Senior Project Controls Specialist, Scheduler / Planner

Stantec; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Senior Project Controls Specialist – Planning & Scheduling in Burnaby, BC. The role involves leading the development and maintenance of cost- and resource-loaded schedules in Primavera P6, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in construction project planning and integrated project controls. Responsibilities include schedule analysis, reporting, and contractor oversight. This is a full-time permanent position.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in construction project planning across large, complex, multi-disciplinary infrastructure programs.
• Demonstrated experience in integrated project controls, including scheduling, progress measurement, performance analysis, forecasting, and contractor schedule review.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Program Master Schedule in Primavera P6.
• Lead the development and governance of integrated baseline schedules.
• Analyze contractor schedules to ensure alignment with milestones.

Skills

Construction project planning

Integrated project controls

Scheduling

Performance analysis

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Burnaby, BC, Canada and 2 more

Job Description

When you care deeply about the work you do, it’s rewarding to see it through from concept to completion. We partner with clients to provide both program management and construction management to strategize, plan, and implement projects that drive organizations forward. From hospitals and airports to university campuses, mass transit systems, water treatment facilities, mines, and wind farms, we've successfully managed thousands of projects.

Joining our team, turning visionary ideas into reality, will shape your future—and the future of your community.

We are strategizing, planning, and implementing projects that help clients achieve their organization’s objectives. Join our award-winning program management team and bring transformational project solutions to life.

Our Water group is currently seeking a Senior Project Controls Specialist – Planning & Scheduling (Senior Planner) to join the team on a permanent full-time basis. In this role, you will lead the development, maintenance, analysis, and reporting of integrated, cost- and resource-loaded schedules in Primavera P6. You will play a key role in supporting program controls, progress and performance management, contractor oversight, interface coordination, and executive decision-making across the program.

You will be responsible for managing and supporting the program team in producing and reporting cost-loaded work schedules to coordinate interfaces across multiple contractors and third parties. As the owner of the Program Master Schedule, you will help ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget. The role also involves proactive schedule analysis, contractor performance evaluation, forecasting, and identification of risks impacting schedule and productivity. Additionally, you will review and enhance planning processes, including look-ahead scheduling, to drive more advanced and proactive solutions.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Program Master Schedule in Primavera P6 in coordination with the program team.
• Lead the development, maintenance, and governance of integrated baseline schedules aligned with program controls requirements, ensuring integration of scope, cost, progress measurement, and reporting structures.
• Collaborate with project and construction managers, engineering, procurement, contractors, and operations to maintain schedule integrity.
• Provide technical support and oversight to contractors, including validation of methodologies, resource and cost loading, activity durations, logic, float, and critical path.
• Identify schedule deficiencies such as logic gaps, unrealistic sequencing, excessive durations, and risks impacting reporting and forecast reliability.
• Analyze contractor schedules to ensure alignment with milestones, predict completion dates, and accurately reflect project progress.
• Prepare detailed reports, including executive summaries, schedule narratives, and recommendations to support decision-making.
• Correlate schedule, cost, and risk insights to inform critical path and planning decisions.
• Recommend corrective actions to address delays and performance issues.
• Conduct critical path analysis, float analysis, and regularly report on schedule risks and critical activities.
• Develop recovery strategies, contingency plans, and schedule compression techniques where required.
• Support progress and performance management through analysis of planned vs. actual progress, productivity, KPIs, and forecasting accuracy.
• Produce consolidated reporting outputs such as bar charts, S-curves, and manpower histograms.
• Support development of cost expenditure and cash flow forecasts.
• Perform schedule risk and uncertainty analysis, including identification of key drivers and confidence assessments.
• Review and analyze contractor claims, schedule delays, and time extension requests, including forensic schedule evaluation and entitlement analysis.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Strong expertise in construction project planning across large, complex, multi-disciplinary infrastructure programs.
• Demonstrated experience in integrated project controls, including scheduling, progress measurement, performance analysis, forecasting, and contractor schedule review.