Construction Scheduler

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Construction Department

The Construction team is responsible for the management of delivering data centers from conception through commissioning, working with Sales, Operations, New Site Development, and Innovation and Engineering along the way. Construction also works closely with partner contractors to come up with a vertically coordinated design and leads these partners to deliver the projects on schedule and budget.

Many times, a role like this at other companies is purely oversight. One thing that distinguishes Vantage is that our technical staff is given the responsibility and authority to directly drive the process. When compared to external resources, our internal team can align long-term operational sustainability with value engineering and cost metrics to deliver products aligned with company goals. This approach empowers each member of the team to drive high- impact decisions and even more impactful results.

Position Overview

This role can be based in any of our US locations: Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Santa Clara, CA; or Ashburn, VA but we will consider fully remote candidates as well.

Vantage is looking for an ambitious, diligent, hands-on Construction Scheduler to drive overall project schedule durations at a programmatic level to be used across the company portfolio. You will join the Project Controls team in providing professional scheduling capabilities and enable Vantage’s ability to profoundly affect and accelerate speed to market. You will be responsible for creating schedules at every stage of the project lifecycle and be expected to identify ways to re-sequence work to shorten overall project durations

Essential Job Functions

• Responsible for developing policies and procedures for scheduling and facilitating user training with our internal and external stakeholders

• Prepare conceptual and detailed schedules

• Contribute to the development of planning and sequencing of activities from concept through commissioning

• Define activities and associated scope, durations, logic, and interface between activities and resource loading of those activities

• Develop P6 training guidelines and roll out to teams

Duties

• Create, review, and analyze critical path schedules independently, in an efficient and comprehensive manner

• Develop comprehensive plans that communicates the programs, projects, and strategic goals

• Represent a realistic and feasible planning approach for our main internal customer - Construction

• Communicate effectively through clear and concise means appropriate to the project’s goals (verbal, written, graphically).

• Monitor schedule performance data, develop complex data analysis, and issue schedule reports required by management and project procedures.

• Understand principles of cost estimating and productivity in establishing schedule parameters (duration, cost and resource loading, etc.)

• Investigate and incorporate project constraints in planning effort.

• Perform Time Impact Analysis and Claims analyzation.

• Utilize Acumen Fuse, or similar schedule diagnostic, to monitor schedule performance data, develop complex data analysis, and issue schedule reports required by management and project procedures.

• Develop schedule variance analysis.

• Work with vertical peers focusing on continuous improvement to our business processes.

• Run schedule risk scenarios based on Monte Carlo and other risk analysis.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Estimating, or relevant functional discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience

• 3-5 years related work experience

• Data Center experience is strongly preferred, but not required.

• Understand the Critical Path Method of scheduling theoretically and as it applies to projects.

• Ability to understand construction documents (drawings, specifications, contracts/general conditions) at all levels of design.

• Expert knowledge of Primavera Scheduling Software (P6, latest Version)

• Moderate experience using Procore & Power BI strongly preferred.

• Extensive experience using Microsoft Office software tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Word.

• Travel required is expected to be up to 25% based on business needs.

Physical Demands and Special Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop or kneel; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Additional Details:

• Salary Range: $105,000 - $115,000 Base + Bonus (this range is based on Colorado market data and may vary in other locations)

• This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits.

• Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including your qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience and may fall outside of the range shown.

We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.

Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community.

Don't meet all the requirements? Please still apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Vantage Data Centers does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm agencies. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of Vantage Data Centers.

We’ll be accepting applications for at least one week from the date this role is posted. If you're interested, we encourage you to apply soon—we’re excited to find the right person and will keep the role open until we do!