Senior Scheduler

Position Overview

The Senior Scheduler, reporting directly to the Project Controls Director, plays a pivotal role in managing and supporting the scheduling activities for multiple projects within our innovative New Nuclear Development Program. This position demands a strategic thinker with extensive experience in project scheduling, who can ensure timely and cost-effective project delivery through meticulous planning and monitoring.

As a key member of the project controls team, you will contribute to the overall success by coordinating schedules, analyzing risks, and providing insightful reports that align with project goals and budgets.

District Overview

Kiewit Nuclear Solutions is a full-service engineering, project management, and construction provider operating across North America. Our experience and expertise span all aspects of the nuclear-related market from carbon-free, small modular reactors to Dept of Energy science, environmental and nuclear security mission capabilities. With these broad capabilities, we operate in the power utility, renewable energy, industrial, and infrastructure markets. As part of Kiewit, we are integrated with 135 years of construction and engineering excellence that provides wholistic solutions, differentiating our team from the rest of the industry.

Our rapidly growing nuclear solutions business has opened new locations across North America to strengthen our market presence while executing work within the communities we live within and support. We are committed to build upon our history as one of the safest companies to work for by equipping our craft and staff with the best technology, processes, equipment, tools and safety programs available.

Location

This position is based in Darlington, ON.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the development and maintenance of detailed project schedules, ensuring alignment with project baselines, budgets, and risk registers.
• Participating actively in proposal stages by estimating schedule resources and contingencies.
• Creating resource-loaded outage schedules with comprehensive consideration of shifts, calendars, and operational specifics.
• Coordinating and synchronizing schedules across multiple databases, including client systems.
• Monitoring and integrating the schedules of suppliers and subcontractors to support seamless project execution.
• Organizing and leading internal progress meetings to validate schedule adherence and provide feedback to stakeholders.
• Performing critical path, variance, risk, and contingency analyses to identify potential project impacts and develop mitigation strategies.
• Producing weekly look-ahead schedules and proactively flagging deviations while recommending corrective actions.
• Maintaining rigorous change management processes, analyzing impacts of commercial, contractual, and internal changes, and ensuring accurate documentation.
• Developing and delivering earned value management dashboards that effectively summarize schedule progress and resource utilization.
• Providing expert guidance and mentorship to junior team members and fostering continuous improvement within project controls methodologies.
• Engaging with clients and subcontractors to support scheduling activities and contribute to risk management processes through detailed schedule risk analysis.

Qualifications

Qualifications you bring to this role include:

• A Bachelor’s degree preferably in Engineering, Quantitative Sciences, or Construction Management.
• At least 10 years of proven experience in project scheduling, with a strong background in nuclear or large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Office Suite, with familiarity in SAP and estimation software considered an asset.
• Experience in outage, maintenance, or turnaround scheduling environments.
• Understanding of different contract types including fixed price and time & materials within EPC Contractor settings.
• Hands-on construction field experience enhancing pragmatic scheduling insights.
• Outstanding analytical skills coupled with adaptive thinking and strong teamwork capabilities.
• Highly meticulous with a strong focus on schedule quality and accuracy.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills tailored to diverse stakeholder groups.
• Capacity to operate effectively within dynamic project environments using innovative problem-solving approaches.
• Recognized Project Controls expertise demonstrated through certifications such as PMI Scheduling Professional or AACE Certification.
• Experience in managing stakeholder relationships and contributing to claim avoidance or negotiation is highly regarded.
• A strategic mindset oriented towards project portfolio management and alignment with organizational objectives.

Working Conditions

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Other Requirements:

• 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

Base Compensation: $125,000/yr - $150,000/yr
(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. We offer our full-time staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry. From top-tier health care programs to employee assistance programs and retirement planning, we aim to provide you with the tools you need to be successful in the areas of life that matter most to you.