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Scheduling Engineer

Employer:	Turner Construction
Job Location:	San Jose , CA
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Industry Type:	General Contractors - Managers
Job Description:	Position Description: Reporting directly to the Operations Manager, the Scheduling Engineer drives the scheduling processes for designated business unit and manages the department and staff of scheduling engineers. Will also prepare and maintain schedules, develop and review project baselines, monitor and track progress. Support project in claim situations. Responsible for the protection and promotion of the interest of Turner Construction Company in all matters. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Oversee the preparation of summary and detail level schedules for a variety of project sizes. Develop full CPM logic generated baseline schedules for large and small projects (ranging from 100 to 2000 activities). Perform monthly progress updates and create target comparison and periodic look-ahead schedules. Monitor and track progress at detailed and summary level as necessary. Develop and update cost loaded schedules when required. Take the lead on all project schedule reviews. Support Business Development and business unit marketing activities in the development and preparation proposal presentations. This includes developing preliminary bar chart schedules and staffing charts. Provide support and training in the use of P3 and Suretrak to office and jobsite personnel as required. Periodic visits to project for schedule review and analysis as required. Train and support staff on projects. Perform other duties as necessary. Qualifications A minimum of seven years of scheduling experience with Primavera software and applications (P3 and Suretrak programs) on building projects, large project experience is essential. Additional experience in project engineering, field supervision or purchasing is desirable. Knowledge of building construction, materials, systems, market conditions and trade practices. Conceptual ability to work with minimum information. Excellent oral and written skills required. Strong computer skills and familiarity with Microsoft office suite programs. Management experience required. Physical Demands and Work Environment: Performance of the duties will occasionally require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the periodically works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.TURNER IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
Company Description:	Turner is the leading general builder in the U.S., ranking first or second in the major segments of the building construction field. During 2003, Turner completed $6.1 billion of construction. Turner is the only builder offering clients a network of 46 offices across the U.S. Founded in 1902, the firm was acquired in 1999 by HOCHTIEF, one of the worlds leading international construction companies. Turner Construction Company is recognized as the leading general builder in the U.S., ranking first or second in major segments of the building construction field. The company’s 5,500 employees perform work on over 1,500 projects each year. According to the Engineering News-Record’s 2007 Top 400 Contractors Sourcebook, Turner is the leading builder in the healthcare, education, correctional facilities and commercial office market and second in sports. The firm was a “Top 10” player in multi-unit residential, airports, auto plants, entertainment, pharmaceutical, hotels, motels and convention centers, telecommunications, religious and cultural, government and industrial processing facilities. Turner has a network of 46 local offices in the U. S. and a presence in 20 countries. Turner also operates a number of national segment groups, which focus on a particular building type, to complement the firm’s geographical network of offices. These include Green Building, Healthcare, Justice, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology, Public Assembly, Sports, Transportation and Aviation. Turner also offers several value-added services. These include Turner Logistics, dedicated to supply chain management, Facility Management Solutions (FMS), designed to minimize operating costs by providing broad range of facility support services to Turner clients and Turner Casualty & Surety (TCS), which provides proactive safety and loss control programs and an operationally integrated risk management approach. Turner has completed 90 United States Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED Certified projects and has completed or is currently working on more than 130 additional projects that are registered with the USGBC. Turner has completed or has under contract more than 300 projects with Green building elements.