Senior Planner/Scheduler

At Mott MacDonald, we trust our brilliant people to do brilliant things in engineering, management, and development services, supporting multisector project work in over 150 countries. As one of the largest employee-owned companies in the world, we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through our network of 20,000+ talented consultants. With sustainability and innovation at the heart of all our sectors in North America, including, Buildings, Energy, Transportation, and Water.

We believe in empowering our people to excel, learn, and grow, offering diverse opportunities to contribute to career-defining work. Join us and be part of a collaborative environment where your ambitions are united with ours, and you can truly shape your story.

If you share that vision, even if you don’t meet every requirement listed, we’d still love to hear from you. We value potential and diverse perspectives as much as experience. Let’s explore how we can support your growth and help you take the next step in your career, while contributing to an exciting new chapter for Mott MacDonald in North America.

As a member of our Programme, Project and Commercial Management (PPCM) team, you will lead planning and scheduling activities for complex major projects. You will be collaborating and communicating across large groups of stakeholders, including design team members, external consultants, construction contractors and/or supply vendors to understand and communicate issues/conflicts that impact the schedule. As a Senior Scheduler, you will also conduct and co-ordinate reviews of consultants, contractors, and vendor schedules, to ensure plans are realistic and achievable and will be the main point of contact for the projects pertaining to all scheduling processes. 
 

As a Senior Planner/Scheduler, your main tasks will include:

• Develop, maintain, and control large multi-disciplinary, multi-stakeholder engineering/construction project schedules
• Develop and establish Work Breakdown Structures and Baseline Schedules
• Review designers and contractors baseline schedules, monthly updates and earned value reports
• Complete what-if schedule analyses and present results
• Review construction contractor’s schedules, monitor 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
• Implement best practices for schedule and schedule integration
• Analyze schedules, identify critical paths, and propose recovery plans to project teams
• Identify and track critical activities and follow-up with project teams
• Perform earned value analysis
• Perform Delay Analysis and develop delay report
• Cost and resource load schedules
• Write accurate and succinct schedule narratives and reports
• Generate project reports (e.g., monthly reports, 3 and 6-week look ahead, and critical items list)
• Develop and present schedule/cost analysis presentations (graphic, written, and verbal)
• Resolve any issues raised by the planning/scheduling team
• Identify opportunities for improvements
• Mentor and coach other members of the planning/scheduling team

To be successful in this role, candidate must bring the below experiences, skills and qualifications, including:

• 10-15 years of planning/scheduling experience, directly working on major projects related to infrastructure development or largescale building projects with high levels of complexity in project scope.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management or related field.
• Experience working on large construction projects preferred. 
• Experience with various procurement models and contract delivery types including lump sum, DB, PDB, DBB and P3 frameworks.
• Strong leadership and the ability to present to senior levels of leadership in multi-stakeholder environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and ability to liaise with client, contractor, and team;
• Proven ability to proactively identify and manage schedule risk and communicate in advance to project leadership.
• Confident and able to develop and present key scheduling highlights at all stages of the project cycle.
• Advance level skills with Primavera P6 scheduling software. 
• Experience with TILOS linear scheduling software is considered an asset
• Experience with Acumen Fuse is a plus
• Proficient with MS Project and Visio
• Relevant certification with either AACE International or the Project Management Institute or equivalent is an asset.

At Mott MacDonald, our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, providing them with a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.

Multiple factors such as qualifications, overall experience and position responsibilities will be used to determine the successful candidate's actual salary within the expected range.

The expected salary range for this position is from $129,000 - $155,000.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Collaboration at Our Core

At Mott MacDonald, we believe great ideas happen when we're together. Our hybrid approach centers on an in-office culture, with most of your time spent collaborating face-to-face and a minimum of three days per week in the office. We balance flexibility with connection, so you and your manager can choose how to meet client, team, and personal commitments.

We seek to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). Mott MacDonald Canada Limited will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.