Sr. Scheduler

Operating Sector: Primarily Major Civils
Position Title: Sr. SchedulerWho We AreThe ONxpress Civils Contractor General Partnership, a partnership between FCC Canada Limited and Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc., is a multidisciplinary Civils Joint Venture (CJV) team with global expertise in delivering innovative solutions for both railway and civil construction projects. Working under Alliance agreements with Metrolinx, the team is helping to modernize railway construction across the GO Transit network.
An Alliance framework, which is relatively new in Canada, is a collaborative partnership between the owner and contractor, who work together with a best-for-project mindset. By streamlining decision making, the Alliance helps ensure that high-quality work is delivered, certified, and transferred in a progressive, transparent, and risk-managed manner.
The Alliance operates with a core focus on safety, efficiency, and sustainability, while fostering strong relationships with stakeholders and rights-holders and contributing positively to local communities as a good neighbour. Through this collaborative approach, the Alliance is helping drive the modernization of key sections of the rail network as part of the GO Expansion Program.
What You’ll Do:The Senior Scheduler is responsible for helping and supporting our scheduling team. They will interface with the Project Sponsors (they set our requirements), Construction teams, Operation & Maintenance (O&M) departments, and support work performed by a dedicated Project Controls team within each ONxpress discipline.
Scheduling & Reporting
Performs and/or coordinates, collects, verifies, and integrates the work scope for all entities into the total project plan. Reviews the representation of project scope in schedules and should be able to develop detailed baseline schedule.
Develop and maintain all the required project schedules and ensure integrity of data across the entire project life cycle.
Creation and implementation of key scheduling requirements such as bespoke activity coding, naming conventions, client requirements management protocol, project calendars and resource and plant data libraries.
Expertise in resource and cost loading within project schedules, with the ability to generate progress curves, S-curves, and related cost/time charts.
Support resource planning and analysis. Forecast the requirement of various types of resources including labor, materials, and equipment over the course of the project based on work front’s analysis.
Performs productivity analysis of construction operations and verifies. Establishes productivity basis to be utilized in estimates, as developed in concurrence with Construction. Reviews labor estimates for reasonableness.
Prepare required progress reports and dashboards to provide project status updates to all internal and external clients.
Analyze schedule variance, float and trending and monitor schedule KPI’s.
Manage schedule change notices and forecast project impact. Implement corrective action when performance trends deviate from baseline
Perform audits on various schedules including those produced by subcontractors, prepare all required output documents.
Collaborate with all cross functional teams to maintain, add, or modify the schedule data and plans.
Experience in performing Schedule Health Checks in compliance with the Project Agreement requirements and best practices.
Experience in managing projects using Earned Value Management (EVM) principles and methodologies.
Working knowledge of cost management in SAP, including cost tracking, reporting, and integration with project controls.
Ability to develop and maintain project cost reports, forecasts, and variance analyses to support informed decision-making.
Experience in tracking budget performance, identifying cost overruns, and implementing corrective actions as needed.
Familiarity with project change management processes and assessing cost impacts of scope changes.
Capable of integrating schedule and cost data for holistic project performance tracking and reporting.
People Management
Creates and maintains a collaborative culture and environment that is open, inclusive and respectful.
Skilled in direction, personnel administration, and training of technical and non-technical personnel (i.E. Project planners and planning coordinators.).
What you bring:
Undergraduate degree in, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
At least 10+ planning experience in mega projects with Rail experience.
Proven experience and ability in planning, scheduling and managing complex projects.
Proven problem solver with sound judgment who accepts ownership and accountability.
Strong communication skills and understanding of technical terminology.
Undertake forensic schedule analysis and provide reports to the project management team.
Undertake what-if schedule analysis and present the results to the project management team.
Expert analytical and computer skills ie. MS Excel, word processing software, and presentation tools.
Expert level knowledge of project Planning and Scheduling software which may include Primavera P6, XER toolkit & TILOS
SAP, Hard Dollar, PowerBI, and Synchro knowledge will be an asset.
Expected compensation for this role is between $115,000.00-130,000.00 annually. Base salaries are determined according to multiple factors including skills, experience and potential impact on the role. Internal and external competitiveness are also taken into consideration. In addition to base salary ONxpress also offers a comprehensive medical and dental program, RRSP with company matching and the potential to participate in our discretionary, performance-based bonus program.
This role is a newly created position.
This position is with ONxpress Civils (“CJV” aka the Design & Construction team);
the project segment responsible for the modernization and modification of the key area network, including countless innovations in the way the regional rail infrastructure is built.
We value diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply, regardless of whether they meet 100% of the qualifications listed.
We are an Equal Employer. Should you need any accommodation through the recruitment process, please contact View email address on ca.hrm.tc.
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