Senior Scheduler (Midstream)

Airswift is seeking a Senior Scheduler to work on a 12-months assignment with a client of ours - a major player within the LNG industry.
This role will start in Houston on a hybrid schedule until construction kicks off mid Q4 2024. After that, candidates will be on a rotation to site in Sulphur, LA.

Job Description

The Senior Scheduler is primarily responsible for developing, managing, and monitoring project schedules to support management teams throughout the project development phases and support engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning during the EPC contract execution phase. The Senior Scheduler is also responsible for conducting forensic evaluation and risk schedule analyzes and submitting recommendations and resolutions to the Lead Project Controls and Project Controls Managers.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop project schedule during the development phase, perform scheduling tasks, importing, exporting, and reporting using Primavera P6 Professional using latest release version, participate in the data collection and analyze project information to support project schedules. 
• Manage/report CPM project schedules including variances and analyze critical activities and longest activities.
• Facilitate schedule reviews, work closely with management team, and provide resolutions and timely inputs on weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc schedule review reports as required.
• Perform contractor’s schedule review, analyze data, develop schedule status reports, and communicate Management team on issues and /or potential delays.   
• Analyze, monitor, and report milestones and progress payments during the project execution, evaluate and verify earned values from Rules of Credit and Work Packages, and provide quantity audits of progress measurement systems. 
• Perform “What-ifs” scenario analysis.
• Work closely with Contracts Manager on Change Orders, provide analysis of contractor’s schedule delay claims, and evaluate recovery and acceleration of schedule.
• Work closely with Risk Management team and provide analysis and evaluation on schedule impacts of risks via Monte Carlo simulations using Acumen Risk.
• Develop and maintain “Lessons Learned” log for review and implementation, and ensure to maintain Back-ups, imported, and exported schedule files are organized in hosting sites.
• Work closely with management teams and maintain positive relationships with customers, project members, and contractors.

Qualifications

• Project Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) –
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field is .
• 15+ years of experience in scheduling and planning roles within the midstream/pipeline industry.
• Experience as an Owner’s representative scheduler.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 scheduling software is required.
• Knowledge of project management, construction techniques and best practices.
• Knowledge of the concept of schedule risk analysis and application of Monte Carlo simulations, and experience with use of schedule risks analysis tool such as Acumen Risk.
• Knowledge of forensic and delay schedule analysis techniques using schedule analysis tools such as Acumen Fuse.
• Strong understanding of midstream and pipeline construction processes, including regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate and address scheduling challenges proactively.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel to project sites as needed.

*The job will require rotation to site*