Company DescriptionFrom the inception of a project through to completion and beyond, Turner & Townsend help to deliver the outcomes that matter through transformational programmes covering the full spectrum of consultancy, project delivery and post-project operations.With offices located globally, you're never far away from our services.
Working from 113 offices in 46 countries, we make the difference to projects across the , and sectors worldwide.Job DescriptionThe Schedule Lead is responsible for delivering timely and reliable time schedule data in relation to the capital programme to which they are assigned to.
The Schedule Lead is responsible for a team of schedulers that help Delivery in successfully launching new projects and tracking & reporting on the status of live projects.
The candidate must be comfortable leading a team, developing sustainable scheduling processes, influencing contractors and help influence the scheduling culture across the program.
Responsibilities:Programme Scheduling Activities Effectively manage a team of schedulers to review internal schedules, review the contractor's schedules, analyse, review, validate and report on any time impacts, scope change impacts or delay to enable early identification of risks and drive transparency and predictability.
Facilitate cross project schedule meetings to engage the design consultants, the Contracting Entity's staff and contractors to align on scheduling expectations, optimize schedules, drive consistency in scheduling methodology.
Assist Project Engineers and /or Works Inspectors in planning future projects, phases of work and future staffing.
Interface with pre-construction team, construction team, design team and capacity planning teams to produce schedules to assist with project kick off, budget generation and construction timeframes.
Work in conjunction with the team's Subject Matter Experts (SME's) to understand and inform the schedule impacts of new designs, materials and construction methods.
Develop a healthy interface between schedulers and Cost & Risk Management teams to inform accurate spend forecasting and risk identification.
Formulate analysis of programme controls data and create summary level programme reports for various ad-hoc data/analysis queries from the Head of Programme Controls.
Support the programme team in the implementation of an integrated, cross functional master schedule with various third-party inputs and programme interfaces.
Analyse deviations from the baseline in the Project Master schedule highlighting bottlenecks / delays and propose corrective actions and report.
Coordinate and work with project parties to generate master schedules for projects and programs applying resource and cost loading (information availability dependent).
Coordinate the development and implementation of project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) with Programme controls leads and contractor, and in conjunction with Programme Execution Plans.
QualificationsBachelor's degree in Construction Management, or equivalent technical degree and/or minimum 12+ years' experience, at least 3+ years within the aviation and /or transport industry Ability to coordinate & organize multiple sources of schedule inputs/performance data into a master schedule platform and deliver project/program status reports as required.
Experience building critical path schedules from knowledge and first principles, interviewing and leading workshops with project resources.
Experienced in defining and agreeing progress reporting approaches with contractors.
Familiar with large capital programs, extensive pre-construction programming and scheduling experience managing complex, multi-group, multi-disciplinary development projects.
Experience managing contractor/vendor relationships and understanding of standard practices in the design and construction industry, including knowledge of Last Planner, Lean Methodologies, fast-track design-build process and associated documents and contracts.
Communication and coordination skills to lead a team of diverse backgrounds and experience towards a single project outcome.
Skills:Process driven with excellent attention to detail Ability to work effectively in a team environment, motivating and supporting others Strong ability to co-ordinate and communicate important information across the team Extremely proficient in Primavera P6 Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills Ability to develop long term relationships with all team members, and effectively balance people and processes.Additional InformationWhat we offer you:Full time, permanentCompetitive remuneration and attractive range of benefitsPension23 days Annual leave,2 Company days & 1 volunteering day Opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projectsCareer development opportunities both in Ireland and globallyOpportunity to work with a diverse group of talented and collaborative colleaguesOur people share our Purpose and Values.
Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world.We champion our people to succeed in both work and life.
To support this we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer.
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