Senior Planner

AtkinsRéalis Canada Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working culture

Flexible benefits

Professional development

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis Canada Inc. is seeking a Senior Planner in Toronto to lead the project planning strategy and schedule integration across disciplines, ensuring alignment with cost and EVM.

You will mentor junior planners and drive continuous improvement in tools and processes. You will work in a hybrid environment with senior client exposure, EPCM context, and bilingual collaboration between French and English teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required; a degree in Engineering is preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in project planning and scheduling.
• Experience supporting EPCM projects is a strong asset.
• Experience working on mining and metallurgy projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 with strong knowledge of integrated project controls systems and processes.
• Strong expertise in critical path analysis, EVM, schedule risk analysis, and delay analysis methodologies.
• Bilingualism in French and English is a significant asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the overall project planning and scheduling strategy.
• Ensure full schedule integration across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities.
• Align schedule with cost, progress measurement, and Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Prepare and validate executive dashboards, client reports, and progress narratives.
• Provide clear, actionable insights to Project Directors, senior management, and clients regarding schedule risks and opportunities.
• Evaluate the schedule impacts of scope changes, variations, and claims, including time impact and delay analyses / support claim avoidance and dispute resolution.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to junior planners / contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including tools, templates, lessons learned, and best practices.

Skills

Primavera P6

Earned Value Management

Critical Path Analysis

Schedule Risk Analysis

Delay Analysis

Stakeholder management

Bilingual French/English

Project Planning

Leadership/Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Engineering degree preferred

Tools

Project controls software

Job description

Job Description Overview

AtkinsRéalis’s Minerals and Metals team in Canada is made up of more than 400 employees who work on large-scale projects to support mining sustainability, pit-to-port opportunities, metallurgical plant engineering, or mine closure and capabilities in the study, design, and construction of mining projects across a wide range of mining and processing methods and commodities. The team combines global-caliber expertise to provide tailored solutions for projects of any size, scope, or complexity. We believe in working openly and transparently, together, delivering world‑class projects. We work collaboratively with teams across the world, from Canada to Brazil in the south to India in the east, delivering exceptional value and innovation to our clients. To support our growth initiatives, we are expanding our team and are looking for innovative, forward‑thinking people who enjoy challenges and want to add value to project success, both locally and internationally.

We are seeking a Senior Planner to join our Minerals & Metals Department. The successful candidate will report to the Planning & Scheduling Department. The person in this position will work closely with all disciplines and project Managers to manage all planning & Scheduling subjects. This role will be based in Toronto, Ontario.

Your role: Lead the development of the overall project planning and scheduling strategy, including schedule structure, logic, phasing, milestones, and integration across disciplines. Ensure full schedule integration across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities. Ensure alignment between schedule, cost, progress measurement, and Earned Value Management (EVM) systems. Support the preparation and validation of executive level dashboards, client reports, and progress narratives. Provide clear, actionable insights to Project Directors, senior management, and clients regarding schedule risks and opportunities. Evaluate the schedule impacts of scope changes, variations, and claims, including time impact and delay analyses / support claim avoidance and dispute resolution by providing robust schedule logic, documentation, and analysis. Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to junior and intermediate planners/ contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including tools, templates, lessons learned, and best practices.

About you: Bachelor’s degree is required; a degree in Engineering is preferred. 10+ years of experience in project planning and scheduling. Previous experience supporting EPCM projects is considered a strong asset. Previous experience working on mining and metallurgy projects. Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, with strong knowledge of integrated project controls systems and processes. Strong expertise in critical path analysis, Earned Value Management (EVM), schedule risk analysis, and delay analysis methodologies. Proven ability to work effectively and confidently with clients, executive stakeholders, and project leadership teams. Written and spoken bilingualism in French and English is considered a significant asset.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada. Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs. Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time‑off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life. Be rewarded. Find out more.

About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more.

Additional information

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Expected compensation for this role is (between Pay Range $125,000 - $150,000 annually) (Only Applicable to Ontario). Base salaries are determined according to several parameters like skills, experience, and potential impact on the role. Internal and external competitiveness are also taken into account in our offers.

Worker Type Employee Job Type Regular At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world‑class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

Created by the integration of long‑standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world‑class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end‑to‑end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital. News and information are available at Atkinsrealis or follow us on LinkedIn.