Job Title: Scheduler (ref: SP2699)

Location: Dorval / Hybrid

Our client offers a stimulating work environment where rigor and commitment are valued. If you have expertise in project scheduling and planning, and wish to evolve within an organization that places a particular emphasis on the development of its employees, this opportunity could be what you are looking for.

Role / Description: Our client is currently seeking schedulers.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop the main project schedule, ensuring its integrity in terms of scope of work, lot breakdown, activity sequencing, and weighting according to the budget forecast.
  • Consolidate the schedules of stakeholders, validating the structure, interface links, resource capacity, calendars, and budgets, to establish the basis for variance and performance analysis.
  • Control the quality of the main and detailed schedules, ensuring data validity during scope changes and advising the project team on strategic decisions.
  • Undertake the necessary steps with stakeholders to integrate information allowing the update of baseline plans and/or updates based on project progress.
  • Participate in site meetings, identify sequencing issues and opportunities, evaluate work plans, develop "what-if" scenarios, and recommend corrective actions to minimize impacts on networks, adjacent projects, and operations.
  • Maintain constant vigilance on project issues, anticipate impacts on schedule performance, and guide mitigation plans.
  • Lead performance follow-up meetings in collaboration with project management leaders, present reports, and ensure greater visibility of schedule-related issues and opportunities.
  • Contribute to the preparation of progress reports by issuing schedule performance analyses (Earned Value, critical path, explanation of variances).
  • Support the preparation of governance reports and assist in preparing accountability reports.
  • Provide expertise during the periodic budget forecasting exercise to reflect project progress in follow-up reports.
  • Collaborate with various functional teams to ensure compliance with management processes and project governance.

Required Qualifications:

  • University degree in engineering, project management, mathematics, or a related field, or any other relevant training.
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in schedule management, with expertise in earned value methods.
  • Proficiency in project management tools, including Primavera (P6), as well as a good command of Excel, Power BI, and MS Project.
  • Experience in the engineering and construction sector.
  • Strong understanding of risk management principles and their application in projects.
  • Experience with schedule risk analysis tools is a significant asset.
  • Excellent teamwork skills and strong interpersonal abilities.
  • Ability to work in a dynamic environment with priorities that can change quickly.
  • Leadership spirit, autonomy, and the ability to organize and structure work effectively.
  • Ability to synthesize complex information and communicate clearly and concisely.
  • Ability to manage multiple deliverables simultaneously while maintaining consistent quality.
  • Proficiency in French, both written and spoken. Knowledge of English is an asset.
  • Ability to pass a security check to obtain a pass to access regulated areas.

If you are passionate about project planning, have a team spirit, and are ready to take on new challenges, we invite you to apply now!

Fluency in French is required for this position. Knowledge of English is also necessary due to the nature of the functions, particularly for communicating with international clients and/or reading technical documents and/or collaborating with colleagues outside of Quebec.