Creates and maintains project schedules and resource plans across multiple client projects. Identifies critical paths, delivery conflicts, staffing gaps, and schedule risks. Provides scheduling and resource feedback during project pursuits and execution meetings. Coordinates resource allocation, staffing, stakeholder communication, and workload balancing. Serves as a liaison between engineering teams, departments, contractors, government institutions, and other project partners.
As a Scheduler at Commonwealth Associates, Inc., you will play a pivotal role in project management, resource allocation, and stakeholder coordination. Your responsibilities include preparing and maintaining schedules, overseeing project timelines, conducting analyses to ensure project success, and communicating the results to the appropriate staff to aid in decision making.
This role requires a proactive, detail-oriented, and self-motivated individual with strong management (project and resource allocation) and communication skills to drive successful project outcomes at Commonwealth Associates, Inc.
Responsibilities:
Scheduling:
- Creating and maintaining schedules for multiple clients/ projects simultaneously. Identifying and communicating critical paths and project delivery conflicts, as well as, providing feedback on the risks associated with schedule change.
- Participate in and provide schedule feedback during the pursuit stage of potential projects.
- Participate in and provide schedule feedback during internal and external meetings during the project execution phase.
Resource Management:
- Creating and maintaining resource plans for multiple clients/ projects simultaneously. Identifying and communicating areas where resources can be leveled, training needs and gaps, as well as, providing feedback on the risks associated with schedule/ scope changes.
- Participate in and provide resource availability feedback during the pursuit stage of potential projects.
- Participate in and provide resource availability feedback during internal and external meetings during the project execution phase.
- Drive the resource allocation process, overseeing both hard and soft booking of resources during the execution phase of projects.
Stakeholder Management:
- Cultivate positive working relationships with departments, production teams, governmental institutions, contractors, and construction firms.
- Act as a liaison between the engineering team and stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment of objectives.
- Collaborate with partners to assign resources effectively, balancing workloads and prioritizing tasks appropriately.
- Maintain relationships with service partners to leverage resources and fulfill project needs.
- Lead key staffing and planning meetings, both internally and externally, within Professional Services.
Experience:
Education
- Related 2-year degree or practical work experience
Experience
- 3 years' experience or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience with scheduling software applications on projects; large project experience is desirable.
Software
- MS Project, Primavera P6, Deltek VantagePoint
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