Engineer, Civil Engineering

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including the disabled and veterans.

• Supporting Whiting-Turner Schedule Manager with group and project specific responsibilities
• Development of pursuit and proposal schedules
• Development of master project schedules
• Development of detailed construction schedules
• Data entry of activities, durations, and sequences (predecessors / successors) into Primavera
• Schedule development is done in Oracle Primavera scheduling software (training provided by Whiting-Turner)
• The potential candidate will also be expected to become familiar with other schedule software platforms
• Schedule management and controls
• Schedule updating process – collecting progress and incorporating into scheduling software
• Reporting – Preparing schedule update reports and graphics per Contract requirements
• Schedule analysis
  • Developing and analyzing the impact issues have on the project schedule
  • Collecting scheduling metrics and creating spreadsheets / databases to interpret and visualize the data
• Technical Review – Reviewing the project schedule’s quality and performance (health)
• Data mining – Mining data from as‑built schedule for historical metrics
• Estimating – Performing square footage and quantity take‑offs, as needed
• Cost loading of schedule activities and maintaining the cost information through the updating process
• Management of Whiting‑Turner’s schedule database and Primavera software
• If the potential candidate is assigned to a project site, they will have the following responsibilities in addition to those listed above
• Attending project meetings – WT, Owner, Subcontractor
• Walking the project site to independently confirm the project team’s assessment of progress and completion of schedule activities
• Collecting information from lean scheduling meetings and using the information to update the CPM

• Construction Management or Engineering (civil, industrial, mechanical, construction)

• In addition to the standard classes to support the engineering discipline, the following are recommended (but will not automatically disqualify a candidate if not taken)
• Class in either estimating or scheduling
• Alternatively, a general construction management class with exposure to estimating or scheduling
• An industrial engineering process class (for industrial engineers)

• Any exposure to construction or manufacturing is recommended. 0 - 10 years of experience
• Experience can be as an intern or as summer employment working for a general contractor or construction manager
• Working for a trade contractor (carpenter, electrician, …) helping to install the work
• Scheduling experience or participation in the construction scheduling process is helpful for the position but does not disqualify a candidate
• Internships in a non‑construction related field will be considered if the candidate expresses a solid interest working in the construction industry.
• Summer classes and school related summer work are acceptable

• Construction and participating in the building process
• Scheduling and project controls
• Information systems and data analytics
• Business intelligence and visualizations
• Risk analysis
• Emerging technology for construction application

• CPM schedule software experience (Primavera P6 is a bonus)
• Typical MS Office suite of programs – Word, Excel, Power Point
• Collaborative platforms like MS Teams, Google Hang‑Out, Zoom, Go‑To (any other video conferencing)
• Other pluses:
  Database management

• Day trips to support project teams within the assigned operating group
• 12 - 24 month assignments to a single project, either
• Within the employees assigned operating group’s region, or
• For an opportunity, outside the operating group’s region, the operating group leader believes is beneficial for the employee’s growth and development

Possible application routes:
Irvine, Temecula, Los Angeles

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