Preconstruction Scheduling Manager
Posted 16 Jul 2026
Advertised as “Manager, Preconstruction Scheduling”
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- Expected experience
- 6+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
No salary listed for this role.
Field of studyConstruction Management (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
ROLE OVERVIEW
Nscale is seeking a Manager, Preconstruction Scheduling to lead project schedule development at a campus level for new builds across the company portfolio. Reporting to the Director, Preconstruction Scheduling, you will provide professional scheduling capabilities that directly enable Nscale's speed to market.
You will be responsible for creating integrated delivery schedules throughout the development lifecycle, incorporating inputs from multiple workstreams, running schedule variance analysis, and translating complex project constraints into clear, actionable schedule frameworks.
SCHEDULE DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
- Develop and manage the Preconstruction Schedules, responsible for generation, maintenance, and publication of project-specific integrated delivery schedules and supporting basis of schedule documents across the active portfolio
- Develop conceptual and detailed schedules for multiple user groups including New Site Development, Construction, Energy, AI Infrastructure, Design and Procurement
- Review external Prime Contractor, Power & Utility, Design, Subcontractor, and Procurement schedules throughout the planning phase of the project lifecycle
- Integrate internal and external workstream fragnet schedules into a single cohesive integrated delivery schedule
- Define activities and associated scope, duration, logic, interface, and resource loading
- Investigate and incorporate project constraints — site, market, and regulatory — into the planning effort
RISK & ANALYSIS
- Create, review, and analyze critical path schedules independently, efficiently, and comprehensively
- Develop schedule variance analysis, including Monte Carlo and other risk analysis scenarios
- Work with peer groups to incorporate feedback on product, market, and site-specific factors to create detailed due diligence schedules supporting land acquisition, leasing, and major capital expenditure
- Iterate on project development scenarios and communicate tradeoffs through verbal, written, and graphical means appropriate to project goals
PROCESS & STANDARDS
- Provide input on policies and procedures for scheduling in coordination with peer departments
- Support the development of P6 cloud training guidelines and roll out to teams
- Apply principles of cost estimating and productivity in establishing schedule parameters (duration, resource loading, etc.)
- Develop data analysis for development schedules and issue management reports per project procedures