Highway Construction Scheduler

AppleOne is assisting a client that is seeking a Highway Construction Scheduler to support Los Angeles Metro in managing and delivering highway capital projects. The Scheduler will develop, maintain, and analyze schedules for complex heavy civil construction projects, ensuring effective planning, resource allocation, and progress reporting. This position offers a hybrid work arrangement and requires advanced expertise in Primavera P6 with cost and resource loading capabilities.

Essential Job Functions

• Develop and maintain detailed construction schedules for highway projects, including new builds and renovation work.
• Create and analyze labor and equipment resource plans; cost-load and time-phase schedules.
• Prepare detailed project plans, time-scaled charts, and sequencing diagrams.
• Monitor project progress against established baselines and perform schedule variance analysis.
• Conduct time impact analyses, evaluate schedule changes, and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Maintain logic-driven schedules to track critical path and key interfaces.
• Review contractor-submitted schedules, provide comments, and coordinate corrections.
• Develop progress reporting tools and briefing materials for project management teams.
• Provide timely reports on schedule variances with corrective action recommendations.
• Support project teams with creative reporting and communication of project sequencing and progress assessments.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10 years of experience in project scheduling for heavy civil or highway construction projects.
• Demonstrated experience scheduling large-scale, complex infrastructure projects.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 (v12.0 or higher) with cost and resource loading.
• Strong knowledge of construction means and methods in heavy civil/highway projects.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical information to stakeholders at all levels.
• Proven track record of accuracy, reliability, and completeness in prior roles.

Preferred:

• Experience with public agency infrastructure projects, ideally transportation or highway-related.
• Familiarity with LA Metro standards and processes.
• Certification(s) such as PMP, PSP, or CCM.