Scheduler - Halifax, Canada - PCL Construction

PCL Construction

Verified Company

Halifax, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

The future you want is within reach.
At PCL, we build the places where life happens and find camaraderie in the process. We're a community of builders committed to building better communities. That's why we're always looking ahead, and not just to the next project or what's next in our industry.

We're also looking at what's next for you and how we can help you build a career you're proud of.

Your team is waiting for you

Here's how a Scheduler for our Atlantic Canada office contributes to our team:

Responsibilities:

Prepares quantity takeoffs and incorporates the production analysis into the schedule. Reviews the project cost forecast to validate the forecast schedule.
Communicates with site staff and subcontractors to determine the actual construction progress, develop project schedules, and provide regular schedule updates based on provided information.
Communicates and presents schedule updates and complex schedule information to internal and external project stakeholders.
Completes site walks to audit the short

- and long-term plans. Follows up with project team to validate the schedule.

Contributes to the planning and scheduling process through various construction phases (preconstruction, construction, system completions, etc.).
Assists project management to create and monitor short term schedules and determine the impact on the master schedule.
Identifies and communicates schedule delays, impacts and variances to the PCL Baseline Schedule.
Performs schedule health checks at each update cycle and implement corrective actions before it is submitted to the client.
Flags scheduling / project concerns and opportunities as it is known.
Incorporates changes properly in the schedule at each schedule update.

Qualifications:

510 years of scheduling experience in the construction industry.
Postsecondary degree or diploma in construction management, engineering or a related discipline preferred.
Indepth knowledge of construction specifications, building materials, methods and procedures, and the ability to read and understand construction drawings, specifications, contracts, and proposal documents.
Experience with field construction operations and how a project is constructed, including logical sequencing of work through all phases of the project from pursuit to project closeout.
Ability to complete quantity takeoffs and understand productivity rates with implementation in a project schedule.
Advanced understanding of planning and scheduling principles, best practices, and techniques
Effective listening, verbal, and written communication skills with the ability to negotiate and to present ideas and content that influence a favorable outcome.
Ability to work in a fastpaced environment, independently and with a team, while prioritizing work for themselves and others, under strict timelines and being flexible to changing needs.
Advanced working knowledge of Primavera P6 EPPM and the Microsoft Office Suite. Proficiency with 3D/4D scheduling tools would be an asset.
Advanced knowledge of the Critical Path Scheduling method related to the construction industry with the ability to teach.

PCL is an innovative, employee-owned company comprised of people who find passion in their profession and take pride in doing great work every day.

Our work powers the infrastructure and utilities that are essential to daily life and our projects are the scene of vacations, careers, education and healing.

We are consistently ranked among the best companies to work for because we are committed to supporting and developing our teams.

The PCL Companies celebrate diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating equitable opportunities and an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants.

We make employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability or veteran status.

PCL combines numerous pay and benefit strategies to provide a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package. Any salary range displayed by a job board is an estimate.

Your salary, which considers your unique qualifications and experience, is just one component of the robust total rewards you'll enjoy at PCL.

This may include an employee share purchase offering, discretionary annual performance bonus, comprehensive benefits and wellness programs, retirement plan plus matching, and career development programs.

Together, we can build success and a better future. Let's get started

Employee Status:
Regular Full-Time

Company:
PCL Constructors Canada Inc.

Primary Location:
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Job:
Scheduler

Requisition: 3370