Hybrid Schedule Analyst

at PMA Consultants

• Job title: Schedule Analyst
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $107,529 - $126,347 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Oracle
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Schedule Analyst developing and maintaining project schedules for capital improvement projects. Requires proficiency in Primavera P6 and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain CPM logic based, quantity-loaded project schedules used to manage workflow across the project life cycle in Primavera P6, using company standard project templates and input from the Project Management Team.
• Interpret contract documents and apply scheduling obligations and specifications to deliverables.
• Attend and co-lead recurring internal and client project meetings to collect project status information, provide schedule updates, and support schedule coordination and planning changes.
• Update project schedules on a weekly to bi-weekly basis, ensuring accuracy and integrity in schedule logic, activity sequencing, durations, and constraints.
• Coordinate with internal departments and external organizations to obtain and communicate project schedule information.
• Support the development and maintenance of work breakdown structures (WBS) and activity coding frameworks aligned with project standards. Identify and track critical path, near-critical path, and schedule deviations.
• Develop and maintain schedule status reports, metrics, dashboards, and executive summaries used to evaluate and measure schedule, project and program performance, for both internal and client audiences.
• Monitor progress against approved baselines and key project milestones to identify variances and support schedule revisions as needed.
• Assist in conducting what-if scenarios and time impact analysis (TIA) to support schedule risk evaluation and decision-making.
• Analyze float paths, observe scheduling trends, and identify potential impacts to project delivery. Participate in process improvement initiatives and contribute to the development and maintenance of detailed scheduling and project controls process guides.
• Apply feedback from senior schedulers to improve schedule logic, modeling accuracy, and reporting clarity.
• Learn and apply earned value management (EVM) principles in schedule assessments.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related quantitative or technical field.
• 5+ years of scheduling or project controls experience.
• Proficient in Oracle Primavera P6 and Microsoft Excel.
• Strong understanding of CPM logic theory, quantity-loading and schedule project development fundamentals.
• Familiarity with project lifecycle phases and construction methodologies.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while contributing to a larger team effort.
• Experience with schedule analysis, reporting, and stakeholder collaboration.

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits, including medical, prescription, dental, vision
• time off with pay
• 401(k) with company match
• life insurance
• disability insurance
• professional development reimbursement for qualifying employees
• wellness programs