Description
WSP is currently seeking a Senior Scheduler to join our Project Controls team in our Glastonbury, CT office. This position will be part of the WSP US Program Management National Practice, reporting to the Senior Vice President, Scheduling.
The Senior Scheduler will provide technical leadership, governance, and advanced scheduling expertise across complex programs and projects. The role serves as a subject matter expert (SME) for Oracle Primavera P6, development and/or implementation of scheduling standards, and project controls best practices. The position supports internal and external clients by ensuring schedule integrity, consistency, and alignment with cost, risk, and performance objectives across different service lines and contracting methodologies.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and managing integrated master schedules for large, multi-stakeholder programs and projects
- Creating project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), work packages, and project performance measures
- Reviewing, analyzing, and reporting internal project performance, and/or contractor’s schedule performance
- Developing baseline project schedules and the associated Basis of Schedule documentation
- Identifying schedule activities, dependencies, and durations that control the overall project and critical path
- Conducting and/or reviewing periodic CPM schedule updates, providing schedule quality feedback and comparison reports, and conducting detail schedule reviews
- Developing Earned Value analysis reports, critical path, look ahead, and resource requirements
- Reviewing and monitoring variances from baseline, developing schedule recovery options, and coordinating timely and effective corrective actions
- Managing Schedule Change Management, including review and analysis of project change orders
- Performing time impact analyses (TIA) to evaluate and determine the impacts of potential delays
- Providing recommendations for schedule recovery, conducting recovery schedule reviews, and performing what-if scenario analysis
- Assessing and providing recommendations to resolve schedule, scope changes or delays to the Project Team and Executive Management
Requirements:
- 10+ years’ experience in developing and managing CPM project schedules in Primavera P6 or equivalent
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or related discipline or equivalent professional experience
- Extensive experience in construction schedule development and management
- Ability to anticipate, identify, and mitigate potential schedule issues
- Advanced skills in Time Impact Analysis (TIAs), forensic analysis, and What-if-scenarios
- Experience in Earned Value Management (EVM) and EVM reporting
- Extensive experience in Change Order Management
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and coordinating across large client multi-stakeholder programs
- Effective reporting and communication skills
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree and/or related project controls professional certification(s)
- Experience in developing and managing schedules through engineering, procurement, and construction phases
- Experience in supporting claims analysis and dispute resolution
- Strong communication skills
- Strategic problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Experience in mentoring junior schedulers
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
The expected salary for this position is $163,700-$200,100 per year.