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About the Role
Hitachi Rail is seeking a Senior Project Scheduler / Planner to develop, maintain, and manage complex project schedules for infrastructure and transit projects in New York City. This role requires expertise in Primavera P6 and other scheduling tools to ensure schedule integrity and support project planning and execution.
Responsibilities
- Independently create, update, and monitor Project schedules in P6 in accordance with customer-specific standards and templates.
- Coordinate closely with local project teams, contractors, and stakeholders to ensure compliance in execution and reporting.
- Generate and validate monthly and quarterly updates of EAC and labor demand.
- Provide reports/metrics including Critical Path, Earned Value, EAC variance, Critical milestones movement, KPIs & labor forecasts.
- Conduct scheduling risk analysis, identify trends, risks, and issues, and work with the Core Team to resolve them by providing mitigation strategies.
- Support critical Bids that require a full schedule in the Bid submission, including reading tender documents, assessing contractual requirements, compliance, feasibility, and risks.
- Create a comprehensive and effective Schedule Narrative when required.
- Produce an estimate of the level of effort for the planning function in the project.
- Lead the creation of a project schedule to the level required for bid submission.
- Manage progress against the Baseline schedule and changes to ensure contractual deliverables and company position are protected using Earned Value Management (EVM) and other relevant metrics.
- Provide meaningful commentary on S-Curves, relate them back to the schedule and other outputs, and communicate outputs to the Core Team.
- Produce S-Curves from scratch.
- Negotiate with Customers and Suppliers' schedulers using commercial acumen.
- Connect the customer, senior management, Project site, the product, and departments.
- Input into the Project change management process and calculate schedule implications of changes, ensuring they are incorporated through Change Orders.
- Attend risk and opportunity reviews, calculate schedule impact, and manage assigned mitigation/action items.
- Foster an environment of cooperation, commitment, and buy-in amongst Project Team members and Heads of Disciplines.
- Work effectively within a global environment with geographically dispersed stakeholders.
- Generate clear and comprehensive reporting to management and customers.
- Support the Core Team with creative and effective rationale in the justification and documentation of the basis of Claims and Variation orders.
- Provide guidance and support for project schedulers and project planners.
- Contribute to process improvement by identifying and implementing ideas for improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related field.
- Minimum 7 years of scheduling experience in complex technology projects.
- At least 3 years supporting New York projects.
- Expert level skills in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project software.
- Working knowledge of schedule integration and cost/resource loading.
- Advanced/Expert skills in Microsoft Excel.
- Strong understanding of Critical Path Method (CPM), project controls, and construction sequencing.
- Self-starting; proactive, able to work independently with little oversight or guidance.
- Able to plan and manage project schedules requiring over 1,500 activities.
- Excellent Interpersonal skills with good verbal and written communication skills.
Skills
- Primavera P6
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Excel
- Critical Path Method (CPM)
- Project controls
- Construction sequencing
- Earned Value Management (EVM)
- Schedule integration
- Cost/resource loading
- TILOS (preferred)
- Primavera Risk analysis (preferred)
Location
- New York, New York, United States
Work Type
- Full time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- Minimum 7 years of scheduling experience
- At least 3 years supporting New York projects
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related field.
Salary/Compensations
- USD $135,000 to $160,000/ year
Benefits
- Elective Health, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA and Well-Being plans
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company contribution and a match, and without vesting period
- Company paid holidays and vacation days
- Company provided Life Insurance, AD&D, Disability, and Employee Assistance Plan
About the Company
- A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into.
Equal Opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
- At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.