Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

The Scheduler is responsible for the development and maintenance of detailed resource loaded schedules of construction projects using Primavera.

The candidate must be comfortable in supporting the development of sustainable scheduling processes, influencing General Contractors and Trade Partners and help influence the scheduling culture across the program.

Programme Scheduling Activities

Develop individual Project Gantt Charts from first principles using Primavera P6 in accordance with the Delivery Programmes standard Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) while identifying all related project tasks, activities and milestones.

Co-ordinate with Project Managers and other Project Stakeholders to identify realistic durations for all activities across the full lifecycle if projects including: Feasibility; Design; Statutory Planning; Procurement; Construction and Operational Readiness

Develop the appropriate leads, lags, contingency allowances (float) and dependencies such that the critical path is identified for each individual project.

Combine each individual project schedule into one Master Programme Schedule in Primavera P6 to provide an overview of the CIP from a scheduling perspective.

Maintain and update individual project schedules on a monthly cycle and consequently update the integrated Master Programme Schedule to enable enterprise-wide reporting.

Perform contractor schedule reviews and analysis on an ongoing basis and as part of tender evaluations across a variety of projects.

Evaluate Project changes and amendments for impact on budget and schedule.

Assist with Development of Earned Value Analysis monitoring across the portfolio of Projects.

Assist with the preparation of Reports to the Project Management Team

Prepare cost loaded schedules to support detailed cash flow projections.

Provide administrative support to facilitate efficient project management within the Project Controls team, including tasks such as analysing and reviewing data, and compiling summary documents.

Facilitate cross project schedule meetings to engage the design consultants, the Contracting Entity’s personnel and contractors to align on scheduling expectations, optimize schedules, drive consistency in scheduling methodology.

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 Team 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 Programme Controls Manager.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, or equivalent technical degree and/or minimum 10+ years’ experience
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.

Ability to develop positive relationships with team members while balancing people and processes

Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills and high personal motivation and energy

Ability to plan, manage and prioritise work to meet deadlines and quality expectations

Good understanding of project Governance and procurement processes.

Additional Information

Full time

Competitive remuneration and attractive range of benefits

8% Pension

25 days Annual leave (23 days + 2 company days)

Opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projects

Career development opportunities both in Ireland and globally

Opportunity to work with a diverse group of talented and collaborative colleagues

Our 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. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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Department: Infrastructure

Scheduler (Construction)

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