Senior Scheduler

Turner & Townsend; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8% Pension

25 days Annual leave

Career development opportunities

Global opportunities

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Scheduler to manage project schedules under NEC4, ensuring accuracy and timely communication among client, contractor and stakeholders.

The role requires strong NEC4, Primavera P6, and risk management skills, with 10+ years in delivery of large capital programs and experience coordinating multi-discipline teams. Ireland-based, full-time opportunity with global exposure.

Qualifications

• Experience with NEC4 contracts and schedule requirements.
• Ability to review, accept, and monitor contractor programmes.
• Proven ability to assess time/cost impacts of events and risks.
• Excellent communication with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Ensure schedule aligns with NEC4 requirements and works information.
• Review contractor programmes and assess compensation events.
• Monitor progress and identify delays or issues early.
• Develop and maintain realistic, achievable programmes with the contractor.
• Collaborate with Cost Manager on compensation events.
• Provide regular schedule updates to management.

Skills

NEC4 contracts experience

Primavera P6

Schedule management

Risk and cost mitigation

Stakeholder collaboration

Critical path analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management or equivalent

Tools

Primavera P6

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.

Please visit our website:www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

The Senior Scheduler is responsible for managing the project schedule in accordance with the NEC4 contract, ensuring it is realistic, up-to-date, and facilitating communication between the client, contractor and other stakeholders. This role is crucial for identifying potential delays early and collaborating with the contractor to find solutions.

The candidate must be comfortable in supporting the development of sustainable scheduling processes, influencing General Contractors and Trade Partners and help influence the scheduling culture across the program.

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the schedule is aligned with the NEC4 contract requirements, including the works Information and any agreed secondary option
• Reviewing and accepting the contractor's programme, monitoring progress against the accepted programme, and assessing the time impact of compensation events
• Monitoring progress against the schedule and identifying any potential delays or issues
• Working with the Contractor to develop and maintain a realistic and achievable programme
• Working with the Cost Manager to evaluate and manage compensation events
• Ability to identify and manage potential risks related to time and cost and working with the contractor to mitigate them
• Providing regular schedule updates and reports to the Project Management team and to make informed decisions about the project schedule
• Assisting the Project Manager in assessing the impact of compensation events on the schedule
• Preparing progress reports, claims reports, and other documentation as required by the client and the NEC4 contract

Key Skills:

• Experience working with NEC4 contracts, including relevant clauses related to the schedule, compensation events, and early warning notices.
• Proficiency in reviewing and managing construction schedules, and experience with project planning software Primavera P6.
• Proven ability to assess and manage compensation events, including the ability to evaluate time and cost impacts
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with various stakeholders.
• Ability to analyse schedules, identifying issues and working with teams to develop solutions
• Ability to develop long term relationships with all team members, and effectively balance people and processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, or equivalent technical degree and/or minimum 10+ years’ experience
• Ability to coordinate & organise multiple sources of schedule inputs/performance data into a master schedule platform and deliver project/program status reports as required.
• Experience building critical path schedules from knowledge and first principles, interviewing and leading workshops with project resources. Experienced in defining and agreeing progress reporting approaches with contractors.
• Familiar with large capital programs, extensive pre-construction programming and scheduling experience managing complex, multi-group, multi-disciplinary development projects.

Additional Information

• Full time
• Competitive remuneration and attractive range of benefits
• 8% Pension
• 25 days Annual leave (23 days + 2 company days)
• Opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projects
• Career development opportunities both in Ireland and globally
• Opportunity to work with a diverse group of talented and collaborative colleagues

Our people share our Purpose and Values. Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world.

We champion our people to succeed in both 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. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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