Full-Time Senior Consultant (Construction Advisory)

J.S. Held is seeking a Senior Consultant for the Construction Advisory Team in the Boston, MA area, specializing in schedule development and maintenance. This position requires knowledge or experience with contract and/or change order management, critical path scheduling analysis, preparation of change orders or claims, cost analysis, quantification of damages, review of drawings and specifications, and other engineering and construction-related documents. Prior scheduling experience on active construction in commercial, mixed-use development is highly preferred. Experience in scheduling active highway, heavy civil, rail, pharmaceutical, energy, institution, or federal projects is beneficial but not necessary.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain project schedules in Oracle Primavera P6
• Lead coordination with clients to engage in development and maintenance of project schedules
• Evaluate the quality, progress, and risks of CPM schedules
• Communicate observations on quality, progress, and risks in both verbal and written formats
• Create, maintain, and publish schedule KPI reports
• Perform and present schedule delay analysis
• Assess scope changes to project schedules
• Calculate loss of productivity/efficiency
• Estimate and/or analyze labor, equipment, materials, general conditions, and indirect costs
• Determine escalation cost of material and/or labor
• Establish costs of extended general conditions and requirements
• Quantify unabsorbed home office overhead costs
• Review and organize project documents
• Produce work products, draft memos, presentations, and reports
• Travel to project sites and client offices as needed

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience with construction firms, construction scheduling firms, or construction claim/dispute firms
• 2+ years of experience with responsibility for scheduling assignments using Oracle Primavera P6 Scheduling software or equivalent
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Architecture, or an Engineering discipline (Structural, Civil, Electrical, MEP, etc.)
• Analytical aptitudes and attention to detail
• Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Estimating experience (preferred, not necessary)
• Bluebeam or other PDF management software proficiency
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills; advanced skills preferred
• Must live in or near the Boston, Massachusetts area.

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