Accenture Construct- Planning Lead, COM

THE WORK

You've Never Been Satisfied with “Good Enough.”

You didn't get into this to manage one piece of a project. You got into it to change how the world gets built.

At Accenture Construct, that's the job. You'll help deliver the data centers, power grids, rail networks, factories and public infrastructure that keep communities moving — smarter, safer and more sustainably.

You'll work alongside people who think big and act bold: project managers, engineers, technologists and strategists who pair real-world delivery with AI. And you won't be handed a slice of it. We take on whole programs, from early strategy through construction and handover, and we stand behind how they land.

Because “good enough” builds the past. You're here to build what's next.

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• (Internal Title: Scheduling V)
  • Responsible for the overall work scope and implementing and managing the standard, goals, policies, etc. of all entities in the total plan for the project or program and reviewing the representation of project scope in schedules
  • Lead schedule planning, developing and maintaining the progress measurement and earned value, schedule reporting, schedule basis, schedule change implementation, and the project Master schedule and plan to meet the project objectives
  • Prepare scheduling and planning procedures and work instructions and ensure that they are followed by the contractors and project team
  • Formulate and maintain the basis of schedule for each baseline schedule, and develop the baseline curves including progress and manpower
  • Generate all progress curves including planned, actual, and forecast
  • Effectively collaborate with risk to develop a summary schedule suitable for quantitative schedule risk analysis in parallel with the Monte Carlo risk analysis process and Risk Mitigation Plan
  • Finalize and sign off on monthly updates and required progress reports and dashboards to provide project status updates to all internal and external clients
  • Monitor and track slippages and critical and near-critical activities
  • Oversee schedule inputs to the procurement bid process including reporting requirements and milestone dates, and examine bid evaluation and ongoing management of consultants, vendors, and contractors
  • Maintain and optimize the schedule through change management procedures; monitor progress and resolve areas of potential concern. Review and assess schedule impacts due to changes and claims
  • Manage schedule variance, float and trending and schedule KPIs
  • Implement corrective action when performance trends deviate from the baseline
  • Own the management of various schedules audits including those produced by contractors and prepare all required output documents
  • Direct scope changes and claims for schedule and cost impact and provide feedback to financial and contract management staff
  • Define the key scheduling requirements such as activity coding, naming conventions, client requirements, protocols, project calendars, and resource and data libraries
  • Own the progress measurement process, analyze progress and performance data, and assess the extension of time claims
  • Design the forensic analysis process of project schedules, produce recommendations for improvement, and analyze schedule delays
  • Identify and mitigate commercial and schedule risks and develop measures to ensure timely and high-quality planning and scheduling-related deliverables
  • Actively participate in the supervision, coaching, mentoring, and hiring process by interviewing and selecting the best-aligned project controls staff for the company and team
  • Set and interpret clear and focused performance objectives Scheduling services expectations for the project or program while delegating and managing deliverables with Scheduling team members
  • Build and maintain a positive, high-performing team culture with an openness to constructive challenge, continuous improvement, implementation of lessons learned, and an overall ‘right-first-time’ mindset
  • Enforce acceptable standards of workmanship and assess compliance with the project agreement and best practices through every stage of the work
  • Supervise and guide staff performance (including non-company resources) on the project or program to ensure excellence in results
  • Foster an inclusive and diverse environment to celebrate differences

• Working Conditions
  • Office or Site-based

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• Experience:
  • Minimum of 15 years of Planning and Scheduling experience in large projects and programs
• Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• Licenses OR Certifications:
  • Holding recognized certification in PMP, PMI-SP or PSP, CCP or PMI-RMP
  • Oracle Primavera P6 certificate is considered an asset
• Skills and Competencies:
  • Expert grasp of prevailing Project Management and Scheduling methods
  • Demonstrated expertise in tools and metrics needed to evaluate project performance
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications particularly Excel and Power Query
  • Mastery of Primavera P6
  • In-depth knowledge of Navisworks, Synchro, Power BI and TILOS
  • Sound understanding of multi-discipline engineering and construction projects
  • Must maintain professional development to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods, and best practices
  • Demonstrated functional acumen to support how solutions will address client goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices
  • Ability to arrange priorities and escalate competing risks to meet deadlines with minimum input from leadership
  • Keen eye for detail and adept problem-solving abilities with a track record for meeting deadlines
  • Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving information (written and verbal) in a demanding multidisciplinary project environment
  • Expert ability to work collaboratively and independently on creative and analytical tasks in a structured, disciplined, technology-driven environment
  • Effectively lead multi-resource scheduling teams
  • Proven capacity to anticipate, identify, and minimize risks
  • Expert ability to detect and capitalize on others' strengths
  • Demonstrated capability to supervise, delegate, and develop capacity
  • Effectively lead large scheduling teams
  • Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment by ensuring effective teamwork, promotion of innovation, and overall excellence
  • Ability to perceive and ameliorate conflict and tension
  • Capability to understand interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.

The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role. It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

Role Location Annual Salary Range
Ontario $141,000 to $211,000

What's in it for you

• The biggest builds going. Hyperscale data centers, grid and generation, transit and rail, chip fabs, mines, water. If it's complex and it matters, it's on our list.
• You own the outcome. Not a workstream. Not a deliverable. Whether the program lands.
• AI that shows up on site. Program control that predicts instead of records. You'll use it, and you'll help shape it.
• Scale without the distance. More than 5,000 practitioners across the Americas, EMEA and APAC, on a team small enough that people know your name.
• Serious investment in you. Leadership development, technical upskilling and certification support.
• Work that outlasts you. People will use what you build for forty years without knowing your name. That's the point.
• Recognition that means something in this industry. Accenture Construct is ranked #6 globally in ENR's 2026 Top 50 Program Management Firms and #4 in Building Design + Construction's Top 80 Construction Management Firms for 2026.

About Accenture Construct

Accenture Construct is Accenture's global capital projects business.

The data centers behind AI. The grid behind the energy transition. The rail, water and airports everything else runs on.

We plan them, engineer them, deliver them and hand them over — and unlike most of this market, we're on the hook for whether they land on time. More than 5,000 practitioners across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. One team that owns the whole thing.