Project Controls Scheduler

Agilus Work Solutions; Fort Saskatchewan; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Project Controls Scheduler to enhance engineering project efficiency and operational excellence. This role involves conducting audits, improving scheduling processes, and ensuring compliance with project controls. The ideal candidate will have a technologist diploma and relevant experience in scheduling within industrial settings. Join a leading mining company and contribute to impactful projects while enjoying a full-time contract until December 2025, with opportunities for extension. This is a chance to work in a dynamic environment where your skills will drive project success.

Benefits

Competitive Compensation

Full-time Contract

Opportunity for Extension

Work with Leading Mining Company

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering and construction scheduling is strongly preferred.
• Ability to track multiple projects from concept to close-out.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct post project audits to improve planning and scheduling accuracy.
• Monitor project schedule delays and address areas of concern.
• Build and maintain baseline schedules for each project.

Skills

Project Scheduling

Communication Skills

Operational Excellence

Time Management

Coordination Skills

Process Analysis

Education

Technologist Diploma

Tools

Primavera

MS Project

Excel

Word

Job description

Are You Ready to Optimize Engineering Projects and Drive Operational Excellence?Agilus is recruiting for a Project Controls Scheduler in the Mining Industry in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. The Scheduler provides services for scheduling and reporting related to resource loading, project planning, project baselines and project progress to the Projects team and engineering. Responsibilities:

• Conduct post project audits to identify and implement accuracy and productivity improvements as they relate to planning and scheduling. This position improves productivity on engineering projects by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through improved scheduling of engineering and construction activities.
• Strive to continually improve the site engineering schedules and make recommendations to improve the overall scheduling process. Maintain and update project performance measures and other project metrics for project components and schedule execution. Identify and remove waste and non-value added activities.
• Monitor project schedule delays, identifying and addressing areas of concern regarding limited progress of specific tasks and conflicts on the critical path. Support objectives to deliver zero harm to employees, environment, and neighboring communities by communicating schedules and manpower counts to stakeholders to prevent overlapping work and promote safe work environment.
• Understand and ensure compliance to the project controls and scheduling processes. Coordinate with other functional teams to optimize schedules and resources. Build and maintain new and existing engineering project schedules at all stages of the project life cycle.
• Identify schedule conflicts and initiate a process to address them. Maintain and update project information including project status, schedule compliance and progress on deliverables. Oversee the collection of measurement data on schedule, resources and physical progress, including verification of data integrity, as required for project tracking purposes and reporting.
• Interact with project team and task managers to define project scope, to develop and update detailed schedules, and to identify variances from the original plan. Monitor the portfolio of schedules, including reporting of schedule progress, schedule deviations and suggested corrective actions.
• Build and maintain baseline schedule for each project and identify the impact of schedule variances from the baseline including incorporating management of change for the schedules. Maintain engineering resource loading in schedules.
• Work with contractors to incorporate their schedules and progress into the project schedules. Work with Project Managers, Estimator, and Cost Controller on project forecasting and cost. Provide backup coverage for others within Project Controls.

Requirements:

• Technologist diploma or equivalent demonstrated skills. Experience in similar industrial, mining, processing, manufacturing or related setting
• Prior experience as an engineering and construction scheduler is strongly preferred. Knowledge and experience with scheduling software (Primavera and MS Project)
• Skill set to use Word, Excel and estimating tools (MS Project or Primavera). Ability to simultaneously track multiple projects from concept to close-out
• Effective written and verbal communications skills. Process / system analysis and optimization
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation communication skills. Multicultural sensitivity
• Skill set to understand the engineering and construction workflow. Time management skills
• Coordination skills. Influencing and negotiation skills
• Operational Excellence and Lean management skills

Total rewards:

• Competitive compensation
• Full-time contract until December 2025 with opportunity for extension
• Opportunity to work with a Leading Mining company

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