Sr. Scheduler

About the role

The Senior Scheduler will provide project controls support to Aecon’s ongoing mega-projects in the Nuclear sector.

Responsibilities

• Assist in project set-up activities, including establishing the WBS & all control accounts, reconciling bids to awards, setting the cost & schedule baseline
• Participate in proposal and estimating efforts to ensure continuity between project estimates and baselines.
• Participate in customer and internal management project status reporting meetings.
• Liaise with external groups (Accounting, Finance, Procurement, Construction, etc.) to gain inputs into Project Controls reports.
• Create & maintain project status update reports, forecast reports & project dashboards; ensure timely issuance to internal & external stakeholders (per client requirements).
• Create & maintain customized reports or dashboards to adapt to evolving risks & project needs.
• Develop and maintain resource plans, ensuring cost & schedule alignment.
• Regularly conduct variance analysis to understand trends & other baseline deviations in support of rigorous change management; provide variance narratives & propose corrective actions or recovery plans.
• Assist in monitoring project health & performance; ensure key performance metrics are well articulated to project leadership.
• Regularly conduct detailed analysis on project performance key metrics (e.g. CPI, SPI, key commodity tracking, etc.); propose corrective actions to maintain performance/productivity; provide timely feedback to project leadership on adverse trends.
• Prepare Earned Value Management KPIs to assess project performance.
• Assist in the creation & maintenance of tools & templates that ensure compliance with the processes outlined Project Controls plan & contract requirements.
• Support the development of project-specific Project Controls plans, and the development of tools & templates.
• Develop and maintain a change log to track all internal & external changes and monitor progress through the change management process.
• Review the contract to ensure compliance with contract conditions regarding reporting, change management, and all other Project Controls areas.
• Provide mentorship & guidance to junior team members.
• Provide subject-matter expertise to project team on any customized reporting tools & dashboards.
• Develop & maintain complex construction and engineering resource-loaded schedules in compliance with customer scheduling standards/protocols as specified in the contract.
• Develop & maintain basis of schedule documenting all assumptions & parameters underpinning the baseline schedule.
• Develop fragnets to be carried out throughout the project lifecycle, across the different phases for use on similar scopes.
• Lead meetings focused on assessing schedule progress, obtaining schedule updates & general schedule coordination.
• Create lookahead reports, resource profiles & other customized P6 reports.
• Assist in project set-up, casting baseline budgets, setting up rules of credit to support earned value management; ensure WBS & CBS alignment.
• Liaise with Construction on scheduling sequencing, assist in determining schedule priorities, support constructability reviews.
• Proactively identify schedule variances, logic gaps etc.; facilitate the development of recovery plans & other remedial action plans.
• Maintain detailed baseline or schedule change logs to ensure integrity of the performance measurement baseline.
• Regularly perform critical path analysis to flag delays, identify near critical paths & parallel paths within the schedule.
• Regularly perform schedule quality analysis utilizing assessment tools (e.g. Acumen Fuse).
• Perform regular field tours to validate progress.
• Assist in the development of a project-specific Schedule Management Plan for incorporation into the Project Controls Plan.
• Ensure schedule quality by addressing deficiencies from schedule quality analysis.
• Support change management process by analyzing trends & schedule impact assessments.
• Support risk management process by providing inputs into schedule risk analysis modeling.
• Maintain baselines with approved changes, ensuring contractual alignment.
• Identify & lead rebaseline efforts when required.
• Manage the integration of subcontractor schedules (if applicable); review for schedule quality; assess progress and provide feedback to project leadership.
• Establish and ensure a set cadence for the importing of back-up copies of project schedules managed in the client's P6 environment.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of related experience.
• Demonstrated Analytical & Adaptive Thinking.
• Quantitative, Engineering or Construction Management Post-Secondary Degree.
• Strong Team Collaboration Skills.
• Detail Oriented Approach, Focused on Quality.
• Strong Verbal & Written Communication Skills.
• Agility & Flexibility in a Dynamic Environment.
• Innovative Problem-Solving Skills.
• Project Controls Ambassador.
• EPC Contractor (Self-Perform) Experience.
• Construction Field Experience.
• Mega-project or Portfolio Projects Experience.
• Microsoft Excel Expertise.
• Primavera P6 Expertise.