Project Planning & Scheduling Developer

Job Title: Project Planning & Scheduling Developer
Location: Toronto ON (On-site 4 days per week)
Pay Rate: CAD $50/hour
Employment Type: Contract

Important Requirement:

• Background check is mandatory
• Candidates must be available for a meet-and-greet with client team prior to onboarding
• Travel may be required; travel costs covered if applicable

We are seeking a Project Planning & Scheduling Developer to support end-to-end project planning scheduling and performance tracking activities within a structured PMO environment. The role involves maintaining project schedules tracking financials monitoring performance metrics and supporting governance and reporting activities across multiple stakeholders.

Project Planning & Scheduling

• Develop maintain and update detailed project schedules timelines and milestones
• Track task dependencies critical paths and schedule variances
• Support project managers in establishing baseline plans for scope schedule and cost

Cost & Financial Control

• Monitor project budgets forecasts and actual expenditures
• Track financial variances and support cost control and forecasting activities
• Assist with accruals financial reporting and funding requests

Performance Monitoring & Reporting

• Collect consolidate and analyze project performance data
• Produce status reports dashboards KPIs and risk/issue summaries
• Track progress against baseline using earned value or similar methodologies

Risk & Issue Management

• Maintain risk and issue logs
• Track mitigation actions and escalation items
• Ensure timely resolution of project risks and issues

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure adherence to organizational PMO standards and methodologies
• Support stage gates audits and governance reviews
• Maintain accurate and compliant project documentation

Change Control

• Track change requests and perform schedule/cost impact analysis
• Maintain change logs and coordinate approvals
• Assess impacts of scope changes on timelines and budgets

Stakeholder & PMO Support

• Act as liaison between PMO finance teams project managers and stakeholders
• Support portfolio-level reporting and PMO governance activities
• Contribute to lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives

Tools & Systems

• Maintain project data in tools such as MS Project Planview Primavera or Jira
• Ensure data accuracy consistency and integrity across systems
• Support reporting automation and process improvements where applicable

• Experience in project planning scheduling or PMO environments
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies and governance practices
• Proficiency with tools such as MS Project Primavera Planview or Jira
• Experience with financial tracking forecasting and reporting
• Strong analytical communication and stakeholder management skills
  
  If you have the right skillset please apply today!