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Drees & Sommer

Global consulting for real estate and infrastructure

Lead Scheduler - EPCM Industry

Project ManagementUpdated on Nov 10
Full-timeCologne, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A successfully completed degree related to the construction industry, such as civil engineering, architecture, building services engineering, industrial engineering, or a comparable field.
  • At least seven years of relevant experience in scheduling industrial construction projects; initial experience providing technical guidance to schedulers is desirable.
  • Very good knowledge of project management and scheduling software, including Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project, and solid experience in Earned Value Management and progress monitoring.
  • Fluent German and English, each at level B2 or higher.
  • Willingness to travel frequently for project assignments in Germany and abroad.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership and develop the scheduling team, and ensure a consistent, high-quality scheduling methodology across EPCM Industry business-unit projects, such as semiconductor factories, battery-cell production facilities, and process-industry projects.
  • Independently develop, update, review, and approve complex project schedules up to Level 4 for major projects; conduct cross-project schedule reviews; and coordinate scheduling requirements with internal and external project stakeholders.
  • Ensure schedule and resource planning align with project objectives; identify critical paths and derive control strategies at project and portfolio level.
  • Develop and optimize resource allocation over the project lifecycle while accounting for team capacity limits.
  • Prepare, review, and analyze project-control and progress reports; identify variances; and derive and track corrective actions.
  • Contribute to project execution plans, including schedule-related risk and opportunity assessments.
  • Establish and maintain scheduling standards, templates, and best practices within the business unit.

Desired Qualifications

  • PMP (Project Management Professional) certification or a comparable project management certification.

About the Company

Drees & Sommer

Global consulting for real estate and infrastructure

Drees & Sommer delivers partner-managed, global consulting and implementation services for the real estate, infrastructure and industrial markets. Its teams provide sustainable, economically viable solutions tailored to each client’s needs, combining consulting with hands-on execution. Work flows through interdisciplinary groups led by Partners who are personally responsible for projects, guided by the “the blue way”—a holistic approach that balances economy, ecology and functionality and blends analytical rigor with creative thinking. The main differentiators are a partner-owned, intrapreneur-driven structure, a worldwide footprint (more than 6,500 people across 80 offices) and a commitment to uniting opposing concepts—tradition with the future, analog with digital, efficiency with well-being—into actionable outcomes. The goal is to help create a livable future by integrating sustainability, digitization and practical feasibility across projects.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Stuttgart, Germany
Founded
1970

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