Senior Planner - PTUS

Job Summary

The Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations Senior Planner will be responsible for supporting the Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations (PTUS) progressive design-build contract.

A senior planner supervises schedule development, maintenance, monitoring, and recovery plan development activities, supports project organizational and administrative activities, and supervises the development and integration of individual schedules into the total project plan.

The Senior Planner establishes project milestones and supports development of scheduling standards and procedures, supports schedule evaluations and what-if scenarios during the procurement phase and Development Phase Agreement execution, evaluates baseline schedules and provides reviews, analysis, and reporting during construction.

This position reports functionally to the Ontario Line Delivery Partner Planning Manager and supports the Pape Tunnels and Underground Stations Project Director, Pape Tunnels and Underground Stations Delivery Partner Construction Manager, and the Pape Tunnels and Underground Stations team on a day to day basis.

Professional experience typically includes planning and scheduling for heavy civil construction through urban locations.

Major Responsibilities :

• Directs program level schedule development and maintenance monitoring activities.
• Develops, interprets, and executes policy objectives and standards applicable to schedule maintenance and the monitoring of development functions.
• Oversees the implementation of milestone schedules, engineering / procurement / construction closeout monitoring including documentation and planned maintenance activities.
• Performs schedule reviews to ensure compliance with Client’s expectation and coordinate the required level of integration among the major contractors.

Represents the Client in meeting with contractors.

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. Establishes the conceptual scope of schedule studies. Prepares and analyzes comparisons of scope and quantities between the projects.

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.

• Manages the preparation of subject-specific schedules on an as-required basis.
• Supports the Pape Tunnels and Underground Stations construction team on a daily basis. The Planner will provide schedule extracts, schedule analysis and planning expertise in support of the Metrolinx / Delivery Partner goals.
• Supports development of scheduling standards and procedures. Compiles, summarizes, updates, and maintains historical schedule data.

Monitors and reports the critical path and schedule performance of the total project.

Prepares and analyzes comparisons of scope, and quantities between projects. Develops bid evaluation schedule criteria and prepares bid evaluations.

May participate in discussions with vendors.

Coordinates development of bulk commodity installation curves. Integrates appropriate manpower requirements for each discipline / specialty relative to the overall project needs.

Determines quantity and manpower levels in support of the project needs and schedule philosophy.

• Directs schedule analysis / study and problem-solving activities.
• Develops and interprets guidelines applicable to the analysis function.
• Verifies consistency with previous reports to ensure compatibility. Responsible for issuing reports required by Ontario Line management and project procedures.
• Coordinates information input into specific studies. Responsible for integration of activities and total work scope identification.

Evaluates study results and recommends conclusions for project team consideration and discussion. Supervises / directs project schedule staffing and quantity reporting.

Provides guidance to Project Director on overall schedule impacts and solutions.

Education and Experience Requirements :

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience
• Experience and demonstrated skill in planning and scheduling functions, including schedule development, control, and analysis, in the field and the home office.

Experience and demonstrated skill in establishing criteria for project planning and scheduling activities.

Primavera P6 experience required. Experience representing the client and reviewing / integrating contractor schedules required

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

• Skilled in direction, personnel administration, and training of technical and non-technical personnel
• Skilled in oral and written communication, with a demonstrated ability to present planning and scheduling information to management and clients.
• Demonstrated skill in identifying, analyzing, and solving problems. Knowledgeable about current industry developments
• Expert analytical and computer skills required
• Preference given to experience managing heavy civil projects

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