Scheduling Lead

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(Internal Title: Scheduling IV)

Lead the planning, scheduling, and schedule assurance function for a $1B+ major capital infrastructure program, providing direction and oversight to a team of schedulers, and liaising with a team of Project Managers, Scientists and Engineers.

Establish and maintain scheduling governance, processes, standards, and best practices in alignment with Metro Vancouver's Project Controls Framework.

Ensure consistent application of Metro Vancouver scheduling requirements across all projects, contracts, and delivery teams.

Act as the primary scheduling advisor and subject matter experts (SME) and provide strategic schedule oversight and guidance across the program lifecycle to project leadership, contractors, consultants, and stakeholders.

Provide onboarding and knowledge transfer sessions to consultants and contractors to ensure alignment with project scheduling requirements, standards, processes, and reporting expectations.

Facilitate interactive planning sessions with key project stakeholders to establish baseline agreement and align project scope, schedule, milestones, interfaces, and delivery objectives.

Schedule Development, Analysis & Control

Establish, implement, and maintain the Program-Level Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) align with MV guideline to support planning, scheduling, reporting, and performance management across the program and support for CBS and PMIS (TUC) integration.

Take ownership of the Program Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), ensuring its development, integration, accuracy, and alignment with program objectives and delivery milestones.

Identify Owners activities and integrate them into the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) to ensure alignment with project milestones and delivery objectives.

Ensure the IMS supports effective decision‑making, forecasting, risk management, and performance reporting

Monitor schedule performance, conduct CPM analysis, forecasting, and risk assessments, and identify mitigation strategies.

Review contractor schedules for logic, critical path integrity, resource planning, and contractual compliance.

Standards, Compliance & Change Management

Ensure compliance with Metro Vancouver scheduling standards, including WBS/CBS structures, progress measurement, and reporting requirements.

Conduct schedule quality reviews, audits, and health assessments while driving continuous improvement.

Evaluate schedule impacts arising from changes, delays, and disruptions, supporting recovery plans and EOT evaluations.

Assess schedule impacts arising from scope changes, design revisions, procurement delays, and construction issues.

Analyze delays and schedule changes to determine critical path impacts and forecast completion dates.

Support change management and schedule recovery planning, including EOT evaluations.

Prepare and maintain schedule risk analysis models based on the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).

Impact Assessment & Change Management

Assess schedule impacts arising from scope changes, design revisions, procurement delays, and construction issues.

Analyze delays and schedule changes to determine critical path impacts and forecast completion dates.

Support change management and schedule recovery planning, including EOT evaluations.

Claims, Reporting & Stakeholder Management

Perform forensic schedule analysis, delay assessments, Time Impact Analyses (TIA), and support claims and dispute resolution.

Prepare executive‑level reports, forecasts, dashboards, and risk assessments for senior leadership.

Facilitate schedule reviews and collaborate with project, engineering, construction, procurement, and project controls teams.

Leadership & Team Management

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of project and senior schedulers.

Establish workload priorities and ensure consistent scheduling standards across the program.

Working Conditions

Office or Site-based

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Experience:

Minimum of 12 years of Planning and Scheduling experience in large projects or programs

10+ years of scheduling experience on major infrastructure projects, including 5+ years in a leadership role.

Experience delivering major capital projects exceeding $200M in construction value.

Experience in water, wastewater, or other public infrastructure programs.Education:

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.

Licenses OR Certifications:

Advanced Primavera P6 expertise with strong knowledge of CPM, schedule risk analysis, contractor scheduling, and integrated project controls.

PMP, PSP (AACE), PMI-SP, or similar certification; experience with schedule risk and claims analysis.

Oracle Primavera P6 certificate is considered an asset

Skills and Competencies:

Strategic Planning & Execution

Leadership & Team Development

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Program Controls, Risk Management & Continuous Improvement

Strong understanding of prevailing Project Management and Scheduling methods

Extensive knowledge of tools and metrics needed to evaluate project performance

Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications including Excel and Power Query

Competent in Navisworks, Synchro, Power BI and TILOS is an asset

Expert understanding of multi‑discipline engineering and construction projects

Inclined to maintain professional development to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods, and best practices

Ability to arrange priorities and escape competing risks to meet deadlines with minimum input from leadership

Keen eye for detail and adept problem-solving abilities

Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving information (written and verbal)

Expert ability to work collaboratively and independently in a structured, disciplined, technology-driven environment

Proven capacity to anticipate, identify, and minimize risks

Expert ability to detect and capitalize on others' strengths

Demonstrated capability to supervise, delegate, and develop capacity

Effectively leads multi-resource scheduling teams

Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem‑solving environment by ensuring effective teamwork, promotion of innovation, and overall excellence

Tact to perceive and ameliorate conflict and tension

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full‑time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.

The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role. It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

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