Senior Scheduler/Planner - Natural Gas Pipeline Construction

Turner & Townsend•Houston, TX

About The Position

From the inception of a project through to completion and beyond, Turner & Townsend help to deliver the outcomes that matter through transformational projects covering the full spectrum of consultancy, project delivery and post-project operations. With offices located globally, you're never far away from our services. With over 22,000 specialists in more than 60 countries, we blend local knowledge with global insight to tackle challenges of any scale. Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world. Do you want to be part of our successful Energy and Natural Resources team supporting top clients for Turner & Townsend in Houston? We are hiring multiple ambitious and forward thinking Scheduler/Senior Schedulers to work in our growing team. At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result our people get to work on some of the most exciting projects in the world. You are an experienced Scheduler with a minimum of 10 years post-graduate experience looking for the next step or are currently undertaking a similar role in a similar environment

Requirements

A recognized relevant university degree
Membership in relevant professional organizations is beneficial
A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in project controls and time/schedule management
Quality Control – Ensuring compliance with quality standards and participation in ISO audits
Experience at delivering scheduling functions within the Energy Sectors/Midstream/Pipeline
Proficient and expert experience level using project scheduling tools (MS Project, Primavera P6, Acumen Fuse)
Ability to coordinate & organize multiple sources of schedule inputs/performance data into a master schedule platform and deliver project/program status reports as required.
Ability to perform schedule management on multiple ongoing commissions
Ability and capability to analyze and report against contractor (and other third party) schedule updates received.
Experience of working in a consultancy or owner organization.
Experience with large capital projects or EPC/EPCM
Earned Value and Risk Analysis methodologies experience
Experienced user of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Nice To Haves

Power Bi and Risk Analysis experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Implement Project Planning & Scheduling strategy, plans and procedures, reflecting both company and contractor roles, responsibilities and expectations
Coordinate the development and implementation of project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) in concert with Project controls Lead, Project cost consultant and contractor, and in conjunction with Project Execution Plans
Prepare the Integrated Planning, Scheduling, baseline and updates
Contribution to the Project controls Monthly Project Report and specific reports / presentations
Coordinate and generate master schedules for projects and programs applying resource and cost loading
Prepare labor histograms
Lead and support the project team in the implementation of an integrated enterprise based, cross functional master schedule programs with various party inputs and which may involve multiple projects
Working closely with various disciplines in project teams to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the schedules produced without compromising your independence as a planning engineer so you’re in a position to advise project management on issues requiring judgement
Conduct the required project schedule analysis (including cost and resource loaded schedules), critical path analysis and schedule risk analysis for the project as a whole and received from contractors and/or third parties. Similarly analysis of testing and commissioning schedules will be required.
Analysis and interrogation of third party labour histograms
Perform Critical Path Analysis and report
Analyse deviations from the baseline in the Project Master schedule highlighting bottlenecks / delays and propose corrective actions and report
Provide interface and quality assurance regarding the tracking and reporting of schedule performance for reporting purposes and provide oversight tracking and monitoring of schedules
Ensure that schedule related data from vendors, suppliers, engineering and construction contractors of actual projects is provided as feedback into the planning and scheduling systems
Analyse and highlight the overall schedule impact of any variance / change order raised to enable clarity on change effects
Quality Control – Ensuring compliance with quality standards / best practices