Scheduler
Project: Bell AI Fabric Data Center
Location: Sherwood (Regina), Saskatchewan
Project Duration: Approximately 18 Month Project, Commencing June, 2026
Position: Fixed Term Contract
The Scheduler is responsible for working closely with the commercial and operations groups on planning, scheduling, forecasting, and schedule risk management. They will ensure the project schedule is effectively managed through the various phases of construction for the project.
Responsibilities
- Lead baseline schedule development and maintenance effort. Validate baseline information.
- Assist the Project Manager to update schedule on a weekly basis, by assessing actual work done in the field and analyze effort expended. Perform critical path analysis.
- Provide analysis of schedule data to identify key project issues.
- Assist in coordinating schedule inputs from all parts of the project.
- Identify and analyze schedule variances and recommend associated corrective actions.
- Assist the Project Manager to present the project schedule to the client.
- Participate in the development of WBS and help ensure project coding is effectively used for all applications.
- Expert ability to utilize drawings and specifications as a basis for structuring the project schedule.
- Assist the Project Manager to measure progress and review the subcontractor’s progress.
- Review subcontract schedule status and provide the Project Manager and Senior Management with input on subcontract performance.
- Conduct or assist in performance measurement and associated schedule trends.
- Lead the preparation of various levels of project reports to meet project needs.
- Lead project planning and scheduling review meetings.
- Ensure internal and external deadlines are met consistently.
- Lead the business in the development of a productivity database for self-perform and subcontractor productivity rates.
- Track productivity on self perform work.
- Assist the regional teams setting pursuit strategies related to project schedules as directed.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Technology or a combination of equivalent skills and field
- 5+ years’ experience within a project controls group, construction management and scheduling
- Engineering and commercial construction experience
- Working knowledge of multi-discipline commercial construction activities
- Healthcare project experience would be an asset
- Advanced Primavera 6, MS Project and Excel skills
- Seasoned knowledge in the application of earned value, critical path analysis and risk assessment
- Proficient understanding of all areas within project management and an EPC environment
- Experience in all aspects of project scheduling including logic development, progress measurement, schedule impact analysis, resource loading/leveling, schedule risk analysis, etc.
- Familiar with construction contracting and the scheduling implications of contract terms
- Ability to produce Progress Curves, Commodity progress and Manpower Analysis
- Knowledgeable of scope control and change management and ability to incorporate directed changes into schedule baseline
- Knowledgeable in earned value methodology
- Proven ability to develop and assess change order impacts to baseline schedule
- Ability to articulate change order impacts to project schedule
- Familiar with cost analysis integration and forecasting as it relates to planning and scheduling
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work well independently and with diverse personalities and work force
- Ability to forge, grow and maintain positive relationships with multiple groups
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and meet the time demands of unpredictable activities; capable of handling pressure and challenges in a dynamic business environment
- Ability to work within tight deadlines and prioritization of work to achieve them
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail