Tampa - Schedule Engineer

Job Description

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including the disabled and veterans.

Job Description

• • This role will be based in Tampa, FL
  • Candidates time will be split between our Tampa office and localized jobsites
  • Supporting Whiting-Turner Schedule Manager with group and project specific responsibilities
  • Development of pursuit and proposal schedules
  • Development of master project schedules
  • Development of detailed construction schedules
  • Data entry of activities, durations, and sequences (predecessors / successors) into Primavera
  • Schedule development is done in Oracle Primavera scheduling software (training provided by Whiting-Turner)
  • The potential candidate will also be expected to become familiar with other schedule software platforms
  • Schedule management and controls
  • Schedule updating process - collecting progress and incorporating into scheduling software
  • Reporting - Preparing schedule update reports and graphics per Contract requirements
  • Schedule analysis
  • Developing and analyzing the impact issues have on the project schedule
  • Collecting scheduling metrics and creating spreadsheets / data bases to interpret and visualize the data
  • Technical Review - Reviewing the project schedule's quality and performance (health)
  • Data mining - Mining data from as-built schedule for historical metrics
  • Estimating - Performing square footage and quantity take-offs, as needed
  • Cost loading of schedule activities and maintaining the cost information through the updating process
  • Management of Whiting-Turner's schedule database and Primavera software
  • If the potential candidate is assigned to a project site, they will have the following responsibilities in addition to those listed above
  • Attending project meetings - WT, Owner, Subcontractor
  • Walking the project site to independently confirm the project team's assessment of progress and completion of schedule activities
  • Collecting information from lean scheduling meetings and using the information to update the CPM

Required Skills

Basic Qualifications

1. College Degree:

• Construction Management or Engineering (civil, industrial, mechanical, construction)

2. Course Work:

• In addition to the standard classes to support the engineering discipline, the following are recommended (but will not automatically disqualify a candidate if not taken)
• Class in either estimating or scheduling
• Alternatively, a general construction management class with exposure to estimating or scheduling
• An industrial engineering process class (for industrial engineers)

3. Experience:

• Any exposure to construction or manufacturing is recommended, however, NO experience is not a disqualification
• Experience can be as an intern or as summer employment working for a general contractor or construction manager
• Working for a trade contractor (carpenter, electrician, ...) helping to install the work
• Scheduling experience or participation in the construction scheduling process is helpful for the position but does not disqualify a candidate
• Internships in a non-construction related field will be considered if the candidate expresses a solid interest working in the construction industry.
• Summer classes and school related summer work are acceptable

4. Interests - Professional (do not need to have interest in all):

• Construction and participating in the building process
• Scheduling and project controls
• Information systems and data analytics
• Business intelligence and visualizations
• Risk analysis
• Emerging technology for construction application

5. Software Experience:

• CPM schedule software experience (Primavera P6 is a bonus)
• Typical MS Office suite of programs - Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Collaborative platforms like MS Teams, Google Hang-Out, Zoom, Go-To (any other video conferencing)
• Other pluses: Database management

Travel

• Anticipate regular jobsite visits to support project teams
• 12 - 24-month assignments to a single project, either
• Within the employees assigned operating group's region, or
• For an opportunity, outside the operating group's region, the operating group leader believes is beneficial for the employee's growth and development