What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Scheduler position at Balfour Beatty and Careers?
Project Scheduler (BB Civils)
Become Part of Our Team
As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including:
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- 401(k) with company match
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
- Vacation Time
- Sick Time
- Holidays
Summary
This is a regional position, but is a support role for all projects in the SE Region. The role will require assisting in pre-construction scheduling for our \"Work Winning\" and \"Business Development\" teams in Wilmington, NC. The role will also require travel to various project sites to assist in schedule baselining, schedule updates, schedule workshops, etc. Lastly, the role will require project engineering assistance in the research and analysis of the contract documents required to establish accurate activity durations and schedule logic. This includes quantity takeoffs, production analysis, and research of project phasing and schedule driven project requirements.
Essential Functions
- Must know all aspects of scheduling software (P6 a must and MS Project a plus);
- Must have served in the role of a full time scheduler for at least 2 years (5 is ideal), and must have been the lead on a project schedule for at least 2 projects where submissions to the Owner / Client were required.
- Must have a firm understanding of Highway construction including traffic management and phasing;
- Must have firm understanding of contract requirements for CPM Schedules for DOT projects and Unit Price quantity driven scheduling techniques and cost loading.
- The role will require designation as the \"scheduling representative\" listed in DOT contracts.
- Lastly, the role will require assistance to project engineering tasks such as quantity takeoffs, production analysis, cost tracking, etc.
Additional Requirements
The candidate should have served in a Project Engineering and / or Project Management role on highway projects for 5 years prior to dedicating themselves to scheduling.
About Us
Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm®, we are challenging the construction industry’s assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.
Consistently ranked among the nation’s largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).
Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.