Scheduler / Senior Scheduler - Rail

Job Description

As a Senior Scheduler, you will be involved in:

Implement Project Planning & Scheduling strategy, plans and procedures, reflecting both company and contractor roles, responsibilities and expectations

Coordinate the development and implementation of project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) in concert with Project controls Lead, Project cost consultant and contractor, and in conjunction with Project Execution Plans

Coordinate and work with project parties to generate master schedules for projects and programs applying resource and cost loading (information availability dependent)

Preparing labour histograms (information availability dependent)

Lead and support the project team in the implementation of an integrated enterprise based, cross functional master schedule programs with various party inputs and which may involve multiple projects

Working closely with various disciplines in project teams to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the schedules produced without compromising your independence as a planning engineer so you’re in a position to advise project management on issues requiring judgement

Conduct the required project schedule analysis (including cost and resource loaded schedules), critical path analysis and schedule risk analysis for the project as a whole and received from contractors and/or third parties.  Similarly analysis of testing and commissioning schedules will be required.

Analysis and interrogation of third party labour histograms

Perform Critical Path Analysis and report

Analyse deviations from the baseline in the Project Master schedule highlighting bottlenecks / delays and propose corrective actions and report

Provide interface and quality assurance regarding the tracking and reporting of schedule performance for reporting purposes and provide oversight tracking and monitoring of schedules

Ensure that schedule related data from vendors, suppliers, engineering and construction contractors of actual projects is provided as feedback into the planning and scheduling systems

Analyse and highlight the overall schedule impact of any variance / change order raised to enable clarity on change effects

Prepare the Integrated Planning / Scheduling contribution to the Project controls Monthly Project Report and specific reports / presentations

Quality Control – Ensuring compliance with quality standards and participation in ISO audits