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This Opportunity

WSP is looking for a Scheduler to join our Project Controls team in Newark, NJ.

Your Impact

Duties and Responsibilities:

+ Providing and/or overseeing critical path method scheduling (via Primavera) to support client’s Program including design and construction aviation projects.

+ Manage and lead a team of schedulers and a team of contract managers in delivering proactively.

+ Oversee development and maintenance of internal project schedules, and analysis of project schedules against those submitted by contractors to ensure alignment with project / contract requirements and overall program needs while minimizing negative risks/exposure.

+ Lead and develop procedures to support sustainable implementation of all contract management activities including change order process.

+ Establish baseline schedule: summary and detailed review of baseline durations, logic, resources, costs, cost curves, resource histograms.

+ Review periodic CPM Updates, provide Primavera schedule comparison reports and detailed

+ Support facilitation of communication and collaboration among multiple project teams, functional teams and contractors across interdependent projects and contracts.

+ Perform time impact analyses (TIA) to determine the extent of the impacts of potential delays. Provide recommendations for schedule recovery. Recovery schedule reviews and perform what-if scenario analysis.

+ Assess and provide recommendations to resolve schedule, scope changes or delays to the Project Team and Executive Management.

+ Contribute to continuous process and reporting improvement efforts and operations support/training to enhance efficiencies.

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications:

+ Bachelor’s degree in engineering construction management, contract management, or related fields or related discipline or equivalent experience.

+ 7-10 years of professional experience in scheduling and five (5) years in contract management, and in managing staff.

+ 5+ years of experience in developing and managing project Schedules.

+ 5 years as people manager

+ 5 years Aviation field construction experience required

+ Experienced with critical path method analysis/technique with Primavera.

+ Change Order and Extension of Time analysis.

+ Experience working within large and challenging Client Programs with one or more project teams.

+ Effective reporting and communication skills.

+ Experience in preparing project reports and documentation.

+ Team player and Strong communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Certification in Project Management (PMP, PMI-SP) or similar credentials.

+ Certification in CPCM or similar credentials.

+ Experience with scheduling and contract management for large-scale projects/contracts and multiple concurrent projects/contracts.

Compensation:

Expected Salary: $95,169 - $169,290

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

www.wsp.com

WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.