Associate Director, Scheduling

Summary

Join Turner & Townsend as an Associate Director-Scheduling and leverage your strong leadership and scheduling expertise to optimize project resource utilization, ensuring timely and budget-conscious completion. You will develop and maintain project schedules, collaborate with internal and external clients, mentor team members, and lead schedule reporting. This role demands a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in the construction industry, proficiency in Primavera P6, and excellent communication skills. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, with a preferred graduate degree. Turner & Townsend offers a flexible and supportive work environment that respects work-life balance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience working in a scheduling role in the construction industry
• Experience of working in complex, fast paced, multi-stakeholder environments which require proactive coordination to ensure project/program success
• Practical exposure to network planning structures and techniques, experienced user of Primavera Project Planner 6.0 or above, and Microsoft Project
• Ability to assist with wider business initiatives as needed including responding to RFPs
• Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, organizational and communication skills
• Ability to travel when required

Responsibilities

• Work in an integrated planning, cost and risk environment within the project to optimize the use of available resources to complete work plan scopes within budget and time constraints
• Ensure that the established planning and scheduling methodology is followed in developing the project schedule
• Develop Project Milestone and Progress tracking baselines
• Assess subcontractor compliance with established scheduling methodology
• Contribute to the development of the Work Breakdown Structure to support project performance measurement
• Perform analysis of schedule data; identify trends, issues, and areas requiring attention and communicate to the Project Director and Team
• Communicate and collaborate with both internal and external clients on the project schedule
• Contribute to the coaching and mentoring of the planning team
• Lead schedule reporting, including schedule forecast updates and schedule contingency management for specific work packages
• Lead schedule updates, analysis and reports in a timely manner
• Ensure compliance of contractor’s schedules with the integrated schedules/milestones
• Analyze resource requirement and availability impacts on the schedule and recommend recovery options

Preferred Qualifications

Graduate degree in quantity surveying, cost management, construction management, or engineering

Benefits

Healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance