Sr. Planner/Scheduler

Snc-Lavalin; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis Canada in Toronto, Ontario, is seeking a Sr. Planner/Scheduler to support project managers and engineering teams across diverse projects.

You will establish schedules, coordinate with cost control, and maintain updates to ensure on-time delivery. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of planning experience on large-scale engineering and construction projects, strong skills with Primavera P6, MS Project and TILOS, and fluency in English (French a plus).

Qualifications

• Post‑secondary engineering degree (PEO registration preferred).
• Minimum 10 years of planning experience on large engineering/construction projects.
• Knowledge of planning and scheduling techniques (PMI-SP or AACE PSP preferred).
• Advanced skills with Primavera P6, MS Project and TILOS.
• Strong English communication; French is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Identify scope, develop WBS and interfaces to meet procedures.
• Review scope with Project Managers to set interfaces, KPIs, targets and execution plans.
• Develop project schedules using Primavera P6, MS Project, or TILOS.
• Coordinate with cost control teams to load resources and level schedules.
• Identify critical path, contingencies and conduct Schedule Risk Analysis workshops.
• Establish Baseline Schedules and monitor updates, report variances.
• Represent planning in client meetings and provide technical support on scheduling.

Skills

Scheduling

PMI-SP

AACE PSP

English communication

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

TILOS

Job description

Job Description Overview AtkinsRéalis is hiring a Sr. Planner/Scheduler to join our team in Toronto, Ontario as we are expanding our Project Services operations in Ontario and across Canada. This role under the project services group involves supporting our project managers and engineering teams to deliver design and support projects to our clients, with various and diverse types of projects. The Sr. Planner/Scheduler will establish project schedules, coordinate with cost estimators and controllers to establish project budgets, maintain schedule updates, and manage schedule changes in order to ensure delivery of projects as targeted. As a Senior Planning and Scheduling expert, we would also like to leverage your experience in optimizing plans, analyzing schedule delays, and proposing recovery and mitigation plans. This position reports to the Planning and Scheduling Manager, AtkinsRéalis Canada and will be based in Toronto, Ontario, however, can support other projects across the country and overseas if needed.

Your role

To perform this role successfully, the candidate will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

• Identify the scope of work, establish the schedule Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to cover the project scope, and interfaces with other scopes and to meet AtkinsRéalis’s standard procedures.
• Confer with Project Managers and other teams to review scope, identify interfaces, KPIs, set project targets and complete execution plans.
• Develop project schedules using known industry software to meet project requirements (Primavera P6, MS Project and/or TILOS).
• Liaise with project controls and cost control teams to identify project cost components, arrange, load and assess schedule resources to different schedule levels and adjust/level resources to meet project plans.
• Identify and optimize schedule critical path, project constraints, and other schedule assumptions, include in the Basis of Schedule reports and participate in Schedule Risk Analysis workshops to determine the contingencies in the project schedule.
• Establish Baseline Schedules and take the lead in managing project time by maintaining schedule updates and records, monitoring and flagging changes in sequence and reporting schedule variances with impact on completion dates and other schedule reports (including Charts, S-curves and Resource Histograms).
• Review schedule performance and recommend corrective and/or preventive actions to recover delays and improve the schedule performance.
• Also, represent planning and scheduling function in Client meetings and planning workshops and provide technical support as pertains to planning and scheduling issues.

About you

• Post‑secondary education or university engineering degree (PEO registration preferred).
• Minimum 10 years related experience in planning of engineering and construction projects of large, complex, multi‑disciplinary scope (industrial, infrastructure, institutional and transportation).
• Sufficient knowledge of planning and scheduling techniques (PMI‑SP or AACE PSP certification preferred).
• Advanced skills with Primavera P6, MS Project and TILOS (preferred).
• Strong English communication and presentation skills, proficiency in French is an 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

Expected compensation for this role is between $100,200 - $137,700 annually. 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.