Senior Scheduler

Senior Scheduler x2
Contract (12 months)
Pickering, Ontario (Onsite)

Your role within the team:

• 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.
• 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.
• Present updates to Lead/Manager/Project or P&L lead.

The ideal candidate:

• Must have University degree (B. Eng, BCom, etc).
• Minimum 15 years of relevant planning and project controls experience, experience in engineering and construction projects environment.
• Proficient in MS office suite of software, especially in Microsoft Excel.
• Thorough knowledge of Primavera P6.
• Ability to learn new software as per the company standards.
• 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.
• Strong organizational skills are required with attention to details.
• Ability to establish priorities and work under pressure to meet project deadlines.
• Strong knowledge of the general project controls policies and procedures.
• Solid report writing, communication and presentation skills.
• Effective problem-solving skills with a results-oriented approach.
• Ability to work well with Clients and Alliance partners.
• Ability to work with staff, build and maintain good working relationships with Project Controls team.