Planner/Scheduler

Position Summary

Performs schedule development, maintenance and monitoring activities as directed.  Leads planning and scheduling activities when delegated.

Core Responsibilities

• Assists in the preparation of schedule data for proposals or contracts.
• Identifies scope of schedule activities.
• Determines schedule dates for work activities within a discipline area or specialty.
• Determines milestones to support project schedule.
• Establishes work sequence for a specific discipline or specialty.
• Determines interdisciplinary restraints or interfaces which define activity sequences.
• Works with client and subcontractor teams to coordinate work sequences with total project plan.
• Establishes duration of activity for a discipline or specialty.
• Develops quantity release or installation curves for a specific discipline or specialty.
• Reviews quantity logs to ensure total quantities are represented for a particular discipline or specialty. 
• Assists in the development of required workhour expenditure for specific discipline or specialty.
• Performs quantity and manpower resource loading for assigned schedules.
• Continuously assists discipline or specialty engineers in developing their individual work plans and knowledge of overall discipline requirements.
• Assists discipline groups in determining what information is required from other disciplines to support and interface with assigned discipline or specialty.
• Provides schedule knowledge on a continuous basis to assist in discipline planning and interfacing with others.
• Determines critical path activities for a discipline or specialty.  Identifies significant activities supporting inter-discipline requirements.
• Performs schedule monitoring and updating functions for specific applications, disciplines or specialty.  Assists In the development of requirements for updating and schedule monitoring and their Implementation.
• Monitors schedule deviations for an assigned discipline or specialty and proposes corrective action/work around solutions.
• Develops unit installation or workhour rates for a specific discipline or specialty to aid in analysis.  Prepares detail reference information as basis for project action or decision.
• Prepares and develops study information as assigned.  Evaluates quantities, workhour/workforce, and schedule logic for a specific discipline or specialty.
• Prepares schedule, manpower, and quantity progress and performance reports for assigned disciplines or specialties.
• Identifies and reports critical path activities which have potential impact on schedule.

• Clear understand of construction schedule Levels 1-5 and their different characteristics.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education and/or a technical trade experience
• Knowledge of engineering and construction management
• 5-10 years’ experience as planner or coordinator
• Trade experience / Technical certificate
• Strong computer skills and proficiency in the following:
• ORACLE PRIMAVERA CLOUD
• PRIMAVERA P6
• MICROSOFT EXCEL