Scheduler
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Base Compensation: $114,000/yr - $140,000/yr · Full-time
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- Pay
- Base Compensation: $114,000/yr - $140,000/yr
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- 5+ years’ construction scheduling experience, including three years of proven leadership experience directing scheduling functions
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Requisition ID: 182930
Job Level: Mid Level
Home District/Group: Eastern Canada District
Department: Project Controls
Market: Transportation
Employment Type: Full Time
Position Overview
As a Scheduler, you will play a key role in the development and maintenance of project schedules utilizing company/district standards and scheduling techniques. By analyzing and monitoring the project’s critical path, you’ll prepare reports, develop alternative solutions, and drive successful project completion.
District Overview
Eastern Canada District's projects include highways, bridges, mass transit, mine site development & open pit operations, hydroelectric powerhouses, wind-power plants, dams & industrial. They serve the construction and mining industries and operates in Eastern Canada.
Location
This position can be based out of our Oakville office to begin
Responsibilities
(Actual compensation is subject to variation due to such factors as education, experience, skillset, and/or location)
We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.
We believe in equal opportunity in employment practices without discrimination and comply with all laws regarding human rights in the provinces where we operate.
Job Level: Mid Level
Home District/Group: Eastern Canada District
Department: Project Controls
Market: Transportation
Employment Type: Full Time
Position Overview
As a Scheduler, you will play a key role in the development and maintenance of project schedules utilizing company/district standards and scheduling techniques. By analyzing and monitoring the project’s critical path, you’ll prepare reports, develop alternative solutions, and drive successful project completion.
District Overview
Eastern Canada District's projects include highways, bridges, mass transit, mine site development & open pit operations, hydroelectric powerhouses, wind-power plants, dams & industrial. They serve the construction and mining industries and operates in Eastern Canada.
Location
This position can be based out of our Oakville office to begin
Responsibilities
- Work closely with project managers, engineers, designers, estimators, procurement staff, construction managers, contractors and other project services staff to provide detailed planning and scheduling of projects from conceptual planning through engineering and construction.
- Develop resource loaded schedules, including lists of activities, major milestones, critical approvals, long lead procurement items and other critical project deliverables to be scheduled and tracked for the projects.
- Develop schedule logic and constraints, realistic activity durations and available manpower and resources.
- Assess the impact(s) of design changes and schedule slippages and inform company management and clients of all schedule updates.
- Apply knowledge of engineering, procurement and construction terminology, work processes, and concepts to develop and maintain critic path logic networks; accumulate and access historical data for use in maintaining realistic future planning and forecasting.
- Provide guidance, direction and specialized assistance for the resolution of difficult project control problems including time impact analysis. May interface with clients, attend regular meetings and give statistical reports.
- Prepare standard progress reports for each assigned project
- Read and interpret construction drawings and job specifications
- Confirm project status; identify and report on variations in the schedule in a timely manner
- Coordinate the development, maintenance, and review of discipline and project schedules
- Upload original and updated resources to reflect current status
- Maintain careful documentation of all schedule submittals and related facts, so that any requests for time adjustments can be measured against the accepted schedule in place at the time any delays or changes were experienced.
- Coordinate with project team to develop revision or recovery schedules as needed
- Prepare written narratives for all schedule submittals
- Track the contract document requirements for schedule adherence, as well as change orders and contract amendments
- Interpret performance curve data and forecast productivity; provide manpower information for forecasting
- Assist in bid schedule creation per client requirements
- Interface with clients, owners and representatives
- 5+ years’ construction scheduling experience, including three years of proven leadership experience directing scheduling functions
- Advanced knowledge of construction engineering technology, codes, standards, etc., plus an in-depth understanding of the interdependence and relationship between other functional units
- Working knowledge of standard cost control methods utilized in the execution of various types of project (EPC, Joint Venture, Lump Sum, time and Material, Maintenance)
- Proficiency in various project controls software such as Excel, Primavera (P6), and other company-specific software
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, or engineering preferred. Technical training or related experience will also be considered.
- Regular, reliable attendance
- Work productively and meet deadlines timely
- Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment
- Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
- Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
- May work at various different locations and conditions may vary
- Openings are to fill both existing vacancies and newly created positions
(Actual compensation is subject to variation due to such factors as education, experience, skillset, and/or location)
We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.
We believe in equal opportunity in employment practices without discrimination and comply with all laws regarding human rights in the provinces where we operate.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Develop, maintain, and coordinate project schedules from planning through engineering and construction, including resource loading, critical path analysis, progress tracking, and schedule updates. Analyze delays and design changes, prepare reports and schedule narratives, develop recovery plans, and communicate schedule status and forecasts to project teams, clients, and management.
Requirements
Requires at least five years of construction scheduling experience, including three years of leadership experience, along with advanced knowledge of construction engineering and working knowledge of project cost control methods. Proficiency with Excel, Primavera P6, and related project controls software is expected; a bachelor's degree in construction management or engineering is preferred, though technical training or related experience may also be considered.
Skills
- Construction Scheduling
- Project Controls
- Primavera P6
- Microsoft Excel
- Critical Path Analysis
- Resource-Loaded Scheduling
- Schedule Logic Development
- Time Impact Analysis
- Cost Control
- Construction Engineering
- Schedule Forecasting
- Productivity Analysis
- Construction Drawing Interpretation
- Progress Reporting
- Recovery Scheduling
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Wellness Programs
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Retirement Plans With Matching
- Paid Time Off
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Categories
- Construction
- Engineering
- Transportation
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Project Scheduling
- Project Controls
- Construction
- Transportation
- Eastern Canada
- Critical Path
- Resource-Loaded Schedules
- Schedule Logic
- Schedule Constraints
- Milestones
- Procurement
- Engineering
- Construction Management
- Primavera P6
- Microsoft Excel
- Cost Control
- Time Impact Analysis
- Schedule Slippage
- Recovery Schedules
- Productivity Forecasting
- Manpower Forecasting
- Progress Reports
- Construction Drawings
- Contract Amendments
- Bid Schedules
- EPC
- Joint Venture
- Lump Sum
- Time and Materials