Senior Scheduler, Business Development

SOLV Energy is an engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) and solar services provider for utility solar, high voltage substation and energy storage markets across North America.

Job Description Summary:
The Business Development Senior Scheduler I will develop and maintain integrated EPC schedules during the business development phase.

The Sr.
Scheduler I will closely collaborate with other schedulers and stakeholders to coordinate work between PV, battery storage, high voltage, services business units.

In addition, this position may provide oversight to schedulers with less experience.

Position requires travel to jobsites to gain understanding of means and methods, and build rapport.

This role is based full-time in our office in San Diego, CA.

Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process.

Job Description:



*This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

Scheduler Lead Responsibilities


* Lead and mentor assigned schedulers, supporting their personal and career development.


* Contribute to training curriculum development for company-wide schedule management.


* Participate in company onboarding to align with project controls objectives.

Project Scheduling & Analysis


* Develop and maintain realistic EPC project schedules using P6 software during business development.


* Analyze project documents (drawings, contracts) to form the basis of EPC schedules.


* Perform quantity take-offs to establish accurate activity durations.


* Consult with internal teams (engineering, procurement, project management, field) for feedback.


* Seek feedback from external stakeholders (owners, consultants) to enhance schedule accuracy and buy-in.


* Ensure schedules adhere to CPM best practices with sound logic and realistic durations.


* Attend project meetings (business development, coordination, owner) to gather updates and address schedule issues.


* Update schedules bi-monthly, incorporating actuals and monitoring critical path deviations.


* Propose corrective actions to the project team based on schedule analysis.


* Communicate schedule updates to the project teams, scheduling manager.


* Perform "what-if" analysis for changing conditions, on integrated multiple schedules.


* Lead internal and external meetings, analyzing all scopes for schedule mitigation, propose solutions.


* Maintain comprehensive delay logs.

Training & Data Management


* Train other personnel in scheduling procedures.


* Assist business development, owners in analyzing and improving project schedules.


* Visit job sites to build rapport and understand site-specific details.


* Support the maintenance of the P6 database (project/activity codes, file management, comments, notebooks).


* Assist with reporting efforts,...