Senior Scheduler/Planner (Mining Construction - EVM Support)

Job Title: Senior Scheduler/Planner (Mining Construction | EVM Support)

Company: AcceleratedPM

Job Type: Rotational (2 weeks on/2 weeks off)

Job Location: Yellow Pine, Idaho

Work Schedule: Typically 12-hour shifts when on rotation

AcceleratedPM is seeking a Senior Scheduler/Planner to support field execution on a remote heavy civil and mining construction project. This is a hands-on, field-embedded planning role for a professional who can do more than update schedules. The successful candidate must be able to develop executable work plans, build and maintain logic-driven Primavera P6 schedules, and translate field realities into credible short-range and medium-range plans. The role requires strong command of construction sequencing, contractor coordination, logistics-constrained work, and resource and cost-loaded scheduling to support progress measurement, forecasting, and EVMS reporting. This position supports the Master Scheduler and plays a key role in ensuring field inputs are realistic, timely, and defensible.

Location/Travel:

• Rotational assignment: 14 days on / 14 days off
• Shift pattern: 12 hr days
• Work environment includes active construction areas and office/trailer settings; PPE requirements apply
• Accommodation and food is provided while on rotation

Role Focus:

• Own the quality, realism, and timeliness of field schedule inputs that roll up into the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Convert broad execution intent into practical, constraint-aware work plans that site leadership and contractors can actually execute.
• Support reliable progress measurement, short-interval planning, forecasting, and variance analysis in a harsh, logistics-constrained environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and update assigned portions of the Primavera P6 schedule across disciplines such as civils/earthworks, concrete, structural, utilities, mechanical/electrical installation, and commissioning.
• Develop executable logic-driven plans that reflect actual construction sequencing, workface access, haul/logistics limitations, contractor handoffs, inspection requirements, and environmental or weather constraints.
• Lead detailed planning conversations with superintendents, foremen, and contractor leads to turn scope into realistic plans with clear owners, dates, and near-term commitments.
• Build and maintain resource-loaded and cost-loaded schedules using labor, equipment, and production assumptions that are realistic for site conditions, work packaging, and contractor capability.
• Use quantities, crew composition, productivity assumptions, and installation sequencing where appropriate to support schedule development, progress measurement, and defensible forecasting.
• Produce actionable look-ahead schedules, including 2-week, 6-week, and 90-day views, and actively coordinate constraint removal planning for materials, permits, access windows, inspections, cranes, laydown, haul routes, workforce availability, and weather exposure.
• Validate reported progress through field verification where required, including physical percent complete, quantity-based progress, sign-offs, and turnover readiness.
• Identify critical path and near-critical path drivers within assigned scope and elevate impacts, conflicts, and recovery options through the Master Scheduler and site leadership.
• Support development of recovery plans and resequencing options when productivity, access, logistics, weather, or contractor performance threaten milestones.
• Support baseline integrity and change control by documenting logic changes, scope movement, emerging constraints, and schedule impacts with clear recommended actions.
• Align schedule status, progress methods, and reporting logic to the performance measurement baseline so schedule updates can support EVMS reporting and analysis.
• Coordinate with cost controls, project controls personnel, and CAM-equivalent stakeholders as applicable to keep status, earned value progress, resource forecasts, and reporting narratives consistent and defensible.
• Maintain strong schedule governance within assigned scope, including WBS alignment, calendars, coding, constraint discipline, progress rules, and schedule quality checks.
• Prepare weekly dashboards, schedule narratives, and review materials to support IMS updates, client reporting, and site leadership decision-making.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• 10+ years of planning/scheduling experience on heavy civil, mining, large earthworks, or industrial construction projects, including significant field-based experience supporting active construction execution.
• Demonstrated experience in remote or logistics-constrained construction environments, including rotational assignments, camp-based work, or similarly demanding site conditions.
• Strong hands-on Primavera P6 capability, including logic development, statusing, baselines, calendars, coding, layouts, schedule quality checks, and resource/cost loading.
• Demonstrated ability to build practical construction plans using quantities, production rates, crew and equipment assumptions, and real field constraints - not just task lists and target dates.
• Working knowledge of Earned Value Management / EVMS concepts, including progress measurement methods, baseline discipline, forecast updates, and variance awareness.
• Proven ability to interface directly with construction supervision and subcontractors and to challenge weak assumptions, unclear commitments, missing logic, and unrealistic durations without creating unnecessary friction.
• Solid understanding of construction means and methods sufficient to identify sequencing flaws, interface risks, infeasible recovery plans, and schedule logic that does not reflect field reality.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear schedule narratives, explain impacts, and present recovery recommendations.
• Willing and able to work a rotational assignment with extended shift days in an active jobsite environment with PPE requirements.

Preferred Skills:

• Mining owner-side, EPC, or EPCM project experience.
• Experience with quantity tracking, installed productivity measurement, or other progress systems used to support earned value or field performance reporting.
• Exposure to time impact analysis (TIA), change-order schedule support, and schedule impact evaluation.
• Experience reviewing subcontractor schedules or integrating trade-level planning into a broader execution schedule.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar reporting and visualization tools.

Salary: $110/hr 1099 (W2 w/ benefits also available)

Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package, including 401(k), health and dental insurance, and PTO for W 2 employees.

Pay: $110.00 per hour

Benefits:

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

Work Location: In person