Scheduler
$80,000–$100,000 year
On-siteMarkham, Ontario, Canada
Job Summary
Read Request for Proposal bid documents and create project schedules in Primavera P6, ensuring durations and relationships are vetted by operations teams. Coordinate, verify, and integrate work scope into the total project plan while establishing activity coding, naming conventions, and resource libraries. Forecast labor, material, and equipment requirements based on work front analysis and maintain the schedule throughout the project lifecycle. Prepare progress reports and dashboards supported by KPIs, conduct Schedule Quality Assessment and Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis, and chair meetings to establish mitigations. Manage schedule change notices and forecast project impacts, implementing corrective actions when performance trends deviate from the baseline.
Required Qualifications
- A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with specialization in business, engineering or equivalent experience
- 5 -8 years of experience in schedule management
- At least five (5) years of work-related experience on projects of heavy civil construction in the road building and construction industry
- Proven experience and ability in planning, scheduling, and managing complex projects
- Proven problem solver with sound judgment who accepts ownership and accountability
- High level knowledge of Planning and Scheduling software which may include Primavera P6 & TILOS
- Experience conducting Schedule Quality Assessment and Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA) using industry standard software (such as Acumen)
- Proficient personal computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc
- Ability to prioritize, organize, and deliver across several projects and under pressure to meet deadlines
- Commercial acumen to understand project profitability
- Well-developed communication and collaboration skills
Desired Qualifications
- Estimating software (such as Bid2Win and InEight Estimate) knowledge
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