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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree, Diploma, or Certificate from an accredited program in Engineering, Construction Management, Building Construction, or related field, with minimum of 6 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
• Proficient use of Primavera P6 scheduling software.
• Experience using scheduling comparison tools (e.g., Acumen Fuse, Change Inspector)
• Large construction project experience (>$150m)
• Experience in construction positions (e.g., Project Manager, Superintendent, or related)
• Knowledgeable of building construction, materials, systems, market conditions and Trade practices
• Ability to interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work to develop project schedule
• Experience conducting gap analysis and managing scheduling risks
• Knowledge of estimates to develop project schedules
• Ability to manage competing demands and meet deadlines
• Demonstrated experience mentoring and supporting junior team members, including providing guidance, knowledge sharing, and fostering professional development
• Highly organized with attention to detail, and able to quickly develop understanding of requirements
• Process and analytical skills to make decisions
• Display interpersonal skills to develop and maintain relationships with project team members and stakeholders to acquire information and discern impact to schedule
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies
• Professional written and verbal communication skills, able to present information clearly to non-technical audiences
• Proficient computer and data entry skills, Microsoft Office suite of applications, and collaborative tools

Nice To Haves

• Scheduling Certification (e.g., ACE, PSP, PMI SP), a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead, direct, and manage a team of scheduling professionals.
• Develop Pre-Construction schedules to assist in evaluation of varied construction assemblies and systems to allow effective feedback to clients, project teams, and design teams.
• Present, discuss, and defend the schedule logic and the feasibility of construction methodology reviews during pre-construction and construction periods.
• Review the impact of change on project schedules, develop integrated fragnet schedules as needed to verify, determine, and support for all related parties the impact of change on a project schedule.
• Leverage understanding of work breakdown structure to capture entire construction project scope for developing schedules with more complex activities.
• Reference ‘Scheduling Playbook’ to adhere to Scheduling and company policies, practices, procedures, and activities.
• Maintain relationships with project stakeholders for communication of overall project plan and to support project performance and promote value of scheduling.
• Collaborate with project team to confirm Contract Item List (CIL), develop Required On Job (ROJ) dates for schedule, and review Procurement Schedule to track and assess subcontractor commitments.
• Develop project schedule based on Critical Path Method (CPM) logic-generated baseline schedules using scheduling software.
• Collaborate with project departments (e.g., Preconstruction, Commissioning, Procurement, Construction) to prepare detailed schedules.
• Collaborate with Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) Engineer to align and coordinate schedules and models.
• Define project schedule metrics and monitor and track critical path activities to achieve predicted forecast end-date.
• Lead constructability reviews of project schedules and contribute to Project GMP submissions to ensure accuracy of scheduling details and timing.
• Maintain information required to update project schedule dashboard.
• Make project schedule updates based on project cadence and create target comparison, variances, and look-ahead schedules (e.g., make-ready plans, weekly work plans).
• Monitor and track progress at detailed and summary levels.
• Challenge project team based on previous, current, and future schedule data for As Built vs. Planned progress.
• Review Pull Plan and revise schedule accordingly and incorporate Last Planner System into schedule.
• Collaborate with project team to identify events and change order impacts to develop project schedule time impact analysis.
• Provide support and guidance to project end-users (individuals or groups) to develop proficiency in using scheduling software and promote training and evaluation for local projects.
• Keep current on and communicate new software enhancements with potential impact to scheduling operations.
• Prepare summary and detail level schedules aligned with objectives and requirements defined by project team.
• Participate in project kick-off meetings to ensure accuracy and completeness of scheduling documents.
• Engage with project team to review, develop, revise, and status schedules.
• Develop and update cost and/or resource loaded schedules.
• Review monthly scheduling progress and participate in project schedule reviews at Operations Review Meetings (ORMs) or other project review sessions.
• Conduct project site progress walks to capture scheduling progress data.
• Collaborate with and participate in Business Development (BD) and Marketing teams to develop and prepare pursuit schedules.
• Conduct project schedule reviews to verify progress shown on project schedule.
• Collaborate with project team to identify events and impacts to develop time impact analysis, claims, and fragnet.
• Apply continuous improvement methodology to daily tasks and activities and to improve Scheduling operations.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.