Senior Scheduler

Metrolinx; Ontario; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Metrolinx is seeking a Senior Scheduler to enhance day-to-day operations within the GO & Programs Team. The role involves planning, scheduling activities, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring the integrity of the program plan for large-scale infrastructure projects across Ontario. The successful candidate will utilize their skills in creating and managing project schedules while adhering to best practices.

Qualifications

• Progressive experience managing scheduling on multi-billion projects.
• Experience with project phases: Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning.
• Expertise in developing project schedules and procurement strategies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project schedules.
• Conduct schedule progress analysis and risk assessments.
• Prepare and distribute project status reports and updates.

Skills

Project scheduling

Risk assessment

Time management

Communication

Education

University degree in engineering or business administration

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

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Job Description

Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto’s subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

Job Description

Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto’s subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

At Metrolinx, equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion, thinking forward and playing as a team.

Our GO & Programs Team is seeking a Senior Scheduler to provide day-to-day expertise and best practice to a team of controls professionals in scheduling. This role will provide planning and scheduling activities throughout the project life-cycle to properly deploy resources, tightly manage schedule, maintain the integrity of the program plan, provide analysis for activity scenarios, provide corridor schedule narrative, and adhere to the scheduling processes.

What will I be doing?

• Works closely with the project team to develop and maintain project schedules
• Collaborates with stakeholders to identify project objectives, milestones, and activities
• Establishes schedule logic, estimates durations, and assigns resources and interfaces for all activities and milestones.
• Implements procurement strategy and models in the process of schedule development.
• Conducts schedule progress analysis and risk assessment, and regularly updates schedule by: implementing and monitoring schedule within each project stage and for entire project until completion or close-out o identifying progress achieved and making resulting changes to the sequence and duration of project activities.
• Evaluates critical and near-critical path activities and closely monitors these activities.
• Tracks progress against the baseline schedule, monitors actual performance, and identifies any schedule variances. Works closely with the project team to identify reasons for variances and implement corrective actions.
• Creates schedule scenarios as required to support items that have the potential for future impact within the project schedule.
• Provides regular updates to the project team on the project's progress, schedule changes, and potential impacts. Prepares schedule reports, including milestone reports, progress reports, and variance analysis.
• Assesses risks that could impact the project schedule, including internal or external dependencies, and works closely with the project team to develop mitigation strategies and contingency plans.
• Prepares and implements project-wide progress measurement and reporting system, including roll- up levels, section weighting and reporting cycle calendar.
• Contributes to Metrolinx Integrated Master Schedule, interfaces with schedulers within capital projects.
• Prepares progress status reports and disseminates to key stakeholders, with attention to confidentiality, security, and urgency of data.
  
  
  

What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need?

• Completion of university degree in engineering, business administration, information studies or related discipline or a combination of education, training, and experience deemed equivalent.
• Demonstrates progressive experience with increasing responsibility in the management of scheduling and multi-disciplinary interfaces on multibillion projects
• Expert in Primavera P6 is mandatory requirement.
• Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) or Project Management Professional (PMP) is an asset.
• Credentialed as a PMI Scheduling Professional is an asset
• Experience developing and analyzing project schedule, procurement strategy and models including AFP, DBB, DBF, P3, tender comparisons, post-bid analyses and other estimating information to facilitate effective and efficient decision-making by project leaders.
• Experience with all aspects of the Project Master Schedule (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning Schedules) in addition to cost control and project controls in a construction environment.
• Experience in LRT, Subway, Railway, Transit and typical linear civil construction projects is an asset.
• Experience with all aspects of the project phases Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning Schedules
• Interpersonal and oral/written communication skills to liaise with project team members, external agencies, and consultants and prepare tender comparisons, post-bid analyses, and other estimating information, and to facilitates data and information sharing and between internal and external stakeholders
  
  
  

Don’t Meet Every Requirement?

If you’re excited about working with Metrolinx but your past experience doesn’t quite align with every qualification of this posting, we encourage you to apply. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles. We are always looking for great talent to join our team.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from members of equity-deserving communities, including those who identify as Indigenous, Black, racialized, women, people with disabilities, and people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations.

Accommodation

We value the unique skills and experiences each person brings to Metrolinx and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Recruitment team know by contacting us at: 416-202-5601 or email [e-mail] .

Application Process

All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Metrolinx will be using email to communicate with you for all job competitions. It is your responsibility to include an updated email address that is checked daily and accepts emails from unknown users. As we send time-sensitive correspondence, we recommend that you check your email regularly. If no response is received, we will assume you are no longer interested in pursuing the opportunity. Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate.

For Internal applicants, with the recent implementation of the Internal Mobility Policy, the internal recruitment process has changed for non-union roles. Candidates must be in their current role for 12 months prior to applying for another role and each applicant must be in good standing (not participating in a Performance Improvement Plan). Please review all provisions of the policy before submitting your application.

Should it be determined that any background information provided is misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, Metrolinx reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of your application.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

WE ARE AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE EMPLOYER.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

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