Senior Planner / Scheduler

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior Planner / Scheduler to join our growing team as we are expanding our Engineering 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 position reports to Planning/ 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 within the team:

• 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' 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.

Why choose AtkinsRéalis as an employer?

Because we offer:

• The opportunity to work on various major projects for internal and external clients.
• An exciting environment where work-life balance is important.
• A wide array of learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive pay, flexible benefits, an employee share plan, and a defined contribution pension plan.
• A work environment focused on health and safety.

The ideal candidate:

• Post-secondary education or university engineering degree (PEO registration preferred).
• Minimum 15 years of experience in planning of engineering and construction projects of large, complex, multi-disciplinary scope (industrial, infrastructure, institutional and transportation).
• Advanced skills with Primavera P6, MS Project and TILOS (preferred).
• Proficiency in English (spoken and written), French proficiency is an asset
• Sufficient knowledge of planning and scheduling techniques (PMI-SP or AACE PSP certification preferred).

Are you up for this challenge? Apply today and join our team to help engineer a Better Future for our Planet and its People.

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