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Turner & Townsend

2mo ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Expert Level
  • Construction & Surveying
    Business, Operations & Strategy
  • Dublin
  • Quick Apply

AI generated summary

  • You need a construction degree, 12+ years' experience (3+ in aviation), proficiency in Primavera P6, and strong scheduling, communication, and team leadership skills.
  • You will manage schedulers, analyze schedules, coordinate meetings, assist with project planning, interface across teams, develop reports, and optimize project timelines.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, or equivalent technical degree and/or minimum 12+ years’ experience, at least 3+ years within the aviation and /or transport industry
  • Ability to coordinate & organize multiple sources of schedule inputs/performance data into a master schedule platform and deliver project/program status reports as required
  • Experience building critical path schedules from knowledge and first principles, interviewing and leading workshops with project resources. Experienced in defining and agreeing progress reporting approaches with contractors
  • Familiar with large capital programs, extensive pre-construction programming and scheduling experience managing complex, multi-group, multi-disciplinary development projects
  • Experience managing contractor/vendor relationships and understanding of standard practices in the design and construction industry, including knowledge of Last Planner, Lean Methodologies, fast-track design-build process and associated documents and contracts
  • Communication and coordination skills to lead a team of diverse backgrounds and experience towards a single project outcome
  • Process driven with excellent attention to detail
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment, motivating and supporting others
  • Strong ability to co-ordinate and communicate important information across the team
  • Extremely proficient in Primavera P6
  • Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to develop long term relationships with all team members, and effectively balance people and processes

Responsibilities

  • Effectively manage a team of schedulers to review internal schedules, review the contractor’s schedules, analyse, review, validate and report on any time impacts, scope change impacts or delay to enable early identification of risks and drive transparency and predictability.
  • Facilitate cross project schedule meetings to engage the design consultants, the Contracting Entity’s staff and contractors to align on scheduling expectations, optimize schedules, drive consistency in scheduling methodology.
  • Assist Project Engineers and /or Works Inspectors in planning future projects, phases of work and future staffing.
  • Interface with pre-construction team, construction team, design team and capacity planning teams to produce schedules to assist with project kick off, budget generation and construction timeframes.
  • Work in conjunction with the team’s Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) to understand and inform the schedule impacts of new designs, materials and construction methods.
  • Develop a healthy interface between schedulers and Cost & Risk Management teams to inform accurate spend forecasting and risk identification.
  • Formulate analysis of programme controls data and create summary level programme reports for various ad-hoc data/analysis queries from the Head of Programme Controls.
  • Support the programme team in the implementation of an integrated, cross functional master schedule with various third-party inputs and programme interfaces.
  • Analyse deviations from the baseline in the Project Master schedule highlighting bottlenecks / delays and propose corrective actions and report.
  • Coordinate and work with project parties to generate master schedules for projects and programs applying resource and cost loading (information availability dependent).
  • Coordinate the development and implementation of project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) with Programme controls leads and contractor, and in conjunction with Programme Execution Plans.

FAQs

What is the job title for this position?

The job title is Schedule Lead - Aviation.

What qualifications are required for this position?

A bachelor's degree in Construction Management or an equivalent technical degree, along with a minimum of 12+ years of experience, including at least 3+ years in the aviation and/or transport industry, is required.

What skills are essential for the Schedule Lead role?

Essential skills include being process-driven with excellent attention to detail, strong communication and coordination skills, ability to work effectively in a team, proficiency in Primavera P6, and well-developed interpersonal skills.

What kind of projects will the Schedule Lead be working on?

The Schedule Lead will be working on large capital programs, particularly within the aviation sector, involving complex, multi-group, and multi-disciplinary development projects.

Is leadership experience necessary for this role?

Yes, the candidate must be comfortable leading a team of schedulers and influencing scheduling culture across the program.

What is the work environment like at Turner & Townsend?

Turner & Townsend promotes a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance and encourages collaboration among diverse teams.

Are there career development opportunities available?

Yes, there are career development opportunities both in Ireland and globally for employees at Turner & Townsend.

What benefits does Turner & Townsend offer?

Benefits include competitive remuneration, a pension plan, 23 days of annual leave plus additional company and volunteering days, and opportunities to work on impactful projects.

How does Turner & Townsend support diversity and inclusion?

Turner & Townsend is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourages applications from all sectors of the community.

Where can I find more information about Turner & Townsend?

More information can be found at www.turnerandtownsend.com/.

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Turner & Townsend

A global consultancy business serving clients in the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors.

Real Estate
Industry
1001-5000
Employees
1946
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

We build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society through the commitment, capability and care our team brings. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. It’s how we’ve made the difference for 75 years. Transforming performance for a green, inclusive and productive world.