Scheduler

WSP in the U.S.; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 113,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Retirement savings plan

Paid time off & vacation

Job summary

WSP USA in Buffalo, NY is seeking a skilled Scheduler to join our Project Controls team. The role reports to the client’s office in Rochester, NY and focuses on schedule management for design and construction programs.

You will develop and maintain detailed schedules, perform CPM/critical path analysis with Primavera, conduct EVM, change-order analyses, and provide schedule recovery recommendations. Requires 5-7 years' experience and a engineering degree.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline or equivalent.
• 5-7 years of experience in developing and managing project schedules.
• Experienced with critical path method analysis/technique with Primavera.
• Project financial forecasting skills.
• Change Order and Extension of Time analysis.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Experience working within large and challenging client programs with one or more project teams.
• Effective reporting and communication skills.
• Experience in preparing project reports and documentation.
• Construction experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage schedules for client programs or projects including design and construction.
• Develop, update and analyze detailed execution schedules for multiple projects.
• Create baseline schedules and analyze durations, logic, resources and costs.
• Identify critical path activities for reasonableness and accuracy.
• Review CPM updates and prepare Primavera schedule comparisons and reviews.
• Perform earned value management (EVM) analyses and produce reports.
• Handle schedule change management and review of change orders.
• Conduct time impact analyses to assess delays.
• Provide recovery schedule recommendations and what-if scenarios.
• Advise Project Manager and team on schedule changes or delays.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Scheduling

Reporting

Forecasting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline

Tools

Primavera

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a

Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Scheduler to join our Project Controls team out of our Buffalo, NY office. This role will physically be reporting to our client’s office in Rochester, NY.

Your Impact

Duties And Responsibilities

• Responsible for schedule management to support client programs or projects including design and construction projects.
• Responsible for developing, updating and analyzing detailed execution schedules for multiple projects being executed simultaneously.
• Develop baseline schedule and/or produce summary and detailed review of baseline durations, logic, resources, costs, cost curves, resource histograms.
• Identify and analyze schedule critical path/near critical path activities for reasonableness, relevance, and accuracy.
• Review periodic CPM schedule updates, provide Primavera schedule comparison reports and detailed reviews.
• Perform earned value analysis and produce EVM reports.
• Schedule Change Management and detail review and analysis of change orders.
• Perform time impact analyses (TIA) to determine the extent of the impacts of potential delays.
• Provide recommendations for schedule recovery, conduct recovery schedule reviews, and perform what-if scenario analysis.
• Assess and provide recommendations to resolve schedule, scope changes or delays to the Project Manager, Project Team, and/or Executive Management.

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline or equivalent.
• 5-7 years of experience in developing and managing project Schedules.
• Experienced with critical path method analysis/technique with Primavera.
• Project financial forecasting skills.
• Change Order and Extension of Time analysis.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Experience working within large and challenging Client Programs with one or more project teams.
• Effective reporting and communication skills.
• Experience in preparing project reports and documentation.
• Construction experience preferred
• Team player and Strong communication skills

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $112,900-138,030/year

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

About WSP

ABOUT US

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

Notice To Third Party Agencies

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