Project Scheduler

About the Positions

We’re seeking Project Schedulers at various levels for large, heavy-civil infrastructure programs—including highways, roads, bridges, transit (including rail and bus), and airport projects delivered through both traditional and alternative methods. You’ll craft logic-driven CPM schedules, fold in procurement and third-party dependencies, and convert field data into clear progress updates and forecasts. By surfacing critical-path risks early, shaping recovery strategies, and keeping stakeholders aligned, you’ll help every project advance safely, efficiently, and on time.

This posting is for future roles and not for a specific opportunity that is available right now. We accept applications and conduct interviews in advance of upcoming hiring needs. When a candidate is selected, their profile is activated in our talent pool for this specialty area. We notify our talent pool candidates first whenever we have a project need. This posting targets NY, NY, and Newark, NJ.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Build and maintain an integrated CPM schedule that could cover design through turnover, with logically linked activities, resource or cost loading, and clear coding for cost-control alignment.
• Collect field progress data, update status weekly or monthly, and produce look-aheads, variance reports, and earned-value forecasts.
• Run critical path and what-if analyses to test sequencing options, recovery plans, and alternative delivery scenarios.
• Integrate third-party interfaces, permitting, utility relocations, and long-lead procurement items, so the plan reflects all external dependencies.
• Generate concise narrative reports, Gantt charts, S-curves, and/or KPI dashboards for project managers, field teams, and executive stakeholders.
• Perform schedule-risk assessments—identify drivers, quantify exposure with tools such as Monte Carlo simulations, recommend contingencies, and track mitigation actions.
• Support change orders and claims by preparing Time Impact Analyses that tie delays to cost and contractual entitlement.
• Enforce schedule governance standards, maintain data integrity in scheduling tools, and mentor junior schedulers to raise overall planning maturity.

• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills.
• Collaborative mindset that fosters teamwork, trust, and positive relationships.
• Natural curiosity, problem-solving abilities, and a passion for continuous improvement.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on scheduling experience for large (>$500M), complex, heavy-civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience with full CPM baseline schedule development, resource or cost loading, progress updating, and variance analysis.
• Proven ability to interpret project scope, drawings, and constraints and translate them into logic-driven and sequenced, resource-aware schedules.
• Proficiency with industry standard project and construction management software (e.g., Primavera P6, TILOS, MS Project, Bluebeam, RSMeans, etc.)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (e.g., Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

• Master’s degree in engineering or construction management.
• Active professional certifications such as PSP (AACE), PMI-SP or PMP (PMI), and/or CCM (CMAA).
• Experience with large (>$500M), complex, heavy-civil highways, roads, bridges, transit (including rail and bus), and/or airport projects.
• Experience delivering projects through both traditional and alternative methods (e.g., DB, CM/GC, P3).
• Experience preparing Time Impact Analyses, and quantifying schedule risk using Monte Carlo or similar methods.
• Proficiency in schedule risk analysis using tools such as Primavera Risk, Deltek Acumen Fuse, or @Risk.
• Proficiency with Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms for building interactive dashboards and KPI visualizations.

Expected Salary: $120k-$190k/year ($57-$91/hour). Luster provides the salary…