The role
We are seeking an experienced Project Scheduler to support the planning, integration and oversight of schedules linked to a major rail infrastructure program in Canada.
Working closely with the Director, Project Schedule Management, the Project Scheduler will develop and maintain project schedules, review and analyse schedules received from delivery partners and contractors, identify schedule issues and risks and provide recommendations to support project decision-making. The role will work closely with project management, project controls, technical teams, and delivery partners to maintain schedule integrity, coordinate interfaces, and manage schedule risks and opportunities.
The responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and update integrated project schedules using Primavera P6, ensuring alignment with project requirements, scheduling procedures, and industry best practices.
- Support the development of execution-phase detailed schedules and their integration with program-level schedules, coordinating schedule inputs across multiple stakeholders.
- Review and assess schedules and supporting documentation submitted by contractors, consultants, and delivery partners to assess logic, sequencing, interfaces, assumptions, constraints, milestones, and overall schedule quality, using Primavera P6, Deltek Acumen Fuse, or equivalent tools.
- Analyze critical and near-critical paths, schedule drivers, total float, constraints, key dependencies, and milestone movement.
- Monitor performance against approved baselines and identify variances, slippage, float erosion, emerging issues, risks, and opportunities.
- Assess the schedule impacts of proposed changes, alternative sequencing, mitigation measures, and recovery strategies, while maintaining traceability between approved project changes, schedule assumptions, and corresponding schedule updates.
- Identify schedule issues, inconsistencies, and integration gaps, and develop practical recommendations for review.
- Support adherence to established scheduling procedures, governance requirements and quality standards.
- Prepare periodic schedule reports, dashboards, and executive-level presentations to clearly communicate findings and recommendations.
- Participate in planning workshops, schedule reviews, risk and change discussions and coordination meetings with internal teams and delivery partners.
The requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
- Minimum five years of relevant scheduling or project controls experience, preferably on large and complex infrastructure projects.
- Strong proficiency in Primavera P6 and demonstrated experience developing, reviewing, and analyzing detailed project and contractor schedules.
- Strong understanding of Critical Path Method scheduling, schedule logic, baseline management, progress updating, variance analysis, forecasting, and schedule impact assessment.
- Experience with Microsoft Project, Power BI, Microsoft Excel, and project controls data.
- Working knowledge of Deltek Acumen Fuse or similar schedule-quality analysis tools.
- Demonstrated ability to identify schedule issues, trends, inconsistencies, and integration gaps and communicate their implications clearly.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder project environment.
- Experience with TILOS or other linear or time-location scheduling tools is considered an asset.
- Professional certification such as PMI-SP, AACE Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP), PMP, or equivalent is considered an asset.
- French language proficiency is considered an asset.
