Senior Scheduler, Planning & Scheduling
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 19, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 7, 2026.
Overview
As a Senior Scheduler at Linesight, you will collaborate with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams, fostering a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. Your role will provide extensive industry experience, broaden your skillset and expanding your perspective. We empower, support, and enable you to take on significant responsibilities, facilitating your career progression with us. You will be mentored by industry leaders and equipped with the tools to grow. For us, lasting trusted relationships are paramount, both with our teams and our clients.
The Opportunity
Role and Responsibilities:
A highly motivated and experienced Scheduler/ Project control specialist expert in Primavera P6, extensive experience in Planning, Scheduling and Project control of complex construction projects. Understands Project control and risk assessment methodologies used within the construction industry, cost and schedule risk analysis, and unique challenges.
In this role you will:
- Gain hands-on experience working in exciting, innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies
- Develop comprehensive QRA reports for complex construction projects.
- Develop schedule models for QRA.
- Opportunity to work on the latest scheduling and risk management software.
- Actively participate in the controlling, monitoring, and analysis of performance and risk on complex projects
- Oversee project risk, analyze the risk impact on Project cost & timeline for early mitigation plan.
- Develop Project control plan, WBS and Schedule for new projects when required.
- Project schedule, cost and risk monitoring and control.
- Help oversee project status by setting baseline targets; tracking progress and performance creating and using insight to recommend early preventative and remedial actions.
- Understands risk assessment methodologies used within the construction industry, cost and schedule risk analysis
- Maintain and monitor project delivery risks and opportunities.
- Track risk mitigation actions to ensure these are completed in line with the proposed timescales.
- Develop risk management reports from inputs from the risk specialists.
- Supporting the knowledge sharing of risks and opportunities across the portfolio of projects ensuring that lessons are learnt.
- Stay abreast of industry best practices and regulatory requirements related to Scheduling and risk management in the construction sectors.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
- Innovative thinking and fast to adapt new developments in the market.
- Handle multiple projects and stakeholders from various time zones.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering
- 10+ years of experience in Project control, Scheduling or Project risk management of complex construction projects
- Proficient in Primavera P6
- Construction industry certification.
- Professional certifications in Project management (e.g., PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, IRM-Cert, etc)
- Knowledge in Primavera OPC, Safran, @Risk, Power BI an added advantage
- Complex construction projects, Pharma, DC or Process plant experience.
We would love to hear from you if you have:
- Experience in Project Planning, Scheduling and Project control.
- Completed a bachelor’s degree in engineering / Masters in Pharma.
- Experience in risk management and QRA.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and IT skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely.
- Strive to work in a team supporting clients on complex, large-scale construction projects
- Keen to learn new skills and knowledge for personal and business need
All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.
About us
Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!
Diversity, inclusion and accessibility
Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organization, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!