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About the Role

Lead Planner responsible for supporting and driving accurate estimating, scheduling, and tracking of various project contracts. This role is critical to the Operations function, working closely with project teams, crews, and external subcontractors to ensure project milestones are realistic and manage critical path logic for multi-year projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain resource-loaded project schedules for multi-year transit projects in Primavera P6 from proposals, contract documents, and estimates.
• Plan and establish key project milestones while continuously reviewing work activities to ensure long-term milestone support.
• Analyze and monitor the total project critical path, schedule performance, and work logic to ensure overall adequacy and constructability.
• Maintain and update schedule forecasts throughout the project life cycle, ensuring outside party schedules are properly linked to master schedules.
• Partner with cross-functional project teams to align project baseline schedules with baseline budgets for all direct and indirect activities.
• Communicate timely, informed, and up-to-date schedule information, trends, and forecasts to project leadership.
• Provide clear progress, schedule, and planning inputs to support weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly project reports.
• Collaborate with Project Managers to conduct schedule analysis and studies on problem areas to resolve critical constraints.
• Identify schedule considerations, resource constraints, and potential bottlenecks resulting from interdisciplinary or group restraints.
• Perform and support resource loading and leveling to maximize crew efficiency and stabilize project workflows.
• Review and analyze proposal provisions related to schedules to develop robust supporting data for contract negotiations.
• Guide field crews and teams by determining the most appropriate period or season to execute works to optimize delivery.
• Analyze subcontractors' schedules to forecast and trend completion target dates while reporting deviations accordingly.
• Mitigate environmental impacts by factoring seasonal and regulatory constraints into the active execution schedules.
• Gather and interpret complex project data from both internal and external sources to identify baseline deviations early.
• Recommend corrective actions and track schedule adjustments during all phases of the project lifecycle.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in a dedicated Planner or Scheduler role.
• Experience in the construction industry working specifically on Transit projects.
• Proven experience with Primavera P6, including resource loading, leveling, and critical path analysis.
• Strong knowledge of reading, understanding, and interpreting engineering drawings and contract documents.

Skills

• Primavera P6
• Resource loading
• Resource leveling
• Critical path analysis
• Reading engineering drawings
• Interpreting contract documents
• Critical thinking
• Data analysis
• Schedule logic visualization
• Communication
• Interpersonal skills

Location

• Toronto, Ontario

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 3-5 years

Education Level

• Post-secondary education in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field is preferred.

Salary/Compensations

• $70,000 - $120,000 per year

Benefits

• Annual performance-based bonus.
• Comprehensive group benefits program.
• Retirement savings program.
• Career growth and advancement opportunities.

About the Company

• Green Infrastructure Partners Inc. (GIP) is one of Canada’s largest and fastest-growing construction companies, designing and delivering infrastructure projects safely, thoughtfully, and with the highest quality.
• GIP has the unique ability to self-perform all project scopes without reliance on subcontractors.
• The work GIP does impacts lives, shaping communities and cities by designing, delivering, and maintaining infrastructure.
• GIP is committed to fostering a work environment that embraces Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging.
• Sustainability is part of GIP's DNA, focusing on recycling and reusing materials.
• GIP seeks creative, ambitious, and innovative professionals to help build the world of tomorrow, today.
• GIP provides an exceptional career experience with an inclusive and collaborative culture.

Equal Opportunity

• Green Infrastructure Partners Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities to apply.
• We seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives.
• GIP will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.