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WSP USA Senior Scheduler in San Jose, California
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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About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.