Lead Planner/scheduler

We are looking for a driven and motivated Lead Planner/Scheduler for our Vancouver office.
As a key member of our Vancouver based program/project support team, you will lead and provide guidance on all aspects of the program/project planning and scheduling scope.
As the Lead Planner/Scheduler, your main tasks will include:

- Lead and provide guidance to the planning/scheduling team in developing engineering/construction schedules for projects within a program, which are updated as the design progresses
- Lead and provide guidance to the planning/scheduling team in developing and establishing Work Breakdown Structures and Baseline Schedules
- Lead and provide guidance to the planning/scheduling team in reviewing designers and contractors baseline schedules, monthly updates and earned value reports
- Lead the development of an Integrated Master Program/Project Schedule
- The Integrated Master Program/Project Schedule will summarize all the required elements for the engineering, procurement, and construction of the projects within the program, and identify key project interfaces, deliverables, program, and project milestones
- Lead and provide guidance to the planning/scheduling team on what-if schedule analysis, and present the results to the program/project management team
- Provide guidance in the review of construction contractor schedules, monitoring of progress against planned completion and contract milestones
- Support critical activities such as Value Engineering (VE) studies, Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA), and claims (time entitlement analysis)
- Coordinate and communicate across large multi-disciplinary, multi-stakeholder project teams
- Lead and provide guidance to the planning/scheduling team on the implementation of best practices for schedule and schedule integration
- Lead and provide guidance to the planning/scheduling team to provide all the schedule reporting as required, such as the monthly report, the 3 and 6-week look-ahead and critical items list
- Provide oversight to ensure consistency of project-level schedule implementation across program
- Resolve any issues raised by the planning/scheduling team
- Identify opportunities for improvements
- Mentor and coach other members of the planning/scheduling team
- Minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressive experience in planning/scheduling of major projects in the transportation / infrastructure sector, with increasing responsibility
- Experience working on large transit rail projects preferred
- Experience working on large construction projects will also be considered
- Experience with various procurement models, i.e., AFP/P3, DB or DBB projects
- Excellent leadership and communication (written and verbal) skills
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and ability to liaise with client, contractor, and team
- Ability to develop schedule / cost analysis presentations (graphic, written and verbal)
- Confident and able to provide presentation to senior management
- Advance level skills with Primavera P6 scheduling software
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience with TILOS linear scheduling software
- Experience with Acumen Fuse
- Proficient with MS Project and Visio
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management or related field
- Relevant certification with either AACE International or the Project Management Institute

Job Profile
- Opening opportunities with connected thinking.
Together with our clients, Mott MacDonald is solving some of the world's most intricate challenges. We search out the connections others fail to make; we unlock creativity and deliver better outcomes for the lives we touch every day.
Mott MacDonald is a wholly independent, employee-owned, multidisciplinary engineering and development consultancy servicing public and private sectors around the world with over 16,000 staff working out of 180 principal offices and delivering projects in 150 countries. Every day we build upon our reputation for technical excellence by taking on some of the world’s most prominent and challenging projects, particularly in areas such as highways and bridges, rail and transit systems, tunnels, and pipeline services.
We are positioned for healthy growth, profitability, and career opportunities across North America and around the world. As part of our growing business, we want to hear from you: the enthusiastic, collaborative, and talented individuals who enjoy problem solving and pitching in to grow a successful business. Join our team of seasoned professionals who are finding opportunities through connected thinking to develop our Mott MacDonald global presence.

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