Project Planner

Thales; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended Health & Dental

RRSP/TFSA matching

Vacation days & holidays

Well‑Being program

Employee discounts

Job summary

Thales in Ottawa, Canada, is seeking a P-6 Project Planner/Scheduler to lead scheduling across AJISS programs. You will develop integrated schedules, manage baselines and support change control, with a focus on predicting delivery and enabling informed decisions.

You will collaborate with engineering and project stakeholders, apply earned value and risk analysis, and contribute to PMO governance while working a hybrid schedule up to three days in office per week.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate qualifications or training in Business, Engineering or Project Management.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in planning roles, preferably in a multi‑disciplined engineering environment.
• Strong understanding of planning best practices.
• Demonstrated communication, analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Proficient in Primavera P6 and MS Excel with data analysis capabilities.
• Experience with Earned Value principles and Schedule Risk Analysis is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed integrated project schedules for engineering changes.
• Translate scope into WBS, activities, logic and milestones.
• Facilitate planning workshops with stakeholders.
• Establish schedule baselines and support change control.
• Perform schedule quality checks and analyze variance.
• Track progress, forecast completion and manage critical path.
• Identify schedule risks related to design and implementation.
• Conform to PMO reporting and dashboards.
• Align schedule with cost and resources where applicable.

Skills

Strong communication

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Experience with Earned Value

MS Excel

Scheduling analysis

Schedule Risk Analysis

BI tools familiarity

Education

Undergraduate qualifications in Business, Engineering or Project Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Power Query

BI tools

Job description

Location: Ottawa, Canada

P-6 Project Planner/Scheduler

Responsible for the planning and scheduling of engineering changes and their implementation across the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships & Joint Support Ships (AJISS) Program. Reports to the Planning Group Lead and is part of the PMO, developing and maintaining integrated schedules that enable predictable delivery, effective change control and informed decision‑making.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed integrated project schedules, principally for engineering changes.
• Translate engineering scope into structured WBS, activities, logic and milestones.
• Facilitate planning workshops with engineering, project and functional stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain schedule baselines and support formal change control.
• Perform schedule quality checks (logic integrity, float analysis, constraints, critical path).
• Track progress, forecast completion and analyze schedule variance and impacts.
• Identify schedule risks related to design and implementation activities.
• Conform to PMO‑standard reporting: milestone status, critical path, lookahead plans and management dashboards.
• Support the established business delivery rhythm through timely updates and accurate forecasting.
• Align schedule with cost/resource inputs (where applicable) and support integrated performance reporting.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of PMO planning standards, templates and governance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Undergraduate qualifications or training in Business, Engineering or Project Management.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in planning roles, preferably in a multi‑disciplined engineering environment.
• Strong understanding of planning best practices.
• Demonstrated communication, analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Proficient in Primavera P6.
• Experience with Earned Value principles, systems and techniques.
• Experience with Schedule Risk Analysis is considered beneficial.
• Advanced MS Excel skills and general data analysis competencies; familiarity with Power Query or BI tools is beneficial.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge and understanding of the Defense Sector.
• Experience across the In‑Service Support phases of a project lifecycle.
• Experience working in a complex, multidisciplinary, multi‑site organization.
• PMI‑SP, PMP, PRINCE2 or similar credentials.

Special Position Requirements

• Type of Role: Hybrid (Home/Office) – flexibility to work from home for up to two days per week; expected to be in office at least three days per week.
• Schedule: 40 hours per week.
• Physical Environment: Office.
• Travel: As required, primarily within Canada.

What We Offer

• Company‑paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short‑term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well‑Being program.
• Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to DCPP, with no vesting period.
• Company‑paid holidays, vacation days and paid sick leave.
• Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long‑Term Disability.
• Employee Discounts on home, auto and gym membership.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations throughout the interview process. All applicants selected for an interview who require accommodations will be advised accordingly upon invitation. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only to provide an accessible candidate experience.

Security Clearance

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List, the Canadian Controlled Goods Program, the Canadian Industrial Security Program, the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access, including eligibility to the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and a Canadian NATO Secret clearance.