Principal Project Planner

Hitachi Rail; Toronto; On-site; CAD 112,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Vacation

Flextime

Job summary

Hitachi Rail in Toronto, Canada, seeks a Principal Project Planner to lead complex scheduling efforts for major infra projects. The role spans administrative to strategic tasks, coordinating with customers and subcontractors to ensure on-time delivery and adherence to contract requirements.

The ideal candidate has 10–15 years of planning experience, strong Primavera P6 skills, and excellent stakeholder communication to drive critical-path schedules and project controls in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Minimum 10–15 years of project planning experience, 3–5 years on large infra construction projects.
• Strong experience with Primavera P6 and dependency logic analysis.
• Excellent communication and ability to liaise with stakeholders to develop schedules.

Responsibilities

• Develop project master schedule and detailed schedules aligned with customer milestones.
• Define work breakdown structure and implement project execution plans.
• Attend meetings with customer and subcontractors to represent company interests.
• Produce project control reports including time and budget variances.
• Support Project Controlling for economic monitoring of the project.
• Maintain integrated planning processes and standards.

Skills

Project planning

Primavera P6

Critical path analysis

Stakeholder communication

Project management

Time management under pressure

Education

4-year degree in Business or Engineering

Ontario P.Eng desirable

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

Microsoft Office

Job description

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description

Hitachi Rail STS Canada is looking for an enthusiastic self-motivated Principal Project Planner who thrives in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate is comfortable performing a wide range of engineering tasks from administrative to strategic. The position is based in downtown Toronto, Canada.

Accountabilities

• Ensure the development of Project Master Schedule and project detailed scheduled aligned with the milestones fixed by the customer and / or management expectations on deliveries.
• Support project team in the analysis of the scope of the work, definition of the work breakdown structure, implementing and optimizing project execution plans.
• Work with company leaders and third parties to produce detailed plans for the Project activities and all planned deliverables. Monitor work in progress to ensure that work is executed in compliance with the requirements of the contract and schedule
• Plan the construction and commissioning work on day-by-day basis
• Producing project control reports including variation reports regarding time and budget as required by the Project Manager
• Support Project Controlling for the economical monitoring of the project.
• Ensure the implementation of integrated Planning processes and standards.
• Ensure the development and maintenance of project planner budget.
• Ensure the project EV analysis, Risk Analysis and reporting.
• Guarantee the reliability and on time availability of project reporting.
• As the Lead Planner attend meetings with the customer and subcontractors regarding scheduling and project issues, ensuring that company interests are fully represented.
• Participate in the Change Order Management process

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum of 10 - 15 years of relevant project planning experience with at least 3-5 yrs exp with large infrastructure construction projects, preferably rail transit projects.
• Strong experience with using Primavera P6.
• Strong ability to understand and analyze dependency logic and project critical path.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills in liaising with project stakeholders in the development of project schedules, while identifying milestones and critical paths.
• Excellent understanding of project management techniques, in addition to effective planning and scheduling skills.
• Highly motivated and adaptable to a time-sensitive environment in order to respond quickly and effectively to unanticipated high workloads, events and emergencies
• Must be able to meet deadlines and effectively handle pressures associated with this role
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, employees, Project constituents, third parties and general public

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience with schedule analysis tools (Ex. TILOS, Acumen, FUSE, Other)
• Experience in MS suite including Power BI.
• 2 years' experience in Railway Systems/ Signaling projects.

Education

• 4 years degree in Business or Engineering.
• Ontario P.Eng highly desirable.

Salary Range

$ 112,026 (CAD) to $168,040 (CAD)

The current applicable Base Salary Pay Range for this role is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills relevant to the role, internal equity, alignment with market data, or other law.

Benefits

Hitachi Rail employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package including Competitive Pay, Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance, Long Term Disability, Life & Accident Insurance, a Retirement Savings Plan, and Paid Vacation. We also offer a number of Work/Life Programs such as Flextime and a variety of Training and Development opportunities.

Equal Opportunity

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

This posting relates to an existing vacancy.

Artificial intelligence may be used in the screening or assessment process for this role.