Job Title: Scheduler (Specialist)
Location: Calgary, AB
Contract Length: 1.5 years (target start date May 15)
Schedule: Mon-Fri, 40 hours / week (hybrid)

Description:

Project Services - Provides project management support services in the areas of project planning/scheduling. Collaborates with project managers on the development and review of project plans, schedules and resources. Develops and implements project controls and monitoring procedures to ensure the achievement of project scope and schedule objectives. Collects, analyzes and reports on project data and costs from various stakeholders (e.g., engineering, procurement, construction and accounting).

Education and Experience Requirements
• Requires a university degree with 10 or more years (or 15 years) of related experience.

Accountabilities
• Full understanding of overall project scheduling fundamentals (critical path, dependencies, constraints, baselines, etc.)
• Responsible for establishing baseline criteria to plan and schedule workload relative to various complex engineering and construction projects.
• Prepares and maintains complex engineering and construction schedules for projects and programs, Level 3 – 5 resource loaded schedule.
• Responsible to ensure that project schedule aligns to company standard WBS
• Prepares project planning and scheduling status reports and recommends remedial actions.
• Develops schedule basis in P6
• Carries out necessary preplanning to examine scope of work and services, work breakdown structure, engineering quality and quantities, financial and contractual obligations and division of responsibility to control and report on planning and scheduling activities.
• Facilitates interactive planning sessions
• Works with third parties to ensure plans are realistic and achievable; analyzes third party contractor progress information.
• Prepares schedules for commissioning and start up.
• Determines schedule priorities in consultation with project leaders.
• Makes decisions involving the planning, organizing and scheduling of work.
• Recommends changes in methods and systems.

Qualifications:
• Field experience is considered an asset
• Experience with executing high-risk capital programs or projects of different asset types.
• Requires a university degree with 10 or more years (or 15 years) of related experience.

Send your resume to jenna.bunnin@nesfircroft.com to apply!

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