What are the responsibilities and job description for the Building Scheduling Manager (Owner's Representative) - Data Center Construction position at KALCON?
The Scheduling Manager serves as the Owner's Representative responsible for independent oversight and analysis of contractor‑developed schedules for data center site development. This role focuses on validating sequencing, logic, and risk across early works and civil scopes—including earthwork, utilities, paving, and site access—to ensure schedules are realistic, contract‑compliant, and aligned with program milestones. The Scheduler provides proactive schedule risk identification, variance analysis, and executive‑level reporting to support informed decision‑making and protect downstream base build and vertical construction start dates.
Minimum Qualifications
Schedule Oversight & Analysis
At a minimum, the candidate's professional resume must include the following:
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or relevant functional discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 3-10 years related work experience.
- Understand the Critical Path Method of scheduling theoretically and as it applies to projects
- Ability to understand and accurately interpret construction documents (drawings, specifications, contracts/general conditions) at all levels of design.
- Expert knowledge of Primavera Scheduling Software (P6, latest Version) and MS Project.
- Extensive experience using Microsoft Office software tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Word.
- Data center experience is a plus.
Schedule Oversight & Analysis
- Independently audit General Contractor Primavera P6 schedules (XER files) for accuracy, logic, sequencing, and conformance with client standards and contract requirements.
- Perform weekly schedule analysis, identifying deltas, logic changes, and deviations from prior updates.
- Validate critical and near critical path activities, float paths, and milestone alignment at the building level.
- Review activity durations against means, methods, and realistic production expectations.
- Evaluate weather assumptions, calendars, and contingencies embedded in schedules.
- Conduct baseline and progress audits (monthly minimum), with focused reviews performed weekly or upon receipt of contractor updates.
- Run DCMA schedule quality checks, including logic integrity, float analysis, parallel activity review, and variance identification.
- Identify schedule risk drivers and recommend corrective actions in coordination with field leadership and contractors.
- Perform Time Impact Analysis (TIA) reviews and validation of contractor delay claims.
- Develop schedule variance analyses and scenario modeling, including Monte Carlo and other risk analysis techniques.
- Coordinate across multiple contractors, scheduling teams, and disciplines to ensure building level schedules integrate with program milestones.
- Track OFCI equipment deliveries and highlight risk areas, securing superintendent and subcontractor alignment on recovery strategies.
- Review and analyze critical path schedules collaboratively with Superintendents and project leadership.
- Communicate schedule findings clearly to client leadership and project stakeholders, supporting speed to market goals.
- Help establish and maintain a repeatable, national scheduling framework, including templates, coding structures, and reporting standards.
- Standardize Level 1 and Level 2 milestones across projects to enable cross project comparison.
- Validate that constraints are applied only where contractually required and that critical paths remain logical and defensible.
- Translate schedule logic into visual workflow mapping on PDF drawings to aid field and leadership understanding.
- Develop comprehensive schedule plans aligned with program strategy and project goals.
- Weekly schedule analysis reports summarizing key changes, risks, and recommendations
- Critical and near critical path reports
- TIA evaluation summaries and formal recommendations
- Monthly schedule quality, logic, and risk review
- Optional executive level summary reporting for senior leadership
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with 4% KALCON match when an employee contributes at least 5%
- 15 days of paid time off
- 8 paid National Holidays
- Reimbursement for professional licenses and certifications
At a minimum, the candidate's professional resume must include the following:
- List of all educational achievements
- List of all professional licenses or certificates
- List of awards received
- Detailed employment history with each company, including:
- Name and contact information of the firm or agency
- Start date and end date (month and year)
- Positions held