Project Scheduler

Overview

The Outsourced Technical Services (OTS) team at PM Group partners with Global leaders across a range of industries to find the best people for their current and ongoing business needs. Partnering with PM Group and our clients means that you will be involved in the biggest and best projects in Ireland and elsewhere. We offer excellent benefits and long term assignments.

We are looking for a Senior Project Scheduler to join our dynamic and innovative OTS team, working on a client site. The Senior Project Scheduler will develop, oversee and maintain project schedules within the site P6 database. This is an exciting opportunity where the successful applicant will join the Capital Projects site team and have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects. The scheduler will be responsible for developing working schedules from project concept to production start. They will create and integrate schedules, manage workflows and generate progress reports and metrics for management. Development and management of resource loaded schedules in P6 is a key responsibility, interacting with different stakeholders to ensure resource demand is accurately reflected.

Responsibilities

• Provide end to end schedule development and management of all schedule aspects of a project from design through to manufacture, including design, construction, commissioning and qualification
• Provide project controls management, including baseline schedule development and management, performance status and reporting, baseline change control, risk management, earned value management
• Support the development of integrated master schedules for specific programmes in Primavera P6 that reflect all interface milestones and activity durations from multiple schedules
• Management of schedule portfolio of projects, both large capital project and core business project schedules
• Generation of progress reports for Project Managers
• Summarising individual contractor programmes into overall project schedules
• High level resource loading of schedules to produce progress measure reports
• High level resource loading of Owners resources demand to support the delivery of capital projects
• Generate and communicate schedule recovery plans where necessary
• Chairing schedule workshops with cross-functional teams
• Ability to review and integrate detailed design, contracts, construction and commissioning programmes
• Development of commissioning programmes with commissioning team
• Attending weekly contractor meetings across various projects
• Developing working relationships with line managers and individuals within each functional group utilizing open communication skills
  
  

Qualifications

• University Degree or college diploma in Science, Engineering or related field
• Certification of training course from Oracle in Primavera P6
• 5+ years’ experience in a similar role, large scale project experience desirable
• 5+ years’ experience using Primavera p6 software
• Understand project scope of works across multiple engineering disciplines and restrictions imposed by design, contracts and site conditions
• Experience in schedule resource loading and development of progress measures using earned value approach
• Experience of developing and managing project schedules through their full project life cycle
• Ability to prepare written, graphical and technical information from all aspects of the schedule (i.e. histograms, S-curves, progress reports, etc.)
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills are essential along with a good understanding and experience of project co-ordination & management through the full project lifecycle
• Proficient in MS Project Scheduling tools