Project Planner / Project Controls Specialist with Rail & Transit Experience

Job summary

Develop and maintain project schedules in Primavera P6, monitor progress and critical paths, assess schedule risks, and track performance against cost and schedule baselines. Create Power BI dashboards and reports, support earned value analysis, forecasting, and change management, and coordinate progress reporting with project teams and client stakeholders.

Job details

Project Planner / Project Controls Specialist with Rail & Transit Experience WorkType: 4 Days Onsite Must Location: Toronto We are seeking an experienced Project Planner / Project Controls Specialist with Rail & Transit Experience to support planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, and project controls activities for rail and transit infrastructure projects. The resource will be responsible for developing and maintaining project schedules, analyzing project performance, monitoring critical paths and variances, and producing clear project controls reporting for project and client stakeholders. The ideal candidate will combine strong Primavera P6 scheduling expertise with hands-on Power BI reporting and dashboard development, along with a solid understanding of project controls, earned value, forecasting, and change management. Hi balan sir, we need to publish this role on Linkedin.. this is for Hitachi.. Project Planner / Project Controls Specialist with Rail & Transit Experience Responsibilities Develop, maintain, and update detailed project schedules using Primavera P6 Perform critical path analysis, progress tracking, and schedule risk assessment Build and maintain project controls dashboards and reports using Power BI Monitor project performance against baseline (cost and schedule) and flag variances Support earned value analysis, forecasting, and change management Coordinate with project managers, engineering, and site teams to gather progress data Prepare periodic reporting for internal stakeholders and the client Requirements Proven experience as a Project Planner / Project Controls on rail or transit infrastructure projects Strong hands-on proficiency with Primavera P6 Demonstrated ability to build reports and dashboards in Power BI Solid understanding of planning methodologies Based in the Greater Toronto Area Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills

What you’ll do

Develop and maintain project schedules in Primavera P6, monitor progress and critical paths, assess schedule risks, and track performance against cost and schedule baselines. Create Power BI dashboards and reports, support earned value analysis, forecasting, and change management, and coordinate progress reporting with project teams and client stakeholders.

Requirements

Candidates should have proven project planning or project controls experience on rail or transit infrastructure projects, strong hands-on Primavera P6 proficiency, and the ability to build Power BI reports and dashboards. The role also requires knowledge of planning methodologies, strong analytical and communication skills, stakeholder-management ability, and residence in the Greater Toronto Area.

Listed skills

• Power BI · Preferred
• Forecasting · Preferred
• Change Management · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Primavera P6
• Power BI
• Project Planning
• Project Controls
• Schedule Development
• Critical Path Analysis
• Progress Tracking
• Schedule Risk Assessment
• Project Performance Monitoring
• Earned Value Analysis
• Forecasting
• Change Management
• Cost and Schedule Control
• Stakeholder Management
• Rail and Transit Infrastructure

Job areas

• Transportation
• Engineering
• Construction
• Management & Leadership
• Data & Analytics

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