Planner

Turner Industries • Baton Rouge, LA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Turner Industries is a fully diversified industrial contractor that provides responsive, innovative solutions to increase plant production, reduce costs, and prevent shutdowns in industries such as petrochemical, refining, energy, and pulp and paper. Headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA, Turner Industries has over 20,000 employees across the United States and is recognized as a top industrial contractor. The company prioritizes the safety, security, and satisfaction of its employees. This specific role is for a Mechanical Planner I to join the Project Controls Team at a jobsite in the Whiting, IN area. The Mechanical Planner will be responsible for tasks related to equipment, piping, structural steel, and light civil work. This role may involve planning for Maintenance, Turnarounds, or Small Capital Projects.

Requirements

• Four (4) years of field planning experience in any combination of industrial maintenance, capital projects and/or outages and turnarounds
• Four (4) years of jobsite mechanical craft experience or BS degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related curriculum
• Strong background in piping and/or structural work scope planning
• Ability to estimate material and labor quantities from industrial construction drawings for multiple craft disciplines
• Proficient in computer-based MS programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Ability to climb and build planning packages from elevated structures

Nice To Haves

• NCCER certification, craft journeyman, or foreman in industrial construction, maintenance or turnarounds
• Preferred experience in planning software applications
• Turner Applications WinTake®, QuickPlan® and Win PCS® experience

Responsibilities

• Walking down job scope requests
• Estimating labor hours for multiple disciplines
• Developing work plans
• Creating job plan packages
• Reviewing specifications, drawings, etc. to determine scope of work and required contents of estimate
• Preparing estimates by calculating complete takeoff of scope of work, material, outside services and sub-contractors
• Reviewing and incorporating historical data into resources and man-hours estimates
• Estimating extras, change orders, and discovery work items
• Maintaining files of working documents and backup estimate figures
• Using client Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to identify upcoming installations, maintenance, and repairs
• Estimating scope of work in terms of direct craft labor hours and duration
• Performing material take-offs for repair or replace-in-kind work
• Determining resource and skill requirements for scope of work
• Documenting expectations for resource utilization and timing in client ERP system
• Determining options for scope of work and presenting scenarios of compatible work packages or combinations of similar scope to the client
• Documenting change orders requests for deviations on drawings, changes in the field conditions, or engineering busts
• Performing job-walks and collaboratively with respective discipline Subject Matter Experts to develop job steps (activities), craft breakdown and man-hours required
• Monitoring and documenting progress of the scope work within the client's ERP system and/or Turner applications
• Preparing subcontractor work packages for the bid process and work execution
• Mentoring and coaching junior teammates
• Leading Interactive Planning Sessions to bridge Field Supervision and Project Controls buy-in to the Pre Execution development of Schedule and Cost deliverables

Benefits

• health
• dental
• vision
• life
• ADD
• voluntary life / ADD
• disability benefits
• leaves of absence
• 401k
• paid time off
• paid holidays
• telehealth access
• employee assistance program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior