Engineer, Civil Engineering

Position: Schedule Engineer
Location: Fort Washington

Schedule Engineer

Category

Preconstruction Services

Job Location

220 Commerce Drive, Suite 230, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

Position Type

Full-Time/Regular

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

Job Description

* 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 / data bases 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

Required Skills

Basic Qualifications

1. College Degree:

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

2. Course Work:

* 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)

3.

Experience:

* Any exposure to construction or manufacturing is recommended, however, NO experience is not a disqualification

* 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

4. Interests - Professional (do not need to have interest in all):

* 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

5. Software

Experience:

* 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

Travel

* 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