Planner, Engineering, Civil Engineering

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As a Canadian leader in infrastructure development, Aecon is safely and sustainably building what matters for future generations to thrive! We lead some of the most impactful infrastructure projects of our generation, at the forefront of transformational change in transportation and energy, and partnering every day to build, connect, power, and strengthen our communities.

• Safety Always – Our number one core value. If we can’t do it safely, we don’t do it at all.
• Integrity – We lead by example, with humility and courage.
• Accountability – We’re passionate about delivering on our commitments.
• Inclusion – We provide equitable opportunities for everyone.

• Services to support your mental, emotional, and physical well‑being.
• Career development through Aecon University and Leadership Programs.
• Inclusive work environments supported by Equity, Diversity & Inclusion training, Aecon Women in Trades and Aecon Diversity in Trades programs, and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).
• Sustainable construction with a strong commitment to operating responsibly by minimizing our impact on the environment and surrounding communities.

Aecon Civil is a recognized leader in the market, backed by strong self‑perform capabilities and deep local expertise. We play a key role in building and enhancing infrastructure across Canada, the U.S., and an expanding international footprint improving everyday life through the roads, bridges, tunnels, and transit systems that connect communities. With more than a century of experience and a full suite of integrated services, Aecon is a trusted partner for delivering complex civil projects, including tunnels, transit expansions, airports, ports, highways, and large‑scale site development.

Reporting to the Planning Manager, the Planner supports effective project delivery by developing and maintaining project schedules, tracking progress, and providing reliable schedule analysis to the project team. This role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and close coordination with multidisciplinary teams in a fast‑paced environment.

• Perform and/or coordinate, collect, verify, and integrate the work scope for all entities into the total project plan.
• Review the representation of project scope in schedules.
• Develop and maintain all the required project schedules and ensure integrity of data across the entire project life cycle.
• Create and implement key scheduling requirements such as bespoke activity coding, naming conventions, client requirements management protocol, project calendars and resource and plant data libraries.
• Support resource planning and analysis.
• Forecast the requirement of various types of resources including labor, materials, and equipment over the course of the project based on work front’s analysis.
• Perform productivity analysis of construction operations and verify accordingly.
• Establish productivity basis to be utilized in estimates, as developed in concurrence with construction, and review labor estimates for reasonableness.
• Prepare required progress reports and dashboards to provide project status updates to all internal and external clients.
• Analyze schedule variance, float and trending and monitor schedule KPIs.
• Develop progress measurement process and analyze progress and performance data.
• Manage schedule change notices and forecast project impact and implement corrective action when performance trends deviate from baseline.
• Perform audits on various schedules including those produced by subcontractors, prepare all required output documents.
• Collaborate with all cross‑functional teams to maintain, add, or modify the schedule data and plans.
• Support schedule 5D integration process with the 3D model and cost and report the outputs which includes cash flow and sequence simulations.
• Create and maintain a collaborative culture and environment that is open, inclusive and respectful.
• Supervise, develop and mentor project controls personnel (i.e. Project planners and planning coordinators).

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Engineering, or equivalent…