakeholder programs.
• Effective reporting and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree and/or related project controls professional certification(s)
• Experience in developing and managing schedules through engineering, procurement, and construction phases, to include commissioning, turnover, and project closeout.
• Experience in supporting claims analysis and dispute resolution
• Energetic team player with strong communication skills
• Strategic problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Experience in mentoring junior schedulers

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage integrated master schedules for large, multi-stakeholder programs and projects.
• Responsible for developing the project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), work packages, and project performance measures.
• Responsible for reviewing, analyzing, and reporting internal project performance, and/or contractor’s schedule performance.
• Develop the baseline project schedule to include detail Basis of Schedule documentation.
• Identify schedule activities, dependencies, and durations, that control the overall project and critical path.
• Conduct and/or review periodic CPM updates, provide Primavera schedule comparison reports and detail schedule reviews.
• Develop Earned Value analysis reports, critical path, look ahead, and resource requirements.
• Review and monitor variances from baseline, develop schedule recovery options, and coordinate timely and effective corrective actions to ensure alignment with project and schedule objectives.
• Schedule Change Management to include review and analysis of project change orders.
• Perform time impact analyses (TIA) to evaluate and determine the impacts of potential delays.
• Provide recommendations for schedule recovery, conduct recovery schedule reviews, and perform what-if scenario analysis.
• Assess and provide recommendations to resolve schedule, scope changes or delays to the Project Team and Executive Management.

Benefits

• coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life
• retirement savings
• paid sick leave
• paid vacation (or other personal time)
• paid parental leave
• paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior