Senior Scheduler

Description

The Vertex Companies, LLC (VERTEX) is a global $150M professional services firm that offers integrated forensic consulting, expert witness services, construction project advisory, and compliance and regulatory consulting to a myriad of markets and industries. Our brand purpose is to better outcomes for our clients, colleagues, and communities. Join us if you are looking for a career that offers you a chance to love what you do, continuously learn, and take pride in your work.

The Senior Scheduler will assist their assigned manager with execution of assigned tasks, production of on time and high-quality work product, and coordination with other team members as assigned or requested. The Senior Scheduler is responsible for independent creation of technical work product as a single contributor and for supporting the success of their entire assigned practice area as the highest priority, regardless of any assigned subpractice area focus, or specific client engagement or relationship.

In any activities, the Senior Scheduler will perform assigned tasks in a manner that models the Company’s core values and inspires and encourages goal achievement through empowerment, learning, and creativity among the team.

• Work Product Creation, Project Management, Coordination with Team Members
• Vertex is seeking a Senior Scheduler with 10+ years of experience in CPM Scheduling and/or construction field experience to join our team.
• This is an interesting and rewarding position working with our senior staff and interfacing with clients, developing and maintaining project schedules using Primavera P6 and reporting progress and any potential issues to the client. Additional tasks include analysis of construction claims issues, schedule delay analysis, and assistance with the preparation of expert reports and graphics.
• Work closely with the Client Project Team to develop, maintain and manage multiple project schedules; to include periodic tracking and status updates
• Reviewing project documents including drawings and specifications
• Assist in the creation of comprehensive schedules, utilizing Critical Path Methodology (CPM), resource and cost loading as necessary
• Review critical path, cost loading, schedule content, use of relationships and lag, constraints and milestones
• Construction claims analysis including as-built schedule preparation, schedule analysis, document review and organization, key issue analysis, graphic exhibits and input to expert reports
• Responsible for supporting assigned manager in meeting or exceeding the defined annual budget for the entire practice area (including proactive creation of work product to meet or exceed defined utilization targets, oversight of execution of profitable technical assignments, and communication with clients as assigned or requested)
• Effectively coordinate with other team members as requested or assigned, able to provide technical work product review, and monitor own progress on assigned tasks or projects, and ensure work product produced by self is consistently high quality
• Support assigned manager in monitoring of all relevant data related to own performance such as individual utilization rate vs target, client deadlines, accurate and timely timesheet data, etc.
• Meet or exceed defined individual average utilization goals as set forth by company leadership
• Conduct own behavior in a “lead by example” manner, with emphasis on positivity
• Manage own tasks within assigned projects in support of meeting defined objectives and key results (OKRs).
• Travel, as necessary to support client, employee, and leadership needs.
• Perform quality control of all assigned service delivery and self-generated work product, maintaining an excellent reputation of quality
• Provide feedback to project team leader in a manner that assists with rapid identification and escalation of any client, or technical or operational challenges

• Be aware of and perform own tasks in a manner that supports the organization’s vision and defined business objectives
• Conduct self and prioritize tasks to work toward achievement of defined profit objectives of assigned projects
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