Lead Scheduler

At Turner & Townsend we help deliver transformational projects across the globe. We are looking for an experienced Lead / Senior Project Scheduler to join our Mining & Metals team in Colombia.

This role offers the opportunity to work on large-scale mining and industrial projects within a collaborative high-performing environment. The successful candidate will play a key role in planning monitoring and controlling project schedules ensuring successful project delivery while supporting our clients across the region.

Please note: This position is based in Medellín Colombia and requires availability to work under a rotational/travel-based model including periodic travel and on-site work at the clients office and project locations in Nicaragua.
 

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all planning and scheduling activities support the successful delivery of projects within approved timeframes and project objectives.
• Support the Project Controls Lead Project Manager and Project Director in maintaining effective schedule control and project performance.
• Develop and implement project planning and scheduling strategies procedures and standards aligned with Turner & Townsend and client requirements.
• Coordinate the development and maintenance of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and where applicable Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) in collaboration with project managers cost managers engineering teams contractors and client stakeholders.
• Develop review and maintain integrated project schedules using Primavera P6 ensuring alignment across engineering procurement construction commissioning and operational readiness activities.
• Promote and maintain schedule integration and consistency across multiple project stakeholders identifying opportunities for improvement in logic sequencing durations dependencies resource loading and progress measurement.
• Perform schedule quality assessments critical path analysis float analysis and schedule risk reviews.
• Analyze contractor and subcontractor schedules comparing progress against approved baselines and identifying potential delays and mitigation opportunities.
• Generate regular scheduling reports dashboards and performance analyses to support project decision-making and executive reporting.
• Identify schedule trends productivity issues and forecast impacts providing recommendations to improve project outcomes.
• Collaborate closely with site construction teams engineering teams and client representatives to ensure schedule alignment with project execution realities.
• Support change management processes schedule impact assessments and recovery planning initiatives.
• Contribute to project controls best practices and continuous improvement initiatives across the Mining & Metals portfolio.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Construction Management Project Management Industrial Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 7-10 years of experience in project planning scheduling or project controls roles.
• Previous experience within Mining & Metals heavy industrial energy infrastructure or large capital projects environments.
• Strong experience working in complex fast-paced multi-stakeholder project environments.
• Experience in one or more of the following disciplines:
  • Project Controls
  • Planning & Scheduling
  • Earned Value Management (EVM)
  • Change Management
  • Risk Management
  • PMO / Program Controls
• Proven experience implementing planning and scheduling processes across large projects or portfolios.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 is required.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project and project controls reporting tools.
• Solid understanding of project execution methodologies engineering deliverables procurement activities construction sequencing and commissioning processes.
• Experience performing critical path analysis schedule recovery planning and progress measurement.
• Strong analytical organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent Spanish is required.
• English proficiency is highly desirable and preferred for interaction with regional and international stakeholders.
• Experience on mining processing plants concentrators smelters tailings facilities brownfield expansions or large industrial capital projects.
• Knowledge of schedule risk analysis methodologies and tools.
• Familiarity with EPC EPCM or Owners Team project delivery models.
• Experience supporting multinational mining companies and major capital investment programs.

Additional Information :

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time