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About the Role
Take on a new challenge and apply your expertise in project planning and time management to a transformative initiative. You’ll work alongside dynamic and collaborative teammates. You’ll play a pivotal role in supporting scheduling teams and liaising with construction and testing and commissioning teams, ensuring seamless internal and external reporting. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (Project Managers, Engineering, Sourcing, Supply Chain, and Quality teams), coordinate scheduling deliverables, and provide proactive updates and insights to key stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Developing and maintaining project schedules
- Facilitating internal and external stakeholder synchronization
- Contributing to the construction and testing & commissioning knowledge of the project schedule
- Defining and maintaining the Project Time Management Plan and keeping it updated based on stakeholder inputs
- Building and maintaining the project schedule, ensuring it reflects the project execution strategy and contractual targets
- Coordinating internal and external stakeholder commitments and managing schedule interfaces
- Performing schedule analysis, trade-offs, and risk assessments to address potential delays or gaps
- Leading periodic project schedule sessions and providing timely updates on schedule progress
- Preparing progress reports for customers, core teams, and partners
- Promoting time management awareness within the project team
- Coaching planning teams on best practices and contributing to the return of experience (REX)
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related discipline
- 7-10 years’ experience in project planning or scheduling management, preferably in complex, design-build projects
- Proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS-Project software
- Advanced MS Office skills, particularly in MS-Excel
- Experience with resource-loaded schedules, Earned Value Management (EVM), and Schedule of Values (SOV)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills
- Resilience, adaptability, and a collaborative mindset
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, multicultural environment
- Knowledge of railway products and systems is desirable but not required
Skills
- Project planning
- Time management
- Scheduling
- Primavera P6
- MS-Project
- MS Office
- MS-Excel
- Resource-loaded schedules
- Earned Value Management (EVM)
- Schedule of Values (SOV)
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Negotiation skills
- Adaptability
- Collaboration
- Independent work
- Priority management
Location
- Toronto, Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 7-10 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree
Salary/Compensations
- $110,000 – $145,000 CAD per year
Benefits
- Eligibility for an annual performance bonus
- Stability
- Challenges
- Long-term career
- Cutting-edge standards for rail signalling and project management
- Flexible and inclusive working environment
- Career development opportunities
- Investment in development
- Comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)
About the Company
- At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Equal Opportunity
- As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.