Lead Scheduler

Turner & Townsend; Medellín; On-site; COP 100,440,000 - 200,880,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Medellín, Colombia, is seeking a Lead/Senior Project Scheduler to join the Mining & Metals team on large-scale industrial projects. You will plan, monitor, and control complex schedules and coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure on-time delivery.

Based in Medellín with a rotational travel model, you will visit client sites in Nicaragua and collaborate with regional and international stakeholders to drive project success and value realization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline.
• 7–10 years of experience in project planning, scheduling, or project controls.
• Experience in Mining & Metals, heavy industrial, energy, infrastructure or large capital projects.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and control project timelines to support on-time delivery.
• Support Project Controls Lead, Project Manager, and Project Director in schedule control and performance.
• Develop and implement scheduling strategies, procedures, and standards.
• Coordinate WBS/CBS development with PMs, cost managers, engineering, contractors, and clients.
• Maintain integrated schedules in Primavera P6 across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations.
• Ensure schedule integration across stakeholders; identify opportunities for improvement in logic, durations, and resource loading.
• Perform schedule quality assessments, critical path analysis, and risk reviews.
• Analyze contractor/subcontractor schedules and identify potential delays and mitigations.
• Generate regular scheduling reports and dashboards for decision-making.

Skills

Project Controls

Planning & Scheduling

Earned Value Management

Change Management

Risk Management

PMO / Program Controls

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create an prosperous society. Every day we help our major Pharmaceutical clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects worldwide.

Are you interested in working for the world’s leading pharma corporations, delivering their world class, large scale complex projects?

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create an prosperous society. Every day we help our major Pharmaceutical clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects worldwide.

Are you interested in working for the world’s leading pharma corporations, delivering their world class, large scale complex projects?

Job Description

At Turner & Townsend, we help deliver transformational projects across the globe. We are looking for an experienced Lead / Senior Project Scheduler to join our Mining & Metals team in Colombia.

This role offers the opportunity to work on large-scale mining and industrial projects within a collaborative, high-performing environment. The successful candidate will play a key role in planning, monitoring, and controlling project schedules, ensuring successful project delivery while supporting our clients across the region.

Please note: This position is based in Medellín, Colombia, and requires availability to work under a rotational/travel-based model, including periodic travel and on-site work at the client's office and project locations in Nicaragua.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all planning and scheduling activities support the successful delivery of projects within approved timeframes and project objectives.
• Support the Project Controls Lead, Project Manager, and Project Director in maintaining effective schedule control and project performance.
• Develop and implement project planning and scheduling strategies, procedures, and standards aligned with Turner & Townsend and client requirements.
• Coordinate the development and maintenance of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and, where applicable, Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS), in collaboration with project managers, cost managers, engineering teams, contractors, and client stakeholders.
• Develop, review, and maintain integrated project schedules using Primavera P6, ensuring alignment across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness activities.
• Promote and maintain schedule integration and consistency across multiple project stakeholders, identifying opportunities for improvement in logic, sequencing, durations, dependencies, resource loading, and progress measurement.
• Perform schedule quality assessments, critical path analysis, float analysis, and schedule risk reviews.
• Analyze contractor and subcontractor schedules, comparing progress against approved baselines and identifying potential delays and mitigation opportunities.
• Generate regular scheduling reports, dashboards, and performance analyses to support project decision-making and executive reporting.
• Identify schedule trends, productivity issues, and forecast impacts, providing recommendations to improve project outcomes.
• Collaborate closely with site construction teams, engineering teams, and client representatives to ensure schedule alignment with project execution realities.
• Support change management processes, schedule impact assessments, and recovery planning initiatives.
• Contribute to project controls best practices and continuous improvement initiatives across the Mining & Metals portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 7-10 years of experience in project planning, scheduling, or project controls roles.
• Previous experience within Mining & Metals, heavy industrial, energy, infrastructure, or large capital projects environments.
• Strong experience working in complex, fast-paced, multi-stakeholder project environments.
• Experience in one or more of the following disciplines:
  • Project Controls
  • Planning & Scheduling
  • Earned Value Management (EVM)
  • Change Management
  • Risk Management
  • PMO / Program Controls
• Proven experience implementing planning and scheduling processes across large projects or portfolios.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 is required.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project and project controls reporting tools.
• Solid understanding of project execution methodologies, engineering deliverables, procurement activities, construction sequencing, and commissioning processes.
• Experience performing critical path analysis, schedule recovery planning, and progress measurement.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent Spanish is required.
• English proficiency is highly desirable and preferred for interaction with regional and international stakeholders.
• Experience on mining processing plants, concentrators, smelters, tailings facilities, brownfield expansions, or large industrial capital projects.
• Knowledge of schedule risk analysis methodologies and tools.
• Familiarity with EPC, EPCM, or Owner's Team project delivery models.
• Experience supporting multinational mining companies and major capital investment programs.

Additional Information

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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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