Senior Scheduler/Planner - Talent Pool
Turner & Townsend•Calgary, AB
About The Position
Turner & Townsend is actively building a talent pool of highly skilled Scheduling and Planning professionals for upcoming opportunities within their Infrastructure division. This role is for experienced individuals with a strong background in managing fully integrated projects and program schedules. Preference will be given to those with Transit or Rail experience.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline
- Minimum 8+ years of experience in project planning, scheduling, and project management
- Advanced expertise in Primavera P6 with proficiency in scheduling tools such as Acumen Fuse
- Proven experience in infrastructure projects and programs
- Experience working within consultancy and/or owner organizations environments
- Strong familiarity with the Canadian construction market
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Nice To Haves
- PMP certification
- Professional memberships
- Rail/major transit program experience
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and manage fully integrated project and program schedules using Primavera P6 and MS Project
- Lead end-to-end schedule development across all project phases including planning, design, procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning
- Implement planning and scheduling strategies, governance, and frameworks aligned with organizational and contractor requirements
- Coordinate WBS/CBS development and integrate multi-disciplinary inputs into master schedules
- Develop and analyze resource- and cost-loaded schedules, including labor histograms and contractor resource data
- Establish and monitor critical path(s), milestones, and schedule performance indicators
- Perform advanced schedule analysis including CPM, float analysis, and schedule health checks
- Conduct schedule risk analysis, scenario planning, and “what-if” assessments to support mitigation strategies
- Identify schedule variances, analyze root causes, and develop recovery and acceleration plans
- Review, validate, and analyze contractor and third-party schedules for compliance and performance
- Assess schedule impacts of changes, delays, and claims, supporting EOT evaluations and change management
- Consolidate schedule data into integrated reporting, preparing dashboards and executive updates for stakeholders
- Support enterprise and program-level scheduling initiatives involving multiple concurrent projects
- Ensure schedule governance, QA/QC, and data integrity while driving continuous improvement and mentoring junior planners
Benefits
- Great place to work
- Opportunity and voice to affect change
- Support for success in work and life
- Healthy, productive and flexible working environment
- Respects work-life balance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
