Senior Scheduler

Vista Projects; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Flexible work schedules

Company-sponsored social events

Job summary

Vista Projects, located in Calgary, Alberta, is looking for a Senior Scheduler to ensure effective control of project plans and schedules. This role involves preparing EPC schedules, leading planning sessions, and coordinating scheduling activities across projects.

The ideal candidate should have significant experience in project management, specifically within an engineering environment. Vista Projects offers a competitive compensation package and a flexible work culture promoting diversity.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of planning and scheduling experience in engineering, procurement, and construction.
• Understanding of procurement, contracts, and construction management.
• Quality-focused with strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Prepare EPC schedules for sustaining capital projects with focus on the critical path.
• Lead planning sessions; coordinate scheduling activities across projects.
• Monitor, review, and analyze schedule status throughout all project phases.

Skills

Proficiency in Primavera P6

EPCM planning knowledge

Advanced MS Excel skills

Strong communication skills

Education

Recognized engineering or business degree

Tools

Microsoft Office applications

Job description

Vista Projects is an integrated industrial engineering firm that helps clients navigate the digital transformation of their projects and operations. Our proven project execution process is based on a “single source of truth” model that eliminates the potential for inefficient engineering designs, cost overruns and project completion delays.

What You Would Do in This Role

The Senior Scheduler works closely with project managers, leaders, and other teams to ensure effective and proactive control of project plans and schedules. This role requires a strong commitment to excellence in the development and support of cost control, project management systems, processes, resources, and tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare (or assist in preparing) Level 1 to Level 3 EPC schedules for sustaining capital projects, with a particular focus on the critical path from engineering through procurement to construction
• Lead and participate in interactive planning sessions; hold meetings with project managers, estimators, and engineers to review and refine preliminary schedules for initial distribution
• Coordinate overall planning and scheduling activities across projects
• Interface with engineering disciplines, project management, and clients (as required) to ensure accurate engineering and procurement data are reflected in schedules
• Monitor, review, analyze, and report on schedule status throughout all project phases
• Perform manpower resource loading for assigned schedules and prepare histograms and other charts as required
• Manage project schedules, analyze variances, and evaluate project trends and schedule forecasts
• Conduct schedule risk analyses
• Assist in the preparation of schedule data for proposals and contracts
• Take responsibility for the preparation, quality, and accuracy of project and proposal schedules
• Perform in-depth “what-if” scenario, variance, and logic analyses
• Provide coaching and mentoring to other planners and schedulers within the team
• Perform other duties as requested

Requirements

• A recognized engineering or business degree, technical diploma, or equivalent work experience
• Proficiency in Primavera P6
• Strong knowledge of EPCM planning and project reporting
• Understanding of procurement, contracts, and construction management
• Advanced MS Excel skills for analysis and reporting
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively
• Quality-focused with strong attention to detail, while maintaining a broad “whole project” perspective
• Ability to meet safety requirements for site visits
• 8+ years of planning and scheduling experience in an engineering, procurement, and construction environment

What We Offer

• A stimulating, fast-paced and challenging work environment where you will contribute to the interesting municipal and industrial engineering projects
• A robust and consistent recruitment process that ensures your colleagues are likeminded and comparably capable
• An opportunity to be a part of an entrepreneurial, technically skilled team which has established leadership in innovative engineering solutions
• A strong value-based philosophy that provides an informal, close-knit team environment, where you and your family feel like a part of our organization, and not just an employee number
• Competitive compensation and benefits, including a performance-linked variable pay program
• Company-sponsored social events and team sports
• Flexible work schedules, half-day Fridays and free parking
• An organization that values and encourages diversity