Intermediate/Senior Consultant - Scheduler

Employment type: Full Time Workplace type: Hybrid Description Job Title: Intermediate/Senior Consultant - Scheduler Location: Halifax, NS, Ottawa, ON, or Victoria, BC Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time Annual Salary: $85,000-150,000 About BMT: BMT is dedicated to tackling the most crucial engineering challenges of our era, fostering an environment where individuals with exceptional technical expertise provide meaningful, practical solutions. Committed to creating a safer, more efficient, effective, and sustainable future, BMT values diversity, equity, and inclusion, recognizing their pivotal role in achieving our business purpose. Learn more about BMT at Key Responsibilities The Program Services Consultant - Scheduler provides project planning and control support across customer and internal projects. The role develops, maintains, and reports integrated schedules to support delivery, decision-making, and risk management. At a Senior level, the Scheduler will also provide technical leadership by setting good practice, coaching others, and acting as a trusted schedule advisor to project leaders and customers. Intermediate - Scheduler Develop and maintain project schedules (integrated master schedules) in line with project scope, assumptions, and contract requirements. Work with project managers and subject matter experts to define activities, logic, dependencies, milestones, and resource/cost loading as required. Perform schedule status updates, progress measurement, and short-term forecasting; calculate and communicate critical path and schedule drivers. Produce schedule reports and dashboards (e.g., milestones, look-ahead, variance, SPI/earned value indicators where applicable) for internal and customer use. Support schedule risk management by identifying schedule drivers, constraints, and opportunities; contribute schedule data to risk, cost, and change control processes. Apply basic schedule quality checks (logic, constraints, lags/leads, float, baseline integrity) and correct issues with guidance as needed. Senior - Scheduler Lead schedule planning and control for complex work packages or programmes, including integration across multiple teams, suppliers, and locations. Define scheduling approach, standards, and governance (e.g., WBS alignment, coding, calendars, baselining, update cadence) and ensure consistent adoption across the project. Provide schedule analysis and advice to project leaders and customers (e.g., scenario modelling, what-if analysis, recovery planning, critical path mitigation). Own schedule quality and integrity, including advanced checks, baseline management, and independent review of team schedules and submissions. Coach and mentor schedulers and project team members; contribute to PS capability development through templates, guidance, and knowledge sharing. Represent scheduling in customer engagements, workshops, and reviews; deliver clear, confident presentations and facilitate schedule discussions. Skills, Knowledge & Expertise Practical experience building and maintaining project schedules in Primavera P6 (or equivalent). Experience developing schedules with subject matter experts and working within multidisciplinary teams. Working knowledge of scheduling fundamentals (logic, constraints, baselines, critical path, float, progress measurement). Clear written and verbal communication skills in English, including presenting schedule information to small groups. Demonstrated experience leading schedule development and control on complex projects (e.g., large integrated master schedules). Ability to provide schedule analysis and recommendations to project leadership and customers (scenario modelling, recovery planning, decision support). Experience coaching/mentoring others and contributing to capability development (standards, templates, training, peer review). Ability to demonstrate BMT Level 4 behaviours. Membership in a professional organization relevant to your area of expertise. Scheduling certification (e.g., PMI-SP, PSP, or equivalent). Knowledge of the Canadian Armed Forces structure and practices. Fluent in French. A practical area of specialty such as finance, procurement, operations, performance, staffing in a government setting, or risk management. Why Work For Us? At BMT we believe in hiring the best talent, from diverse backgrounds, as this introduces new ideas to the team and our customers. We believe in a cooperative and collaborative work environment and support and encourage career growth. The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary commensurate with skill, ability and experience, as well as a comprehensive benefit package including: Medical, dental and vision plan (including a Health Care Spending Account) Employee and Family Assistance program Parental/Maternity leave top-up program RRSP or TFSA matching program Flexible work hours and hybrid work arrangement Training and development opportunities Employee recognition program Employee referral program BMT is committed to employment equity, to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst its workforce. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. #J-18808-Ljbffr Bmt Defence Services LTD