Scheduler – Heavy Civil Construction

Granite Construction

Scheduler overseeing planning and scheduling functions for heavy civil construction projects. Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure compliance and enhance scheduling capacity with various software tools.

Posted 7/10/2026full-timeSanta Maria • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $121,754 - $201,352 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Oversee planning and scheduling functions, including policy, process, and procedures, to meet overall operational needs and company objectives
Partner with project stakeholders to develop an approved baseline schedule that aligns with proposed sequencing and short-interval schedules, ensuring contractual requirements are met
Create high-quality CPM schedules with resource and cost loads to generate necessary reports for addressing questions on the planned project approach
Prepare detailed schedule narratives for all formal submissions to accurately convey the company's position to the client
Integrate multiple planning and scheduling software and methodologies into a cohesive plan to streamline project execution
Update CPM schedules to reflect requirements, identified challenges, and their implications on proposed sequencing, ensuring successful project completion
Review and understand project-specific scheduling specifications and plans, providing guidance on contractual language to the project team to mitigate risks
Prepare weekly prospective schedule TIA’s, updates, and reconciliation schedules, ensuring monthly submissions are compliant with contractual obligations
Support the development of companywide planning and scheduling guidance, processes, and procedures to enhance corporate, regional, and project-level planning and scheduling capacity
Communicate effectively with project stakeholders, leveraging a strong understanding of heavy civil construction methodology and sequencing to facilitate planning

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree required in engineering, construction management, project management, or comparable discipline
Equivalent combination of training and experience may be considered in lieu of Bachelor’s degree
AACEI PSP, PMI-SP or other professional planning and scheduling certification preferred
10+ years of full-time construction-related experience in project level planning and scheduling
Minimum 75% career experience as a schedular for large heavy civil projects with a general contractor
Experience in performing, monitoring, reviewing, and planning scheduling functions, including schedule development, controls, and analysis
Demonstrated skill in identifying, analyzing, and providing innovative solutions to planning and scheduling problems

Benefits

Comp & perks

Paid holidays
Sick leave
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Flexible spending plans
Special programs for musculoskeletal health
Mental wellness programs

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Hard Skills & Tools

Planning and Scheduling FunctionsCost Load ManagementSchedule Narrative PreparationRisk MitigationSchedule Updates and Reconciliation

Soft Skills

Effective CommunicationStakeholder CollaborationProblem Solving

Certifications

AACEI PSPPMI-SP