Intermediate/Senior Consultant – Scheduler

Role Overview

• The Program Services Consultant
• Scheduler provides project planning and control support across customer and internal projects.
• The role develops, maintains, and reports integrated schedules to support delivery, decision-making, and risk management.
• At a Senior level, the Scheduler will also provide technical leadership by setting good practice, coaching others, and acting as a trusted schedule advisor to project leaders and customers.
• Develop and maintain project schedules (integrated master schedules) in line with project scope, assumptions, and contract requirements.
• Work with project managers and subject matter experts to define activities, logic, dependencies, milestones, and resource/cost loading as required.
• Perform schedule status updates, progress measurement, and short-term forecasting; calculate and communicate critical path and schedule drivers.
• Produce schedule reports and dashboards (e.g., milestones, look-ahead, variance, SPI/earned value indicators where applicable) for internal and customer use.
• Support schedule risk management by identifying schedule drivers, constraints, and opportunities; contribute schedule data to risk, cost, and change control processes.
• Apply basic schedule quality checks (logic, constraints, lags/leads, float, baseline integrity) and correct issues with guidance as needed.
• Lead schedule planning and control for complex work packages or programmes, including integration across multiple teams, suppliers, and locations.
• Define scheduling approach, standards, and governance (e.g., WBS alignment, coding, calendars, baselining, update cadence) and ensure consistent adoption across the project.
• Provide schedule analysis and advice to project leaders and customers (e.g., scenario modelling, what-if analysis, recovery planning, critical path mitigation).
• Own schedule quality and integrity, including advanced checks, baseline management, and independent review of team schedules and submissions.
• Coach and mentor schedulers and project team members; contribute to PS capability development through templates, guidance, and knowledge sharing.
• Represent scheduling in customer engagements, workshops, and reviews; deliver clear, confident presentations and facilitate schedule discussions.

Requirements

• Practical experience building and maintaining project schedules in Primavera P6 (or equivalent).
• Experience developing schedules with subject matter experts and working within multidisciplinary teams.
• Working knowledge of scheduling fundamentals (logic, constraints, baselines, critical path, float, progress measurement).
• Clear written and verbal communication skills in English, including presenting schedule information to small groups.
• Demonstrated experience leading schedule development and control on complex projects (e.g., large integrated master schedules).
• Ability to provide schedule analysis and recommendations to project leadership and customers (scenario modelling, recovery planning, decision support).
• Experience coaching/mentoring others and contributing to capability development (standards, templates, training, peer review).
• Ability to demonstrate BMT Level 4 behaviours.
• Membership in a professional organization relevant to your area of expertise (desirable).
• Scheduling certification (e.g., PMI-SP, PSP, or equivalent) (desirable).
• Knowledge of the Canadian Armed Forces structure and practices (desirable).
• Fluent in French (desirable).

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision plan (including a Health Care Spending Account)
• Employee and Family Assistance program
• Parental/Maternity leave top-up program
• RRSP or TFSA matching program
• Flexible work hours and hybrid work arrangement
• Training and development opportunities
• Employee recognition program
• Employee referral program