This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Scheduler for our San Jose, CA VTA BSV II Program office. Be involved in projects with our Northern California Transportation Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges.

The Senior Scheduler will be part of project controls staff performing various functions such as schedule development, oversight of design-build contractor schedules, schedule analysis, and delay claim support.

Your Impact

• Monitor, track, analyze, forecast and report on program and project schedules, including Integrated Master Program Schedule (IMPS), and contractor baseline schedules and progress updates.
• Leads efforts on behalf of owner to review contractor schedule submittals, including proposed work breakdown structure, baseline schedules, monthly progress updates, recovery schedules, and other contractual schedule submittals. 
• Supports project controls team in analyzing contractor monthly progress updates and claimed progress. 
• Works with other project controls disciplines to review proposed schedule of values from contractor, and to develop claiming rules that are reasonable and support accurate but timely assessment of progress and review of monthly claimed progress. 
• As needed, maintains a shadow schedule to properly document project progress should contractor schedule updates be insufficient, delayed, or otherwise not available. 
• As required, supports implementation and ongoing operation of earned value management systems. 
• Generates schedule assessment reports to summarize findings from review of contractor schedule submittals. 
• Supports development and updates to IMPS, including recommending appropriate level of integration with contractor schedules. 
• Assisting the project controls team in implementing processes to optimize efficiencies and embed quality.
• Work with subject matter experts (SME’s) in estimating, risk management and cost management to ensure consistencies across other project controls disciplines for project and program level reporting. 
• Utilizing productivity tools such as Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point, Excel, Visio, etc.) to document information, findings, observations, recommendations. 
• Undertake any other duties, both planned and ad hoc, as required or requested. 

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Knowledge of the Public Sector Transportation industry specifically the areas of Project Controls and Scheduling.
• At least fifteen (15) years of project experience in performing similar project controls functions such as schedule development, schedule evaluation, contractor scheduler review, and time impact analysis.
• Bachelor’s degree in areas related to Construction Engineering/Management or Business degree with market-specific work experience. Master’s degree preferred.
• Working experience and proficiency in Primavera P6 and related analysis and reporting tools.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel as an adjunct data import/export and data analysis tool is preferred. 
• Strong understanding of scheduling standards and conventions, including development of work breakdown structures, best practices regarding schedule development, and conventions regarding analysis of schedules to assess delay 
• Demonstrated experience in developing and or analyzing schedules on design-build or other large transportation or transit infrastructure projects preferred. 
• Flexibility and adaptability to handle variety of assigned tasks and workload.
• Clear and excellent communication skills – oral and written. 
• Certifications and membership in professional associations relevant to the subject area is preferred. 

WSP Benefits: 

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings. 

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $130,000- $210,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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