Planner
$90,000–$140,000 year
On-siteCampbell River, British Columbia, Canada
Job Summary
Build and maintain the prime-contract CPM Supply & Install Schedule in Primavera P6 to Appendix F standards, producing baseline, monthly progress updates, weekly look-aheads, and as-built schedules. Actualize progress by reporting status at least twice weekly and integrate project quantities and subcontractor inputs into the model. Monitor and protect the critical path, providing early warnings for slippage and supporting time-impact analysis for change orders and extension-of-time claims. Coordinate with discipline engineers, the Contract Administrator, and the construction team to manage multi-discipline schedules and ensure accurate progress certification. This onsite role supports major infrastructure projects including the Samuel-De-Champlain Bridge and Site C hydroelectric station, requiring full-time presence in Campbell River.
Required Qualifications
- Engineering degree or relevant discipline, or equivalent experience
- 5 to 10 years of experience as a Construction Planner
- Excellent knowledge of Primavera P6 (essential)
- MS Project (optional)
- Use of WBS and other coding systems
- Linear schedule (TILOS)
- Schedule quality audit (DCMA-14)
- 4D software (Synchro 4D/Navisworks)
- Bilingualism: English, French
- Planning certification (PMI-SP, AACE-PSP)
- Risk management training
- Diploma or degree in engineering, construction management, or a related technical discipline - or equivalent demonstrated scheduling experience on major projects
- Recognized planning & scheduling certification (AACE PSP or PMI-SP)
- Expert operation of Primavera P6 (contract-mandated) - activity coding, calendars, resource/cost loading, baselining, progress updating, layouts and reporting
- Proficiency with Excel for manpower curves, quantities and data handling
- Familiarity with Aconex (document/submittal control)
- Familiarity with Bluebeam
- CPM scheduling on heavy civil, industrial, hydroelectric or major infrastructure projects, ideally under an owner-driven schedule specification with formal progress reporting
- Building and maintaining multi-discipline schedules that integrate procurement, fabrication, delivery, construction, commissioning and turnover
- Experience with change time-impact and delay analysis and with schedule support for extension-of-time claims
- Developing and maintaining sound CPM logic
- Managing the critical path, float and near-critical paths
- Progress measurement, tracking-Gantt updates, schedule narratives and clear stakeholder reporting
- Reading and interpreting specifications and drawings
- Translating sequencing requirements and restrictions into schedule logic
- Coordinating inputs across disciplines and Construction
- Surfacing constraints and conflicts early
- Organized documentation discipline - registers, schedule basis, data dates and version control
- Teamwork
- Attention to detail and thoroughness
- Organization and prioritization
- Communicator
- Trainer
- Change agent
- Curious and not afraid to think outside the box
- Ensure coordination with other team members
- Ensuring that good project management practices are followed
- Dependable
- Good analytical skills
- Ability to manage pressure
- Available
- Be detail oriented
- Excellent communication
- A solid foundation of construction sequences
- Good knowledge of quantitative schedule risk analysis, schedule maintenance and change management
- Measuring and assessing progress, trends and forecasts, and reporting
- Organizational skills
- Ability to multi-task
- Prioritize
- Make decisions
- Instruct others to ensure quality deliverables
- Relentlessly follows up with people
- Demanding updates
- Ensuring the critical path remains on track
- Assertive
- Relentless
- Uncompromising
- Full-time onsite presence
- Campbell River
Desired Qualifications
- Planning certification (an asset) (PMI-SP, AACE-PSP)
- Risk management training (an asset)
- Linear schedule (TILOS), schedule quality audit (DCMA-14) and 4D software (Synchro 4D/Navisworks) (an asset)
- Bilingualism: English, French is an asset
- A recognized planning & scheduling certification is an asset (e.g., AACE PSP or PMI-SP)
- Familiarity with Aconex (document/submittal control) and Bluebeam an asset
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
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