Lead Scheduler

Join Our TeamFrancison Consulting is seeking an experienced Scheduler V (Lead Scheduler) to support the BuildLACCD Program Management Office (PMO) at the Los Angeles Community College District. In this role, you will support Program Controls leadership with the planning, development, monitoring, and control of program wide project schedules, and lead the construction project team schedulers.This is an opportunity to take on a lead scheduling role across a large capital construction bond program, serving as a key liaison among contractors, designers, construction leadership, and program leadership on schedule related issues.Position SummaryThe Scheduler V (Lead Scheduler) will lead program wide schedule development, review, and reporting, and will supervise the construction project team schedulers. Core responsibilities include:Supporting Program Controls leadership with planning, development, monitoring, and control of program wide project schedules, ensuring alignment with contractual requirements, project objectives, and key program milestonesDeveloping, maintaining, and updating baseline, master, and detailed project schedules, incorporating approved scope, activities, logic relationships, constraints, milestones, calendars, resources, and cost informationCoordinating with cost, estimating, risk management, program management, design, and college construction teams to maintain alignment between schedule, cost, risk, and overall program performanceMonitoring and documenting construction progress against approved baseline schedules; validating reported progress through schedule reviews, field observations, and site visits as requiredReviewing contractor schedule submittals for compliance with standard operating procedures, contract requirements, schedule specifications, approved baselines, logic, critical path methodology, milestones, and reporting requirementsPerforming schedule QA/QC, including detailed review of critical paths, activity relationships, constraints, calendars, milestones, float, cost/resource loading, coding structures, and schedule integrityPerforming Time Impact Analysis (TIA), delay analysis, and detailed investigations of schedule impacts to determine effects on critical activities, contractual milestones, and overall project completionIdentifying, tracking, and communicating schedule risks, construction issues, conflicts, and potential delays; supporting development and evaluation of recovery and mitigation strategiesServing as a key liaison among contractors, designers, construction project leadership team, project controls, and program leadership on schedule related issues and resolution strategiesDeveloping and maintaining complex resource and cost loaded program schedules to support Critical Path analysis, Earned Value Management, cash flow forecasting, resource planning, and broader project/program management reportingLeading schedule focused discussions during weekly progress meetings, schedule reviews, and stakeholder sessions, communicating current performance, critical activities, emerging risks, and required corrective actionsPreparing project schedule performance reports and status updates highlighting baseline variance, critical path changes, milestone performance, forecast completion dates, delays, risks, and recovery actionsConducting regular QA/QC reviews of program and master schedules to verify schedule integrity, consistency, coding standards, data accuracy, and alignment across projectsMaintaining program level scheduling standards, coding structures, processes, tools, and data integrity while supporting continuous improvement of scheduling practices and controlsCollaborating with program teams to establish and implement scheduling standards, best practices, templates, procedures, and tools across multiple projectsSupporting development of schedule related presentations, technical materials, lessons learned, and continuous improvement initiatives; contributing to internal and external presentations, conferences, and technical publications as appropriateLeading step by step onboarding for new construction project team schedulersSupervising daily work of construction project team schedulersProviding back up support during construction project team scheduler absencesPerforming other duties as requiredMinimum QualificationsMinimum of 15 years of recent capital construction scheduling experienceBS/BA degree in Architecture, Engineering, Business Administration, or Construction Management; an additional 4 years of qualifying experience in excess of the minimum stated above may be substituted for the required educationAdvanced proficiency in specified software including, but not limited to, Primavera Scheduling Software and MS Office applications including Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPointExperience with cost and resource loaded schedulesDemonstrated knowledge of the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) or similar business processStrong understanding of cost engineering, scheduling best practices, and schedule forensicsGood analytical and problem solving abilities, with keen attention to detailExcellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills, with a proven ability to foster collaboration across diverse project teamsPreferred QualificationsAACE Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) certificationPMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certificationWhy Join Francison Consulting?Opportunity to support LACCD's Capital Construction Bond ProgramTake on a lead scheduling role across a large scale capital construction programCompetitive compensation with performance based bonusesFull health insurance and 401K retirement planGenerous paid time off and professional development supportOpportunity to work on impactful public sector capital improvement projects