• Senior Scheduler

    WSP USA (Philadelphia, NY)


    This Opportunity

     

    WSP is currently initiating a search for a **Senior Scheduler** to join our Project Controls team. This will be a hybrid position.

    Your Impact:

    + Responsible for schedule management, analysis, and reporting in support of client programs and projects including design and construction phases of work.

    + Responsible for developing, updating and analyzing detailed execution schedules for simultaneous projects and multiple stakeholder schedules.

    + Responsible for developing the project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), work packages, and performance measures.

    + Responsible for reviewing, analyzing, and reporting contractor’s performance.

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

    + Identify schedule activities, dependencies, and durations, that control the overall project and critical path.

    + Conduct and/or review periodic CPM updates, provide Primavera schedule comparison reports and detailed reviews.

    + Perform Earned Value analysis reports

    + Review and monitor deviations from baseline, develop recovery options, and coordinate mitigation actions with the project team.

    + Schedule Change Management. Review of change orders.

    + Perform time impact analyses (TIA) to evaluate and determine the impacts of potential delays.

    + Provide recommendations for schedule recovery, conduct 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.

    Minimum Qualifications:

    + 12+ years’ experience in developing and managing CPM project schedules in Primavera.

    + Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, project management, or a related field.

    + Extensive experience in Building Construction and or project management experience

    + Extensive experience and proficiency in Primavera and Microsoft Project.

    + Deep understanding of Critical Path Method. Proven track record in developing, updating and analyzing detailed execution schedules for large scale complex projects.

    + Ability to anticipate and mitigate potential scheduling issues and communicate and develop contingency plans.

    + Advanced skills in Time Impact Analysis (TIAs) and What-if-scenarios

    + Experience in Earned Value Management

    + Extensive experience in Change Order Management, including merit reviews and time impact assessments.

    + Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage large client multi-stakeholder programs.

    + Effective reporting and communication skills.

    Preferred Qualifications

    + Bachelor’s degree in engineering

    + Master's degree

    + Building Construction and or project management experience

    + Team player and Strong communication skills

    + Strategic problem-solving skills and attention to detail

    + Experience in mentoring junior schedulers.

     

    Compensation

     

    Expected Salary: $130,300 - $240,790

     

    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.