Senior Scheduler/Planner - Talent Pool

Sccsinternational; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Canada seeks an experienced Scheduling and Planning professional to lead fully integrated project and program schedules using Primavera P6 and MS Project. The role covers planning through commissioning, aligning governance and frameworks with project requirements, and coordinating multi-disciplinary inputs into master schedules.

With 8+ years in project planning, you will drive schedule health, risk analysis, and recovery strategies for infrastructure programs, prioritizing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline; PMP certification and professional memberships are considered assets
• Minimum 8+ years of experience in project planning, scheduling, and project management
• Advanced expertise in Primavera P6 with proficiency in scheduling tools such as Acumen Fuse
• Proven experience in infrastructure projects and programs, with rail/major transit program experience considered essential

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and manage fully integrated project and program schedules using Primavera P6 and MS Project
• Lead end-to-end schedule development across all project phases including planning, design, procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning
• Implement planning and scheduling strategies, governance, and frameworks aligned with organizational and contractor requirements
• Coordinate WBS/CBS development and integrate multi-disciplinary inputs into master schedules
• Develop and analyze resource- and cost-loaded schedules, including labor histograms and contractor resource data
• Establish and monitor critical path(s), milestones, and schedule performance indicators
• Perform advanced schedule analysis including CPM, float analysis, and schedule health checks
• Conduct schedule risk analysis, scenario planning, and “what-if” assessments to support mitigation strategies
• Identify schedule variances, analyze root causes, and develop recovery and acceleration plans
• Review, validate, and analyze contractor and third-party schedules for compliance and performance
• Assess schedule impacts of changes, delays, and claims, supporting EOT evaluations and change management
• Consolidate schedule data into integrated reporting, preparing dashboards and executive updates for stakeholders
• Support enterprise and program-level scheduling initiatives involving multiple concurrent projects
• Ensure schedule governance, QA/QC, and data integrity while driving continuous improvement and mentoring junior planners

Skills

Primavera P6 scheduling

Acumen Fuse

Microsoft Excel

MS Project

Scheduling governance

Rail/transit project experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline

PMP certification (assets)

Tools

Primavera P6

Acumen Fuse

MS Project

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

We are actively building a talent pool of highly skilled Scheduling and Planningfor upcoming opportunities across Infrastructure division.If you are an experienced professional with a strong background in managing fully integrated projects and program schedules we want to hear from you. Preference will be given to individuals with Transit or Rail experience.

Job Description

• Develop, maintain, and manage fully integrated project and program schedules using Primavera P6 and MS Project
• Lead end-to-end schedule development across all project phases including planning, design, procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning
• Implement planning and scheduling strategies, governance, and frameworks aligned with organizational and contractor requirements
• Coordinate WBS/CBS development and integrate multi-disciplinary inputs into master schedules
• Develop and analyze resource- and cost-loaded schedules, including labor histograms and contractor resource data
• Establish and monitor critical path(s), milestones, and schedule performance indicators
• Perform advanced schedule analysis including CPM, float analysis, and schedule health checks
• Conduct schedule risk analysis, scenario planning, and “what-if” assessments to support mitigation strategies
• Identify schedule variances, analyze root causes, and develop recovery and acceleration plans
• Review, validate, and analyze contractor and third-party schedules for compliance and performance
• Assess schedule impacts of changes, delays, and claims, supporting EOT evaluations and change management
• Consolidate schedule data into integrated reporting, preparing dashboards and executive updates for stakeholders
• Support enterprise and program-level scheduling initiatives involving multiple concurrent projects
• Ensure schedule governance, QA/QC, and data integrity while driving continuous improvement and mentoring junior planners

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline; PMP certification and professional memberships are considered assets
• Minimum 8+ years of experience in project planning, scheduling, and project management
• Advanced expertise in Primavera P6 with proficiency in scheduling tools such as Acumen Fuse
• Proven experience in infrastructure projects and programs, with rail/major transit program experience considered (essential)
• Experience working within consultancy and/or owner organizations environments
• Strong familiarity with the Canadian construction market
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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