Senior Scheduler

In Proposals, these would be your responsibilities :

• You will be involved in the planning of projects as a member of the Pursuit team, you will be responsible for reading and understanding the RFP bid documents (schedule-related contractual requirements, drawings and specifications).
• You will be responsible for creating the schedule for the pursuit in Primavera P6, ensuring that the durations and relationships have been vetted by Superintendents, subtrades, and / or our internal production rates database (as required) and ensuring that the format, quality and content of the schedule meets or exceeds EllisDon’s Best Practices.

In Operations, these would be your responsibilities :

• You will be responsible for working with the project team to create the Baseline Schedule, ensuring that it meets or exceeds EllisDon’s Best Practices in terms of format, layout, content and quality.
• You will be responsible for updating the project schedule every other week for each project assigned to you, using information provided by the project team.

You will be responsible for reporting on the accuracy and reliability of the information provided, so occasional site visits will be required.

Update information will include as-built dates, short-term forecasting, changes / delays information incorporating schedule impact, and potentially some resequencing of work to match the current execution plan.

You will be responsible for reporting on the status of all active projects assigned to you, and occasionally for generating specific reports for project teams.

You will be responsible for attending and participating in internal project review meetings.

• You will provide support to project teams by developing micro work schedules, what-if scenarios, Time-Impact-Analysis (TIA) schedules as required.
• You would promote a proactive project management approach by recommending and explaining best practices in planning and scheduling to project team members (PM's & Superintendents).
• Proactively identify problems or conflicts in the project schedule and assist other Schedulers on the team as well as Project Managers and / or Superintendents in effectively managing a resolution.

Is this the right role for you?

• You have eight plus years of construction scheduling experience or an equivalent combination of technical training and experience.
• You have experience working on building construction projects.
• You have a working knowledge of computer scheduling programs including P6, MS Projects.
• You have the ability to manage the schedules for multiple projects simultaneously.
• You have experience working as part of a construction project team i.e. Coordinator, QA / QC, Safety, Field Engineer, etc.

and have been exposed to on-site construction. Preference will be given to candidates with hands-on experience from carpentry, site superintendent, project manager, project coordinator, field engineer.

You communicate clearly and effectively, in alignment with EllisDon's Values, and promote collaborative problem-solving.

EllisDon is proud to provide this unique career opportunity that provides continuous learning, the opportunity for growth, and a competitive compensation package within an environment that is committed to inclusion and respects diversity.