Senior Scheduler in Irvine, California at APSI Construction Management

Position Overview:

The Senior Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, analyzing, and reporting on project and program schedules to support effective planning, execution, and decision-making.

Daily Responsibilities:

• Develop, review, and maintain baseline schedules to ensure compliance with contract requirements, project milestones, and industry best practices.
• Perform comprehensive reviews of contractor baseline schedules, monthly schedule updates, recovery schedules, and schedule revisions to verify logic, durations, sequencing, resource allocation, and overall schedule integrity.
• Monitor schedule performance by analyzing critical and near-critical paths, schedule variances, float consumption, milestone achievement, and overall project progress.
• Evaluate schedule logic, constraints, calendars, and work sequencing to identify potential risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for schedule optimization.
• Review and analyze cost-loaded and resource-loaded schedules to validate labor, equipment, and material allocations and ensure alignment with project budgets and execution plans.
• Generate and maintain cash flow projections based on cost-loaded schedules and prepare periodic cash flow reports to support program budgeting and financial forecasting.
• Develop and analyze “what-if” scenario schedules to evaluate the impacts of alternative construction sequences, phasing plans, resource constraints, acceleration strategies, and recovery plans. Present findings and recommendations to project management to support informed decision-making.
• Perform Time Impact Analyses (TIA) for proposed changes, unforeseen conditions, and delay events in accordance with contract requirements and accepted industry practices.
• Evaluate entitlement to time extensions by analyzing project delays, concurrent delays, critical path impacts, and schedule mitigation measures, and provide recommendations for resolution.
• Support change management by evaluating schedule impacts associated with change orders, scope modifications, design revisions, and owner-directed changes.
• Prepare schedule narratives, executive dashboards, milestone reports, and recovery recommendations for project management and client review.
• Participate in schedule review meetings with owners, contractors, designers, and stakeholders to discuss schedule status, identify risks, and develop mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate schedule integration across multiple projects and disciplines to ensure consistency, identify interface issues, and maintain alignment with overall program objectives.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior schedulers and project controls staff regarding scheduling best practices, Primavera P6 standards, schedule analysis, and reporting methodologies.
• Support claims avoidance and dispute resolution by performing forensic schedule analyses, evaluating delay impacts, preparing schedule exhibits, and assisting with negotiations related to time extensions and schedule-related claims.
• Ensure all scheduling activities comply with agency standards, contract specifications, project controls procedures, and industry best practices, including Primavera P6 scheduling guidelines and AACE International Recommended Practices.

Required Qualifications (Experience, Education, Certifications, Clearances, etc.):

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
• 5–7 years of scheduling experience on large-scale vertical construction projects.
• Proficiency in Oracle Primavera P6 and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Familiarity with Bluebeam or other project review tools.
• Strong understanding of CPM scheduling concepts and construction sequencing.