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Senior Scheduling Specialist

Kelly
Port Lavaca, TX Contractor
POSTED ON 1/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/7/2026

Kelly is seeking a Senior Scheduling Specialist to join with our prestigious client in Port Lavaca, Texas 77979 & Houston TX 77077.


Title: Senior Scheduling Specialist

This role is a contract role: 12 months

Onsite work at Port Lavaca, Texas 77979 & Houston TX 77077.

Pay range: $55-$66/hr


Job description

The Senior Construction Scheduling Specialist acts as a technical resource for Scheduling within the Global Project Methodology (GPM) work process and supports establishment of the overall construction schedule baseline and reporting to monitor and control the construction activities within established tolerances of the baseline supporting efficient project execution. In this role you coordinate data inputs from the various construction contractors and internal disciplines to ensure accurate forecasts and reporting of schedule and engage the project steering team to understand causes of the deviation and the need to establish actions to mitigate, where deviations from established tolerances occur. Requires expanded conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and broadens capabilities.

Responsibilities / Duties

• Recommendations on cycle time reduction opportunities and techniques

• Develops and maintains comprehensive integrated master project schedules including Detail Design, Procurement, Construction and Start-up/Commissioning Project Stages.

• Utilizes project cost estimates to resource load project schedules and gain alignment with estimated scope of work and the project schedule.

• Recommendations on cycle time reduction opportunities and techniques

• Performs staffing density checks or staffing limitation checks to validate schedule durations and ensures resource-level supports the project strategy.

• Leads project teams in forecasting schedule challenges and offers analyses and solutions to complete the project on schedule.

• Performs critical path analysis to determine problem areas in regard to project schedule and resource overloads and offers alternative courses of action to the project team.

• Evaluates project deviations to assess schedule impact for proper decision making and recovery plans.

• Applies established schedule management practices to ascertain critical schedule issues and recommend corrective actions. Experience

• Practical experience as a scheduler working for a large main construction contractor in coordinating multiple subcontractors (e.g. in coordination of civil, structural steel, piping, insulation and scaffolding etc

• Assist in developing and maintaining comprehensive integrated master project schedules including Front-end Loading, Detail Design, Procurement, Construction and Start-up/Commissioning Project Stages.

• Maintains construction schedule during the project life cycle monitoring progress and incorporating modifications where changes in the original scope occur or delays are encountered.

• Leads project teams in forecasting schedule challenges and offers analyses and solutions to complete the project on schedule.

• Evaluates project deviations to assess schedule impact for proper decision making and recovery plans.

• Applies established schedule management practices to ascertain critical schedule issues and recommend corrective actions.

• Assist in quantity tracking and installation rates

• Performs quantity surveys to validate construction progress

Required qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree in any discipline or 10 years of experience in project controls, engineering, manufacturing, or related experience.

A few points to highlight:

- Experience can be between 7 to 15 years.

- 40-hour work week as 5x8, with overtime based on project demand.

- The individual must be on-site every day.

Construction Scheduler with construction exposure/ P6 experience and worked in the site.

Please apply to this role if you are a good fit for the role or share references

Salary : $55 - $66

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