Junior Planner - Hybrid Schedule & Project Controls

Turner-; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

RRSP matching

Learning budget

Professional membership/license fee

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Calgary is seeking a Junior Planner to support project planning, scheduling, and project controls throughout the project lifecycle, in collaboration with the Project Controls Lead, Senior Planners, Project Managers and Contractors.

You will help develop, maintain and analyze integrated schedules, monitor baselines, and contribute to risk assessment and reporting to enable informed decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline (Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, Supply Chain)
• 2–5 years of experience in project planning, scheduling, controls
• Internship/co-op or project support in construction, energy, utilities, mining, infrastructure, or industrial projects is a plus

Responsibilities

• Support the creation, maintenance, and updating of integrated project schedules using industry-standard scheduling tools.
• Coordinate schedule inputs from stakeholders including contractors and project team members.
• Prepare and maintain labour histograms, resource forecasts, and manpower plans.
• Monitor progress against baselines and identify variances, delays, and recovery opportunities.
• Perform schedule analysis including critical path and float analysis.
• Assist in EVM metrics and performance indicator reporting.
• Analyze contractor schedules and provide recommendations to leadership.
• Prepare project planning reports, dashboards and performance updates for management.
• Participate in project meetings and present schedule updates, risks and recovery strategies.
• Maintain planning documentation, assumptions logs and schedule change records.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives in planning processes.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Strong communication

Organizational skills

Time management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management/PM

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Job description

Turner & Townsend in Calgary is seeking a Junior Planner to support project planning, scheduling, and project controls throughout the project lifecycle, in collaboration with the Project Controls Lead, Senior Planners, Project Managers and Contractors.

You will help develop, maintain and analyze integrated schedules, monitor baselines, and contribute to risk assessment and reporting to enable informed decisions.