Senior Scheduler

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

Do you want to be part of our successful Infrastructure team supporting top clients for  Turner & Townsend  in Toronto? We are hiring a bold and forward-thinking Senior Scheduler  to work in our growing team.

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and program as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include program, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

You are an experienced  Senior Scheduler with 5-10+ years experience, seeking your next step or are currently working in a similar role within a comparable environment. You’re motivated to join a growing and dynamic team.

The ideal candidate is self-motivated, driven, and capable of working both independently and as part of a team. In this impactful role, you will be providing leadership and direction, actively embedding and promoting the purpose, values, and vision of Turner & Townsend.

Job Description

Implement Project Planning & Scheduling strategy, plans and procedures, reflecting both company and contractor roles, responsibilities and expectations

Coordinate the development and implementation of project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) in concert with Project controls Lead, Project cost consultant and contractor, and in conjunction with Project Execution Plans

Coordinate and work with project parties to generate master schedules for projects and programs applying resource and cost loading (information availability dependent)

Preparing labour histograms (information availability dependent)

Lead and support the project team in the implementation of an integrated enterprise based, cross functional master schedule programs with various party inputs and which may involve multiple projects

Working closely with various disciplines in project teams to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the schedules produced without compromising your independence as a planning engineer so you’re in a position to advise project management on issues requiring judgement

Conduct the required project schedule analysis (including cost and resource loaded schedules), critical path analysis and schedule risk analysis for the project as a whole and received from contractors and / or third parties.  Similarly analysis of testing and commissioning schedules will be required.

Analysis and interrogation of third party labour histograms

Perform Critical Path Analysis and report

Analyse deviations from the baseline in the Project Master schedule highlighting bottlenecks / delays and propose corrective actions and report

Provide interface and quality assurance regarding the tracking and reporting of schedule performance for reporting purposes and provide oversight tracking and monitoring of schedules

Ensure that schedule related data from vendors, suppliers, engineering and construction contractors of actual projects is provided as feedback into the planning and scheduling systems

Analyse and highlight the overall schedule impact of any variance / change order raised to enable clarity on change effects

Prepare the Integrated Planning / Scheduling contribution to the Project controls Monthly Project Report and specific reports / presentations

Quality Control – Ensuring compliance with quality standards and participation in ISO audits

Qualifications

A recognized relevant university degree

Membership in relevant professional organizations is beneficial

A minimum of 5-10 years of relevant experience in project controls and time / schedule management

Quality Control – Ensuring compliance with quality standards and participation in ISO audits

Experience at delivering scheduling functions within the Infrastructure sector

Proficient and expert experience level using project scheduling tools (MS Project, Primavera P6, Acumen Fuse)

Ability to coordinate & organize multiple sources of schedule inputs / performance data into a master schedule platform and deliver project / program status reports as required.

Ability to perform schedule management on multiple ongoing commissions

Ability and capability to analyse and report against contractor (and other third party) schedule updates received.

Experience of working in a consultancy or owner organization.

Experience of working in the Canadian construction market.

Experienced user of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Additional Information

The base salary range for this full-time role is $95,000 - $145,000 per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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