Consultant Project Scheduler

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, such as Business, Project Management, Engineering, or Economics.
• Minimum of five (5) years experience in a cost EVM role, supporting the construction industry.
• Proficiency in the MS Office suite, including Advanced Excel, ERP systems knowledge and Power BI.
• Ability to multi-task, work on several projects or tasks at once, manage time, organize, and set priorities.
• Solid experience executing cost reporting activities in accordance with current policies and procedures with working knowledge building excel cost reporting tools.
• Strong experience utilizing an EV engine such as In-eight.
• Ability to compile detailed reports in narrative, graphical and tabular format and ensure that project statistics and client reports are provided in a timely, concise, and accurate manner.
• Certifications such as PMI's Project Management Professional (PMP) or AACE International's Earned Value Professional (EVP) is a plu

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Reports to the Project Controls Manager (PCM)/Project Manager (PM) or Project Director (PD).
Create and update schedule in MS Project and/or P6 based on the scheduling tool used on the project. Support PCM/PD in bids and proposals on budget preparation, schedule preparation or any other task assigned. Perform data integrity checks and auditing to ensure accuracy of schedule reporting. Perform analysis to illustrate project trends over the project lifecycle to determine areas that require improvement and that are doing well. Include, assess, and report on impacts of changes to baseline plan and new forecasted dates within the scheduling tool. Review impacts on schedule delivery milestones and produce recovery plans to minimise schedule slippages. Timely identification, notification, resolution, and recording of deviations from the current plan. Re-baseline schedules as the need arises. Maintain the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) from original estimates within the project schedules and include resource budgets in P6 where required. Attend meetings, prepare and distribute agenda items, take meeting minutes, and track follow-up actions. Collaboration with the project team, construction team, subcontractors, and suppliers to gather and input progress data. Create and submit weekly/monthly reports as required, highlighting variances to the current baselines schedule. Record project scope modifications and contribute to the generation of change order submissions. Ensure, approved change orders are included in the schedule. Support the PM team in monitoring and controlling the portfolio of projects across Canada. Create and maintain accurate reporting and tracking on various projects to ensure schedule accuracy is maintained. Manage the collection, organization of various project schedules. Manage project baseline and current schedules. Review and understand all relevant project and contract material. Support with drafting and implementation of a Project Controls Plan and Procedures. Liaise with Client Project Control personnel and subcontract personnel where required. Perform other duties as assigned.

• Report to the Project Controls Manager/Project Manager or Project Director.
• Manage the collection, organization and create Monthly cost reports.
• Conduct Earned Value Management (EVM) analysis for assigned projects, evaluating cost and schedule performance against the baseline and current approved budgets.
• Manage project cost baselines, ETC forecasting and EAC values within the Project cost reports with input from the project team.
• Prepare and distribute regular EVM reports, dashboards, and presentations to project stakeholders, highlighting key performance indicators, trends, and areas requiring attention.
• Collaborate with project managers and cross-functional teams to ensure they understand EVM data and can make informed decisions based on the analysis.
• Identify, analyze, and report on cost variances, and recommend corrective actions to bring projects back on budget.
• Analyze Earned Value (EV) trends and produce regular forecasts of EV performance and issues for Project Manager review.
• Maintain an awareness and understanding of the various business systems utilized across the business e.g. Oracle.
• Coordinate with billing and finance teams to review/document accounts receivable, time sheets for the period and other expenses as required and provide support where required.
• Maintain cost breakdown structures in line with WBS coding, timewriting coding and control accounts for cost reporting purposes.
• Support with Canada project setup, timesheet coding, billing, etc.
• Support the PM team in monitoring and controlling the portfolio of projects across Canada.
• Create and maintain accurate reporting and tracking cost reports (within excel and /or an ERP system) on various projects and maintain accurate and organized EVM records and documentation for internal and external reporting purposes.
• Perform data integrity checks and auditing to ensure accuracy of reporting across multiple projects.
• Provide timely identification, notification, resolution, and recording of deviations from the current budgets versus EAC.
• Attend meetings, prepare and distribute agenda items, take meeting minutes, and track follow-up actions.
• Review and understand all relevant project and contract material.
• Support with drafting of the Project Controls Plan and procedures.
• Generate monthly accruals where required.
• Record and monitor project scope modifications and contribute to the generation of change order submissions.
• Perform analysis to illustrate project trends over the project lifecycle to determine areas that require improvement and that are doing well.