Senior Project Schedule Manager

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The Opportunity

At Siemens Mobility, we sustainably craft and manufacture across the entire spectrum of rolling stock. Cities and Railroads rely on us to provide traction-power substations, electricity transmission, and signaling and control technology for freight and passenger rail and transit systems.
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We are looking for a Senior Project scheduler manager to embark in a major infrastructure program , involving large project organization, multi-disciplinary approach and complex stakeholder management.

The Senior Project scheduler manager will develop, maintain, and update the overall Project scheduling and planning, taking into account contract requirements as well as inputs from customer, related parties , 3rdparties. The Senior Project scheduler manager will gather and integrate all the specific schedules of the different work packages and interfaces milestones, thorough the entire project duration, from early design stage to revenue service.

Throughout the Project, the Senior Project scheduler manager will analyze and monitor the progress of the work in close collaboration with the project management team, engineering teams, and customer , 3rdparties and related parties representatives. The Project scheduler manager will prepare progress reports and dashboards, ensuring it fulfills applicable Project standards.

The Senior Project scheduler manager will work closely with the project management team, Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management , Tests management, and Commercial functions. He/she will coordinate with all programs external stakeholders to ensure consistency of the schedules among the involved parties. The Senior Project scheduler manager will ensure a clear understanding of the overall challenges and will foster engagement from all parties, reinforcing a shared understanding and commitment to the common objectives. The Senior Project scheduler manager will actively participate in coordination meetings and steering committees, presenting planning analyses and supporting strategic decision-making, always with the common objective of ensuring the Project’s success.

What will you do?

The Senior Project scheduler manager will lead a scheduling team. The team will undertake all aspects of the project scheduling and planning functions:

• To set-up schedule baselines with a planning and reporting tool (Primavera P6).
• To assess impact of changes in scope, schedule and propose adjustments or mitigations in coordination with the relevant project management teams, ensuring proactive management of planning-related risks.
• To perform time- and cost-based forecasting, integrating operational constraints in order to secure timely delivery and maintain Project performance.
• To inform and advise the project team on overall performance, highlighting variances and potential risks, including possible mitigations.
• To monitor critical path
• To manage resources loaded schedules , by properly linking activities and allocating the required resources (labor, materials, and equipment) within the schedule to ensure operational consistency.
• to ensure proper documentation of planning processes and contribute to the continuous improvement of the tools and methods used.

What will you need to succeed?

• A minimum of 10 years of solid experience in project schedule management, in large projects business, within the heavy industry (rail, aerospace, shipbuilding, energy, mining) or within the construction sector, involving large-scale engineering, system integration and manufacturing , construction challenges.
• Experience in people management and team leadership
• Strong knowledge of scheduling methodologies (critical path analysis, baseline management).
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills, negotiation skills, and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated experience working inmatrix organizationswith cross‑functional teams
• coordination, and stakeholder management skills
• Structured, detail‑oriented, and proactive working style aligned with Siemens quality standards.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• PMP certification (or equivalent) will be a plus.
• Scheduling certifications (Primavera P6, PMI‑SP, or equivalent) will be a plus
• Willingness to travel in Canada (business trips)

About us.

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Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens AG. As a leader in transport solutions for more than 175 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio. Its core areas include rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, a comprehensive software portfolio, turnkey systems as well as related services. With digital products and solutions, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability. In fiscal year 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022, Siemens Mobility posted revenue of €9.7 billion and had around 38,200 employees worldwide. Further information is available at: www.siemens.com/mobility.

In Canada, Siemens Mobility has been providing solutions to the transportation industry for more than 40 years, including railway infrastructure maintenance services on the rail networks in Quebec and Ontario, light rail vehicles in Edmonton and Calgary, trainsets delivered to VIA Rail Canada, new trainsets for Ontario Northland that will bring back Northeastern passenger rail to Ontario that are expected to be delivered in 2026, an order for locomotives for Montreal’s exo and the rail electrification and overall system maintenance of the light rail transit network in Kitchener-Waterloo. Our footprint also includes dispatching services operated from Dorval, Québec, to more than 25 railways across Canada covering over 3,400 miles of track.

Today, Siemens Mobility provides customers with full-service capabilities for the entire life cycle of their projects to help evolve our growing cities while supporting Canada’s sustainability goals.

To learn more about Siemens Mobility, visit our website at Siemens Mobility | Canada | Siemens Mobility Canada