Lead Planner-Rail & Transit

SENER is an independent engineering & construction firm. Established in 1956, today SENER employs 4000 people globally. Our mission is to serve our clients and the society by providing advanced, accurate and effective engineering solutions that improve our clients’ businesses and facilitate society’s access to competitive, safe, sustainable, and state-of-the-art services, equipment, and utilities.

Expanding our presence in Toronto and the Canada SENER aspires to incorporate people with the greatest talent and vocation, guiding their human and professional development through growing responsibilities and challenges. We believe in our professionals and support their performance, offering an environment with sufficient freedom to motivate individual initiatives that add value to our operations and improve SENER. We trust the best to lead, avoiding any discrimination and demanding not only professional aptitude and results but also exemplary conduct, teamwork, dedication, and commitment.

At SENER we know that, with the right people on board, everything is possible. Currently, we are looking for a Lead Planner to join us in our downtown Toronto office. This role would have site visits to an east end office as well.

Responsibilities of the Planner:

Your mission will be to plan the assigned project through the development and updating of the baseline and other control systems that are established according to the needs identified in each case.

Your main tasks will be:

• Prepare the project Baseline by coordinating the information received from the different members of the project: technical disciplines, partners, subcontractors, contract managers, etc.
• Work closely with Project Management in the control and monitoring of the sequence and deadlines of the project, anticipating problems associated with the deadline that may arise and proposing mitigating measures
• Regularly update the program at its different levels
• Follow-up and reporting of the degree of compliance with the plan, guaranteeing accurate and timely reports of the progress, control and follow-up of the works for the Project Management
• Functional integration of the information received from the different members of the project
• Participate in project monitoring meetings
• Facilitate regular deadline follow-up meetings
• Assess the impact of delay events on schedules, as well as those related to change management.
• Ensure the technical quality of the project program
  
  

Role Qualifications:

• Bachelor's and/or master’s degree in engineering, preferably in Civil Engineering
• Minimum experience of 8 to 10 years in planning multidisciplinary engineering projects
• Rail & transit experience is mandatory-preferably with local transit projects and with a design\consulting firm
• It will be necessary to have proven experience in Primavera P6 and TILOS, as well as in the use of spreadsheets at a medium-advanced level
• Languages: English knowledge of French and Spanish is an asset but not mandatory
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent ability to work on a team
• Availability to travel
• Must be based in the greater Toronto area already
• Ability to come into the office at least 3 days per week (hybrid)