Project Controls Manager/Primavera P6 Scheduler
On-siteGreenwood, Mississippi, United States
Job Summary
Architect complete Primavera P6 project schedules for MEP construction, including baselines, recovery plans, and executive summaries that integrate estimating, procurement, fabrication, and commissioning milestones. Develop Work Breakdown Structures, activity coding, and sequencing logic while coordinating with project managers, estimators, BIM teams, and subcontractors. Maintain schedules using field progress data and identify risks, logic gaps, and critical path impacts before they impact performance. Prepare variance reports, recovery plans, and dashboards for operations leadership and support change order analysis and delay documentation. Partner with the Director of Operations to standardize controls procedures and train teams in schedule discipline.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of project controls, construction scheduling, or planning experience
- Advanced proficiency in Oracle Primavera P6
- Strong understanding of MEP construction means and methods, trade sequencing, procurement cycles, submittal workflows, prefabrication, commissioning, and closeout requirements
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, submittals, RFI logs, change documents, and contract scheduling requirements
- Working knowledge of Critical Path Method scheduling, earned value concepts, productivity tracking, cost-loaded or resource-loaded schedules, and schedule risk mitigation
- Strong analytical, communication, and presentation skills
- High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage scheduling demands across multiple active projects
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related discipline
- Experience supporting multi-trade MEP contractors, self-perform construction operations, or large-scale specialty subcontracting organizations
- Experience with Procore, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Bluebeam, BIM/VDC coordination tools, ERP systems, or other project management platforms
- Primavera P6 certification, AACE Planning and Scheduling Professional certification, PMI-SP, PMP, or similar credential
- Experience developing company-wide project controls standards, schedule templates, reporting dashboards, and operational KPIs
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