Project Scheduler - TramCite

Siemens Mobility; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Flexible work environment

Job summary

Siemens Mobility in Montreal, Canada is seeking a Project Scheduler to support planning, monitoring and control of the execution schedule for a major transportation infrastructure program.

You will develop, maintain and integrate schedules for engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, testing and handover, work with project teams, prepare progress reports and dashboards, and ensure compliance with project standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of project scheduling experience in heavy industry.
• Strong knowledge of scheduling methodologies (CPM, baseline management).
• Proven Primavera P6 expertise for project analysis.
• Experience in multidisciplinary environments with multiple stakeholders.
• Knowledge of engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate multiple schedules into a unified master schedule.
• Manage critical interfaces and the project critical path.
• Prepare schedule analyses, what-if scenarios, dashboards, KPIs.
• Lead schedule governance, baselines, and change control.
• Support with progress reporting, earned value, and forecast updates.

Skills

Schedule management

Scheduling methodologies

Stakeholder collaboration

Multidisciplinary teamwork

What-if analysis

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Tilos

Job description

We are looking for dedicated and talented people who tackle ever-changing challenges, customer needs, and questions from colleagues with clever concepts and creativity. We embrace change and work with curious minds re‑inventing the future of work. Join us and let us focus together on what’s truly important: making lives better with new ideas and the latest technology around the world.

Why you’ll love working for Siemens!

• Freedom and a healthy work- life balance– Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
• Solve the world’s most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects.
• Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.
• Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.
• Profit sharing available.
• Rewarding vacation entitlement with the opportunity to buy and sell your vacation depending on your lifestyle.
• Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.
• Participate in our celebrations, social events, and offsite business events.
• Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!
• Employee perks and discounts.
• Diversity and inclusivity focused.

Siemens is proud to be an eight‑time award winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers 2022, Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2022 and Greater Toronto's Top Employers 2022.

Position Overview:

At Siemens Mobility, we sustainably craft and manufacture across the entire spectrum of rolling stock. Cities and Railroads rely on us to provide traction‑power substations, electricity transmission, and signaling and control technology for freight and passenger rail and transit systems. We are your place to thrive, challenge the status quo, make a difference, and grow in a diverse team of innovators who share your passion for technology - are you in?

We are looking for a Project Scheduler to support the planning, monitoring, and control of the project delivery schedule during the execution phase of a major transportation infrastructure program.

The Project Scheduler will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and updating detailed execution schedules covering engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, testing, commissioning, and project handover activities.

Throughout the project, the Project Scheduler will analyze and monitor the progress of the work in close collaboration with the project management team, engineering teams, and customer, 3 rd parties and related parties representatives. The Project Scheduler will prepare progress reports and dashboards, ensuring it fulfills applicable Project standards.

The Project Scheduler will be a key contributor to the project controls organization and will actively participate in planning and coordination meetings, helping ensure alignment between all project participants and maintaining a clear view of project priorities and critical activities.

What will you do:

• Demonstrate expertise schedule management methods and tools (especially primavera P6, Microsoft project and Tilos).
• Develop and integrate individual schedules (e.g., subcontractor, design, construction) into a unified master schedule, managing critical interfaces and the overall project critical path. Record and coordinate relevant internal and external schedule interfaces, taking into account any contractual requirements in the schedule. Ensure traceability for changes from stakeholders during baseline schedule development and update through logs, interface milestones, half step analysis, etc.
• Develop, review and maintain schedules including baseline schedules and accompanying narratives according to Contract requirements, project procedures and industry best practices.
• Work independently to contact relevant stakeholders for schedule building and updates. Of key importance will be the relationship with Subcontractors to ensure the integrity of the schedule and so that the current project status is mapped in the working schedule.
• To initiate escalation measures where schedule/forecast/actual deadline non-conformities occur and/or non-conformance with schedule updating process occurs.
• Update and monitor schedules for deadline compliance and project progress.
• Manage resources loaded schedules, by properly linking activities and allocating the required resources (labour, materials, and equipment) within the schedule
• Support project controls and commercial functions by assisting with financial forecasts, progress certifications, earned value assessments, and related project reporting activities.
• Interpret and Implement Contract requirements applicable to scheduling and assess compliance in existing schedules.
• Prepare schedule analyses, (including critical path analysis, what‑if scenarios, float and buffer assessments), dashboards, KPIs, progress reports and recovery schedules and/or mitigation plans.
• Carry out a delay analysis to pinpoint the reason of delays and work with the team to employ industry‑standard methods such as Time Impact Analysis to request extensions of time.
• Establish and maintain schedule governance processes, including schedule structures, coding requirements, reporting cycles, data integration, progress measurement methodologies, and update procedures.
• To take part in project meetings, discussions with internal and external partners (customers, consortium partners, suppliers, other units within Siemens, etc.).
• To regularly back up schedules and filing in accordance with project requirements and relevant guidelines

What will you need to succeed:

• A minimum of 10 years of solid experience in project scheduling, in large projects business, within the heavy industry (rail, aerospace, shipbuilding, energy, mining) or within the construction sector, involving large-scale engineering, system integration and manufacturing, construction challenges.
• Strong knowledge of scheduling methodologies (critical path analysis, baseline management).
• Strong experience using Primavera P6 for project scheduling and schedule analysis.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary project environments involving multiple stakeholders.
• Knowledge of project execution processes including engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities.