Construction Scheduler: Master Project Timelines & Risk

Laurin Group; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit-sharing

Medical coverage

Life insurance

Wellness program

Paid time off

Retirement matching

Training & mentoring

Job summary

LAURIN currently seeks a detail-oriented Scheduler to develop, maintain, and monitor project schedules across all construction phases. You will provide accurate scheduling insights to support planning, coordination, forecasting, and timely decision-making, while identifying risks and delays that impact project delivery.

Ideal candidates bring 3–5 years of construction scheduling experience, familiarity with ICI projects, and proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Project.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience developing, maintaining, and managing schedules for complex construction projects.
• Experience with ICI (Institutional, Commercial, and Industrial) projects.
• Strong knowledge of construction methods, materials, specifications, contracts, and project documentation.
• Understanding of construction sequencing, work planning, and interdependencies between trades.
• Hands-on experience with schedule development, logic and activity sequencing, progress measurement, forecasting, resource loading and leveling, and schedule impact analysis.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or similar scheduling software, along with strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Knowledge of critical path analysis, earned value management, schedule risk analysis, and delay analysis techniques.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a practical approach to identifying schedule risks and impacts.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and monitor project schedules, ensuring alignment with project scope, construction sequencing, milestones, and contract requirements.
• Incorporate subcontractor schedules, resource requirements, and cost loading into the master project schedule as required.
• Identify changes, unforeseen conditions, and other unplanned events, assessing their potential impact on project schedules.
• Develop short- and long-term lookahead schedules to support project planning and field execution.
• Coordinate with project teams and stakeholders to support adherence to project schedules, timelines, and deliverables.
• Lead interactive planning sessions and participate in project kickoff and progress meetings to maintain schedule alignment across stakeholders.
• Regularly update and analyze schedules to reflect project progress, delays, and approved changes, including variance analysis, manpower forecasts, resource loading, and cash flow projections.
• Conduct schedule analysis to identify constructability concerns, risks, opportunities, and potential impacts to project delivery, developing mitigation strategies.
• Analyze schedule delays and variances against the baseline and develop practical solutions to address scheduling conflicts and impacts.
• Manage schedule revisions in accordance with contract requirements and maintain appropriate schedule documentation.

Skills

Excel

Forecasting

Schedule development

Resource loading

Education

Engineering

Construction Management

PSP certification

PMI-SP

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

LAURIN currently seeks a detail-oriented Scheduler to develop, maintain, and monitor project schedules across all construction phases. You will provide accurate scheduling insights to support planning, coordination, forecasting, and timely decision-making, while identifying risks and delays that impact project delivery.

Ideal candidates bring 3–5 years of construction scheduling experience, familiarity with ICI projects, and proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Project.