Job Description

Athenian Group is a full-service placement agency providing Professional Technical Recruitment, Staffing and Payroll services to Canadas top Consulting, Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction companies.
Our focus is on providing businesses with the highest quality of worker for both contract and permanent staff positions.
Our client, is a leading provider of construction, maintenance and fabrication to the energy, power and industrial markets across North America.
Currently we are recruiting for a Greater Edmonton Area based;
Intermediate Senior Planner/Scheduler
The Sr. Planner/Scheduler, as a key construction management team member, will perform non-routine scheduling assignments, which require detailed planning efforts, the application of earned value progress measurement techniques, and technical knowledge of a construction project.
Essential Functions:

• Actively supports the Companys commitment to safety and its Core Values.
• Represents the Company at all times with high moral standards while adhering to the Companys Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
• Develops, builds, and maintains schedules for large capital projects, including the integration of multiple logic-tied schedules.
• Identifies factors, both current and potential, that may delay the schedule. Assesses actions for recovery and improvement and analyzes changes to the schedule to meet unforeseen conditions.
• Follows site planning issues through to completion, involving any and all appropriate stakeholders.
• Supports Site Management through preparation and maintenance of schedule reports and progress analysis.
• Audits existing Engineering, Procurement, and Construction schedules for quality, characteristics, logic, and adherence. Advises Project Management and Project Controls of corrections and improvements as required.
• Develops detailed construction schedules with the Construction Management team.
• Assembles scheduling data from a variety of sources including engineering, vendors/suppliers, subcontractors, or others.
• Provides scheduling, manpower, and progress measurement reports in support of weekly and monthly reporting.
• Produces workforce histograms and progress and quantity curves in connection with the schedules.
• Supervises updating of construction forecasts to reflect the most current plans and requirements.
• Interfaces with other departments to provide scheduling data for items such as subcontract change requests, bid comparisons, new work item estimates, and resolution of potential work schedule problems.
• May provide supervision and on-the-job training to clerical and entry-level professional personnel assigned to the area of responsibility.
• Performs additional assignments per supervisors direction.

• 10+ years of major project scheduling, including the detailed planning of engineering, procurement, and construction work activities experience.
• Bachelors degree preferred.
• Must have extensive experience with Primavera (P6) and Microsoft Office applications; working knowledge of Microsoft Project.
• Strong knowledge of and ability to progress project work activities using Earned Value Management methods.
• Thorough understanding of the nature of process systems, structures, and construction technology required.