Lead Planner

Lead Planner
Permanent
Mississauga, Ontario 

Your role within the team:
Support Planning and Scheduling activities:

• Prepare project schedule – Provide guidance and support to lower level planners.
• Load Resource/Budget Schedule – Lead and provide guidance and support to lower level planners.
• Set up Baseline Schedule – Provide guidance and support to lower level planners.
• Update Schedule Provide guidance and support to lower level planners.
• Extract Primavera data files and send to the cost controller – Lead and provide guidance and support to lower level planners.
• Issue schedule for internal use – Provide guidance and support to lower level planners.
• Issue schedule for External use – Lead and provide guidance and support to lower level planners.
• Monitor and control the progress of the work against the Schedule –  Provide guidance and support to lower level planners.
• Prepare and update Resource requirements reports guidance and support to lower level planners.
• Report critical schedule issues – guidance and support to lower level planners.
• Identification and explanation of variances between current schedule, plan, earned values and forecasts, and communicate to the Project Controls Manager, Project Manager.
• Ensure proper progress measurement is in place for all projects and portfolios within the P&L through the whole project cycle.
• Present updates to Lead/Manager/Project or P&L lead.
• Advise on the areas of concern that could prevent meeting the P&L objectives.
• Interface with other Project Control Team to maintain integrated cost-schedule project control system.

The ideal candidate: 

• Must have University degree (B. Eng, BCom, etc).
• 15+ years of relevant planning & schedule, cost control experience, experience in engineering and construction projects environment.
• Expert Knowledge of project management techniques and a number of years of hands on experience (i.e., critical path method, progress measurement and earned value technique) and experience in Project planning, analyzing and reporting.
• Nuclear New Build experience a plus.
• Proficient in MS office suite of software, especially in Microsoft Excel.
• Preferably thorough knowledge of Primavera P6.
• Strong organizational skills are required with attention to details.
• Strong knowledge of the general project controls policies and procedures.
• Ability to learn new software as per the company standards.
• Ability to establish priorities and work under pressure to meet project deadlines.
• Ability to work well with Clients and Alliance partners.
• Ability to work with staff, build and maintain good working relationships with Project Controls team.
• Ability to mentor junior and intermediate staff and work with project cost controller.
• Effective problem-solving skills with a results-oriented approach.
• Solid report writing, communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical skills.