Project Scheduler

About the Positions

Were seeking Schedulers of various skill levels to support large complex heavy civil infrastructure programs including highways roads bridges transit (bus and rail) aviation (international airports) and water/wastewater projects delivered through both traditional and alternative delivery methods. These positions hold the program view of time. Youll review submitted schedules keep the master schedule honest and say what a slipped date is going to cost before money moves against it. We hire across construction scheduling program-level master scheduling and delay and time impact analysis so real depth in one of those with working fluency in the rest is what we are after.

This post is for future roles and not for a specific opportunity that is available right now. We accept applications and conduct interviews in advance of upcoming hiring needs. When a candidate is selected their profile is activated in our talent pool for this specialty area. We notify our talent pool candidates first whenever we have a project need.

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following:

Note: We are seeking candidates of various skill levels and the following responsibilities represent the core of these roles. Scope and complexity increase with experience level.

• Build and maintain an integrated CPM schedule that could cover design through turnover with logically linked activities resource or cost loading and clear coding for cost-control alignment.
• Collect field progress data update status weekly or monthly and produce look-aheads variance reports and earned-value forecasts.
• Run critical path and what-if analyses to test sequencing options recovery plans and alternative delivery scenarios.
• Integrate third-party interfaces permitting utility relocations and long-lead procurement items so the plan reflects all external dependencies.
• Generate concise narrative reports Gantt charts S-curves and/or KPI dashboards for project managers field teams and executive stakeholders.
• Perform schedule-risk assessments identify drivers quantify exposure with tools such as Monte Carlo simulations recommend contingencies and track mitigation actions.
• Support change orders and claims by preparing Time Impact Analyses that tie delays to cost and contractual entitlement.
• Enforce schedule governance standards maintain data integrity in scheduling tools and mentor junior schedulers to raise overall planning maturity.

Attributes

• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills.
• Collaborative mindset that fosters teamwork trust and positive relationships.
• Natural curiosity problem-solving abilities and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in engineering (civil construction structural transportation systems or related engineering discipline).
• 5 years of scheduling experience for large (>$500M) complex heavy-civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience with full CPM baseline schedule development resource or cost loading progress updating and variance analysis.
• Experience performing monthly schedule updates critical path analysis and variance analysis and explaining the results in a written narrative.
• Proven ability to interpret project scope drawings and constraints and translate them into logic-driven and sequenced resource-aware schedules.
• Proficiency with industry standard project construction and risk management software (e.g. Primavera P6 TILOS MS Project Primavera Risk Acumen Fuse etc.).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (e.g. Outlook Teams Word PowerPoint etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in engineering (civil construction structural transportation systems or related engineering discipline).
• Active professional certifications such as PSP (AACE) PMI-SP PMI-RMP or PMP (PMI) and/or CCM (CMAA).
• Experience serving in an owners rep capacity on a highway bridge transit aviation or water and wastewater package exceeding $100M in construction value.
• Experience maintaining an integrated master schedule across multiple contracts on a program exceeding $1B in total value.
• Experience preparing or evaluating time impact analyses and supporting delay claim entitlement or dispute resolution work.

Compensation Details

Expected Salary: $90k-$165k/year ($43-$79/hour). Luster provides the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might offer for this position based on the successful candidates level and years of experience knowledge skills abilities education certifications licenses geographic location etc. Luster reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on circumstances not related to any status protected by local state and/or federal law.

Just LOOK at the Benefits We Offer!

• Unlimited flexible time off
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Health dental and vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts (healthcare and dependent or elder care)
• Long-term disability insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment
• 401(k) plan with guaranteed employer contribution
• Formal career planning and development program
• $2500 annually toward professional development
• Wellness program with monthly wellness stipend
• Company cell phone or cell phone plan reimbursement
• Free personalized meal planning and nutrition support with a registered dietitian
• Free personal financial planning services
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Employee referral bonus

Specific plan details and coverage for each benefit noted above will be provided upon offer.