Senior Scheduler- Mission Critical

Overview

At Shawmut Design and Construction, we take pride in the culture we’ve built as a 100% employee-owned company—one that’s been recognized with more than 100 Best Place to Work awards. We’ve been honored as a National Fortune Best Workplace, a Fortune Best Workplace for Women, Millennials, and Parents, and one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes—along with numerous regional recognitions across our 15 offices nationwide.

Here’s a glimpse into what we offer:

- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.

- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – Be an employee-owner!

- 401(K) with Company Match – Receive a company match up to 4% of your eligible pay.

- Generous Paid Time Off – vacation and sick time, 12 holidays, summer Fridays, and a yearly volunteer day.

- The Extras – Cell phone, laptop, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, financial planning services, and more.

Responsibilities

What You’ll Do

Lead scheduling across the project portfolio

- Develop and oversee detailed, resource-loaded critical path method (CPM) schedules using Primavera P6 and SmartPM, connecting sitework, structure, architectural work, MEP systems, controls, and commissioning.

- Partner with project teams and trade partners to establish realistic baselines, validate scope, durations, logic, resources, and contractual milestones, secure owner approval, and preserve baselines for variance tracking.

- Lead schedule reviews and weekly and monthly updates across concurrent projects. Work with field Superintendents to develop three-week look-ahead schedules that connect daily execution with overall project milestones.

- Establish consistent Mission Critical scheduling standards, templates, and reporting practices, and prioritize scheduling support across the portfolio.

Anticipate risks and guide recovery planning

- Assess critical paths, float consumption, and emerging delays to identify risks early and recommend practical mitigation measures.

- Evaluate the effects of scope changes, design revisions, unforeseen conditions, and equipment delays. Perform Time Impact Analyses (TIAs) and delay evaluations to support change orders, claims, and dispute resolution.

- Develop recovery plans, acceleration scenarios, and what-if analyses. Explain tradeoffs in sequencing, resources, and milestones so project leaders can make informed decisions and track corrective actions.

Connect procurement with field execution

- Lead scheduling coordination with trade partners, vendors, procurement teams, and project teams. Challenge assumptions about durations, logic, and resources, and build accountability for schedule commitments.

- Integrate long-lead equipment and owner-furnished, contractor-installed (OFCI) deliveries—including generators, switchgear, UPS systems, chillers, and cooling towers—with installation and startup activities.

- Coordinate commissioning and turnover milestones with commissioning agents, owners’ representatives, utilities, and vendors to support a clear path to project completion.

Make schedule information useful

- Prepare clear schedule narratives and visuals, including milestone charts, S-curves, and logic diagrams, that explain progress, critical paths, upcoming risks, and earned value where applicable.

- Present findings and recommendations to project teams, executives, owners, and hyperscale or colocation client representatives, highlighting decisions and support needed.

- Maintain schedule change logs that document baseline revisions, logic changes, and owner-directed modifications, including supporting rationale and approvals.

Shape execution strategies from the start

- Develop proposal, bid, and preliminary CPM schedules and narratives in partnership with pursuit and preconstruction teams.

- Evaluate milestone feasibility, procurement constraints, phasing, and commissioning requirements. Contribute to constructability reviews and sequencing workshops to strengthen delivery plans.

- Review contractual scheduling requirements and identify obligations and risks during contract negotiations.

Develop scheduling talent

- Mentor Schedulers and Junior Schedulers in CPM development, construction sequencing, critical path analysis, reporting, and project coordination.

- Review schedules and analyses, provide practical feedback, and help schedulers resolve challenges, prioritize work, and build technical confidence.

Qualifications

What You Bring

- 7–10 years of construction scheduling experience on large-scale industrial or mission-critical projects.

- A bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

- Expert proficiency in Oracle Primavera P6 , with experience developing and overseeing resource-loaded CPM schedules through construction, commissioning, and owner turnover.

- Strong knowledge of construction sequencing, trade interdependencies, procurement constraints, vendor activities, and OFCI coordination.

- Working familiarity with data center power, cooling, controls, and cabling systems—including generators, UPS, ATS/STS, switchgear, chillers, cooling towers, CRAH/CRAC units, and BMS/DCIM—sufficient to evaluate sequencing and interdependencies.

- Proficiency in Bluebeam Revu, working knowledge of Procore or similar construction management platforms, and advanced Excel skills for data exports, pivot analyses, and earned value tracking.

- Strong analytical, facilitation, relationship-building, and mentoring skills, with the ability to communicate complex schedule information clearly in English, both verbally and in writing.

- The ability to manage competing priorities across multiple projects, follow through on commitments, and make sound recommendations.

- A collaborative approach that helps create a culture of inclusion and belonging, with curiosity, humility, and respect for different perspectives.

Experience That Will Help You Stand Out

- Direct scheduling experience on data centers, semiconductor facilities, pharmaceutical facilities, or similarly complex MEP-intensive projects is strongly preferred.

- Proficiency in SmartPM and Microsoft Project.

- Experience with BIM-based 4D scheduling and integration with Autodesk Construction Cloud or similar platforms.

- Familiarity with Lean construction planning, including the Last Planner System.

EEO Information

Eligible candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship or restriction, now and in the future.

Shawmut prohibits discrimination against any staff member or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, religion, national origin, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, disability, creed, citizenship status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Salary Range Information

Boston Base Salary Range: $150,000 - $190,000. The range stated is specific to Boston. Placement within the listed range depends on many factors including, but not limited to years of experience, project size capability (for Construction & Field roles) and internal company equity.

Candidates in other geographic markets will also be considered; compensation ranges for those locations may vary based on local market conditions and cost of labor.