Senior Planning & Scheduling Professional

Job description

At Jacobs, we challenge what’s accepted so we can shape innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow. As the #1 most admired engineering and construction company in the world, we empower our people to deliver their best work and grow their careers across a global network of talent, technology, and opportunity. We’re seeking a Senior Planning & Scheduling Professional to join our team supporting complex engineering, construction, and public-sector programs.

In this senior role, you will provide leadership in planning, scheduling, forecasting, and schedule governance—while serving as a trusted advisor to project management, clients, and cross-discipline teams. You will play a critical role in developing integrated schedules, analyzing performance, identifying risks, and driving the insights that keep major programs on track. If you thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy solving complex problems, and want to make a meaningful impact on the built environment, this is where you belong.

Your Impact As a senior member of the project controls team, you will:

• Lead development, maintenance, and optimization of CPM schedules across all project phases
• Facilitate and translate Interactive Planning Sessions (IPS/IAP) into fully developed CPM schedules
• Create, monitor, analyze, forecast, and report on project and program schedules
• Develop and maintain Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) for large, multi-project programs
• Perform critical path, logic, milestone, and trend analysis; recommend schedule improvements and work-arounds
• Integrate cost and schedule data, support earned value management, and collaborate on forecasts and cashflows
• Support change control processes, including Time Impact Analysis, re-baselining, and schedule impact assessments
• Identify schedule risks, quantify impacts, and support mitigation planning
• Prepare clear, compelling schedule reports, dashboards, and presentations for all levels of management
• Provide technical guidance to less experienced staff and help strengthen project controls capabilities across the team
• Build strong relationships with clients, partners, subcontractors, and internal disciplines
• Ensure compliance with project controls standards, contract requirements, and best practices
• 10+ years of planning and scheduling experience on engineering, construction, or large public-sector programs
• Expert-level proficiency in Primavera P6 (hands-on)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, including live updates and IAP facilitation
• Strong understanding of building construction methods, timelines, and engineering/construction workflows
• Experience with EVM, schedule-cost integration, and progress measurement
• Ability to develop WBS structures for complex projects
• Experience with resource- and/or cost-loaded schedules
• Advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUP, INDEX, filtering, data manipulation, summarization)
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills Ideally, You’ll Also Have
• Experience with building component replacement (elevators, boilers, etc.) or residential/public-sector facilities
• Ability to perform "what-if" schedule scenarios and graphical schedule storytelling
• Claims analysis, contract time extension, and re-baseline experience
• Experience supporting project oversight, business development, or program-level governance
• Familiarity with dashboard/reporting platforms (Power BI, e-Builder/Trimble Unity, etc.)

Why Jacobs At Jacobs, you’ll join a company committed to delivering the best project outcomes by leveraging global integrated delivery teams, digital technology, and multidisciplinary expertise. You’ll have opportunities to grow, lead, and shape the future—while contributing to projects that improve communities and infrastructure for generations. #LI-KS5 Jacobs is an

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