Summary:
The Area Schedule Lead is a critical role within the project controls organization, providing strategic, technical, and operational leadership to their designated area. The Area Schedule Lead will be the technical SME for scheduling in their area and will support the Schedule CW team and ensure that all project schedule reporting meets or exceeds the expected quality. Area Schedule Lead will work directly with project teams to support monthly schedule deliverables, delay/claims management, commercial project health reporting, and driving project execution with a focus on speed to market. Area Schedule Lead will review and approve all EOT requests and support the Area Manager and Area Cost Lead on the review and approval of schedule related changes and support the proactive identification of schedule related risks. Leadership, communication, and organization skills are a must in this highly collaborative, analytical, and strategic role. This position will work closely within the DEC Business Controls team and various internal departments including Site Project Management teams, Pre-Construction, Contracts, Finance, Accounting, Sourcing and Operations Engineering.
Required Skills:
Area Schedule Lead - Data Center Design, Engineering and Construction Responsibilities:
Technical lead in Schedule Controls on campuses within the specified Area including baseline schedule reviews, schedule updates & reporting, schedule change management/Extension of Time (EOT) approval, delay tracking, schedule metric/quality, schedule delay mitigation, and risk facilitation.
Responsible for application of commercial entitlement for schedule changes and Extension of Time (EOT) in their region. Provide leadership to site teams, Project Controls Analysts and CW Schedulers for Delay Tracking, Extension of Time (EOT) requests and claims. Coordinate the change evaluation in collaboration with the cost team as part of the CCAM review process. Responsible for making recommendations that are in line with the contract and escalating when site decisions differ from the contractual language.
Support the development of delay mitigation ideas and work directly with Site Leadership in collaboration with other Area Schedule LEads to make recommendations.
Responsible for the review and approval of all Precon Baseline Schedules. In conjunction with the Meta PreCon Manager and with the support of the CW Site Scheduling team Area Schedule Lead will work with GC to develop baseline schedules and resolve all quality and logic issues prior to submission. They will ensure baseline schedules meet program expectations and are delivered in the agreed upon timeline for the project.
Provide support of Area's schedule reviews, and ensure Proactive Risk Indicators (Project Kronos) are being identified and used appropriately to identify risk. Support monthly/quarterly communication to site leadership and Strategic Planning & Analytics on schedule risk and health in support of MCP.
Strategize and drive programmatic efficiencies and opportunities for future Business Controls within DEC including continued alignment with other Area Schedule Leads.
Up to 50% travel to Data Center sites in their designated area and headquarters.
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
BA/BS in construction management, engineering, or equivalent.
10+ years of experience in scheduling, planning and project management for construction or real estate development programs.
5+ years of P6 and schedule analytics experience
Experience leading review of contractor baseline schedules on large scale projects with aggressive timelines, complex scopes, and broad stakeholders.
Experience working with the development of Program Schedules & collaborating with XFN partners to communicate program risks
Demonstrated experience succesfully managing a team of co-located contractors/vendors
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Large scale mission critical and data center construction experience
5+ years of field experience is preferred
Public Compensation:
$122,000/year to $169,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
Industry: Internet
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