Project Scheduler in Ottawa

Location: Victoria, British Columbia, CA, V8Z 0B9 or Ottawa, ON, CA, K1P 5E7

Onsite or Hybrid: Ottawa, ON or Victoria, BC

Expected Salary: $67,021 to $87,965

To determine final salary, Babcock considers a variety of factors including the successful Candidate’s skills and experience and internal equity. The final base salary offer is at the Company’s sole discretion and presented as part of a competitive total compensation package.

Your Role

What You Do Here Matters

In a complex world marked by the threat of war, natural disasters, and geopolitical instability, national security has never been more important. Babcock is an international defence company providing support and product solutions to enhance our customers’ defence capabilities and critical assets. Our Canadian team combines their talent and expertise with deep global knowledge and experience from our operations in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australasia and Africa. Working for us, you’ll help ensure that Canada’s critical services and assets are readily available, reliable, and capable for our defence and civil customers and contribute to Babcock’s Purpose, ‘Creating a safe and secure world, together.’

Be Part of Something Big.

Babcock is a people business. Our people and customers matter most to us. Here you will experience a challenging and rewarding work environment with the support you need to deliver and thrive in your career alongside inclusive teams you respect that value your skills and dedication. Our Babcock Principles create the foundation for how we deliver better outcomes for our Culture, Customers and Communities. By collectively embodying these Principles in all the work we do, our colleagues help make us great:

• Be Curious – We believe in challenging the status quo and asking, ‘how might we?’
• Think: Outcomes – We believe in measuring success by the results we deliver and the positive impact we make
• Be Kind – We believe in being kind to ourselves, kind to each other, and kind to our planet.
• Collaborate – We believe that Babcock is greater than the sum of its parts.
• Be Courageous – We believe in being brave, ambitious, and determined.
• Own and Deliver – We believe everybody has a part to play in Babcock’s and our customers’ success.

Our people are at the heart of creating a safe and secure world. We offer a collection of programs and benefits designed to support their well-being:

• 100% employer-paid health and dental premiums
• Our Wellness benefit promotes a work environment that supports healthy lifestyles and well-being
• Our Employee and Family Assistance Plan (EFAP) offers support and solutions for a wide range of life’s challenges
• A Maternity/Parental Leave top-up payment is available for our colleagues as their family grows

Planning for the Future

Babcock Canada matches a portion of earnings towards our RRSP/DPSP program. Additionally, colleagues can contribute directly to a TFSA.

Flexibility in How We Work

We offer an agile workplace for several positions. An option of a compressed work schedule supports work/life balance. Competitive annual vacation time off and additional time off during our holiday closure.

Growth and recognition

A comprehensive colleague recognition program and bonus program. Training and support for professional development and professional membership dues.

Description

In this role, you will:

• Work closely with Project Managers (PMs) to establish and maintain program and project schedules.
• Develop and maintain suitable metrics and reports such as s-curves, resource lookaheads, cost profiles, etc.
• Prepare short, medium, and long-term scenario plans and provide analysis and interpretation of results.
• Monitor schedule adherence during the project lifecycle and assist with recovery plan development to protect the critical path.
• Gather data and provide updates to project schedules and develop reliable, informed schedule forecasts.
• Assist the Lead Project Scheduler, Sustainment PMO Manager and PMs to convey project data and information to all members of the project team and senior leadership in a timely manner that will support the decision-making process.
• Assist in the development and implementation of Projects Controls measures and metrics to demonstrate schedule adherence and continual performance improvement.
• Maintain project/program baselines in Primavera P6.
• Capture actuals in Primavera P6 based on financial data.
• Perform other duties as required.

The ideal candidate brings:

• A bachelor's degree, college diploma or certificate in Administration or Business management and related work experience.
• 4+ years of experience gathering, maintaining, reporting, and analyzing schedule data.
• Demonstrable experience in Primavera P6 scheduling software (or other project scheduling software).
• Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite.
• The ability to understand and adhere to procedures and policies.
• The ability to work with precision and accuracy, demonstrating excellent attention-to-detail and excellent record keeping skills.
• The ability to identify and implement innovative administrative solutions to increase efficiencies.
• Good judgment and a high level of confidentiality.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability to function in a self-directed manner in a team environment, including personal workload management (organizing and prioritizing) with a focus on meeting deadlines in a high-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills for collaboration with subject matter experts, colleagues, and users.
• Project Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) certification (an asset).
• Experience working with the Department of National Defence (DND) and/or Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) (an asset).
• You are eligible for a Canadian Secret Security and ITAR Clearance.

Babcock is committed to promoting a workforce without boundaries. One that welcomes everyone to contribute to our success regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, or disability, and conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered. If you require accommodation during any stage of our recruitment process, please let us know how we can assist you.

Babcock Canada acknowledges that the land on which we operate across Canada is the unceded territory of Indigenous Peoples. We are grateful to work, live, and play as guests on these lands and are committed to building meaningful and mutually beneficial relationships with Indigenous Peoples.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.