Program Scheduler
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero, and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm.
About the role
The Program Scheduler will create and manage scheduling for large-scale construction programs, providing schedule consulting at the program level (overseeing many projects) from pre-construction to closeout. This role involves implementing best practices, reporting trends, and collaborating with project managers and construction firms to maintain schedule integrity.
Responsibilities
- Create and analyze project schedules using Primavera P6 and Tableau for a portfolio of projects.
- Review and understand engineering, procurement, and construction schedule logic.
- Create, manage, and oversee schedules using the critical path method.
- Produce high-level and 1-, 3-, and 6-month look-ahead reports from P6 for reporting.
- Develop logic-driven schedules from limited project information, identifying major phases and dependencies from initiation through closeout.
- Utilize P6 to:
- Create end-to-end master schedules using rolling wave planning (L2-3 detail).
- Develop detailed construction schedules incorporating subcontractor commitments (L4-5 detail).
- Regularly update schedules in line with the program calendar following standard planning principles.
- Resource-load schedules and produce management overviews of over- and underutilization.
- Identify and trend movement to key float paths.
- Perform quantity tracking using S-curves.
- Collaborate with contractors and subcontractors on a regular basis.
- Prepare and update monthly progress reports.
- Actively monitor and communicate any project issues that could delay the schedule.
- Adhere to SOX control responsibilities where applicable.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a field related to construction.
- Minimum 3+ years of applicable experience.
- Certification by AACE in planning/scheduling is preferred.
- Prior experience building a complex master schedule.
- Familiarity with construction drawings, specifications, and construction contracting.
- Able to convert data into Tableau reports and graphics.
- Excellent communication skills.
Pay
The minimum salary for this position is $100,000 annually, and the maximum salary is $150,000 annually. Compensation will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience.