Senior Scheduler

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Profit sharing
• Vision insurance

Location: Sacramento, CA (On-site)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Expected Salary Range: $119,450.00 - $171,432.00

About the Role

Jaquith Consulting Group, Inc. (JCG) is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Senior Scheduler to support schedule oversight activities for the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Under the direction of the Deputy Program Controls Director, you will focus on the review and analysis of Contractor schedules, monitoring of PCM schedule management efforts, and ensuring consistency with program requirements across the Project Controls Office within the Project Controls Scheduling branch.

You will collaborate with project partners to evaluate schedule performance, develop What‑if analyses, and maintain accurate, up‑to‑date program schedules. Your work will contribute directly to weekly and monthly progress reporting, strengthen schedule integrity across the program, and enhance the client’s ability to make informed and timely decisions that support successful project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide schedule development, maintenance of schedule data and reporting for California High Speed Rail (CAHSR) schedules
• Identify, develop, and correlate program schedule activities with associated CAHSR design plans
• Provide detail for CAHSR schedule activities based on CAHSR design plans to reflect the duration and the basis of the duration for construction of element activities
• Update schedule data and durations as necessary and as design progresses to identify the basis for construction of element durations
• Provide periodic updates and documentation to the Program/Project Controls
• Manage progress, schedule duration changes, and duration verification basis
• Provide schedule assumptions and general basis for schedule development
• Identify key items which may not be included in structure schedules (such as utility relocations, environmental and or seasonal restrictions, or procurements)
• Perform review and analysis of current in-progress CHSR schedules for correlation with future, planned CHSR construction schedules (current construction duration estimates vs. future planned construction duration estimates)
• Perform review and analysis of CHSR schedules for reliability, risk identification, risk review, and risk assessments
• Provide recommendations for increased schedule reliability
• Identify longest path and critical schedule items
• Perform review and reporting tasks as required under direction of the Program Schedule Lead

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Quantity Surveying or Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience
• Ability to develop detailed construction schedules from preliminary and/or conceptual plans, develop and document basis of schedule development.
• Identify and document associated schedule risks
• Provide recognizable and understandable work activities and sequences
• Meet required deadlines and deliverable dates
• Document and communicate effectively with others
• Program and project schedule development and management experience
• Knowledge of rail and roadway transportation projects and disciplines
• Scheduling and project controls experience
• Ability to Identify and document associated schedule risks and provide recognizable and understandable work activities and sequences
• Ability to meet required deadlines and deliverable dates
• Proficiency and knowledge of computer Software applications including Primavera P6, Microsoft (MS) Word, MS Excel, and MS Outlook

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in developing detailed construction schedules from preliminary and/or conceptual plans, develop and document basis of schedule development
• Knowledge of structures, construction means, methods, staging, procurements, and disciplines
• Experience in rail and rail systems construction, rail and roadway tunnel construction, rail and roadway bridge construction, retaining wall systems and other systems and structures associated with the operation of a railway

Jaquith Consulting Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.