What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Project Scheduler - Data Center position at IES Electrical?
IES Commercial, Inc. - DBA IES Electrical, seeking full-time Senior Project Scheduler - Data Center in Lithia Springs, Georgia. Responsible for overseeing the Scheduling Department within our Mission-Critical division. You will lead scheduling operations and personnel across a national portfolio of complex data center projects, ensuring scheduling consistency, accuracy, and alignment with overall project goals and division standards.
Job Summary
Benefits: Exceptional benefits including 401(k) Retirement Plan with company discretionary match, flexible medical-dental-vision insurance, short-term/long-term disability insurance, basic life/AD&D insurance, paid holidays, and highly competitive pay in addition to paid-time-off.
Job Summary
- Directs and manages Scheduling Department, ensuring consistent processes, reporting standards, and schedule integrity across all Mission Critical projects
- Serves as company's subject matter expert for scheduling best practices, critical path methodology, and planning strategy for electrical construction in the data center sector
- Develops and maintains integrated master schedules and project-specific schedules in collaboration with project teams, field leadership, and trade partners
- Establishes department-wide protocols for schedule development, updates, forecasting, look-ahead planning, and schedule recovery
- Performs schedule risk assessments, delay analysis, and reporting to support executive decision-making and client communications
- Partners with Project Controls, Estimating, and Operations to support preconstruction planning, procurement schedules, and manpower forecasting
- Provides mentorship and leadership to all schedulers within the department, supporting team growth and accountability
- Conducts regular audits, jobsite visits, and coordination meetings to monitor progress and maintain alignment with contractual milestones
- Position requires travel to project sites
- Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent field or trade experience also considered
- Minimum 10 or more years of construction scheduling experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role managing scheduling personnel or departments
- Extensive background in electrical construction and mission-critical/data center environments
- Expert-level proficiency in Primavera P6; strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project and Excel
- Demonstrated ability to manage scheduling efforts across multiple large-scale, fast-paced projects
- Deep understanding of construction sequencing, resource
- Excellent communication, analytical, and leadership skills with the ability to interface at all organizational levels
- Ability to travel as required
- Successfully pass pre-employment (post offer) background check, and MVR check when responsibilities require operating motor vehicles.
Benefits: Exceptional benefits including 401(k) Retirement Plan with company discretionary match, flexible medical-dental-vision insurance, short-term/long-term disability insurance, basic life/AD&D insurance, paid holidays, and highly competitive pay in addition to paid-time-off.