Research Scientist – Construction Scheduling, Workforce Risk

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Assess how project postponements impact workforce needs, crew availability, and labor expenses.

• Simulate resource limitations across various projects, including scenarios where teams are required to stay on a single project longer than initially scheduled.

• Create and evaluate scheduling, simulation, and forecasting techniques utilizing historical project information.

• Analyze alternatives such as work resequencing, crew reallocation, overtime, and subcontracting options.

• Establish data requirements, validation techniques, and quantifiable research goals.

• Contribute technical methodologies, work plans, and results to proposals and client deliverables.

⛳️ Requirements

• A PhD is preferred in construction engineering, civil engineering, construction management, operations research, industrial engineering, or a closely related field; relevant applied research experience will also be considered.

• Background in construction scheduling, resource distribution, project management, or research related to construction productivity.

• Proven experience in quantitative modeling, simulation, optimization, or statistical analysis.

• Familiar with Primavera P6, critical path scheduling, resource-loaded schedules, or similar methodologies.

• Capability to articulate technical findings clearly to project leaders and non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience in electrical and mechanical construction, data centers, utilities, energy, or significant infrastructure projects is particularly valuable.

🏝️ Benefits

• Assignments are tailored individually, with compensation and time commitments established prior to the commencement of work.

• Opportunities may encompass proposal development and execution of awarded projects.

• Candidates may choose to be considered for future AlphaGov proposals and consulting projects.