Planner - Whiting, IN

Turner Industries•Whiting, IN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Turner Industries Group, LLC has an opening for a Mechanical Planner I to join our Project Controls Team and be placed at a jobsite in the Whiting, IN area. As a mechanical Planner you will need relevant experience with equipment, piping, structural steel and light civil. Your responsibilities may include walking down job scope requests, estimating labor hours for multiple disciplines, developing work plans, and creating job plan packages. The candidate may be asked to plan Maintenance, Turnarounds, Small Capital Projects, or a combination of the three.

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
Must have a 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
Must be proficient in computer-based MS programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
Ability to climb and build planning packages from elevated structures
Ability to lead Interactive Planning Sessions thus bridging Field Supervision and Project Controls buy in to the Pre Execution development of Schedule and Cost deliverables

Nice To Haves

NCCER certification, craft journeyman, or foreman in industrial construction, maintenance or turnarounds is an additional benefit
Preferred experience in planning software applications. (Turner Applications WinTake®, QuickPlan® and Win PCS® is an additional benefit)

Responsibilities

Walking down job scope requests
Estimating labor hours for multiple disciplines
Developing work plans
Creating job plan packages
Planning Maintenance, Turnarounds, Small Capital Projects, or a combination of the three
Review specifications, drawings, etc. to determine scope of work and required contents of estimate
Prepare estimates by calculating complete takeoff of scope of work, material, outside services and sub-contractors
Review and incorporate historical data into a number of resources and man-hours estimates
Estimate extras, change orders, and discovery work items
Maintain files of working documents and backup estimate figures
Use client Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to identify upcoming installations, maintenance, and repairs
Estimate scope of work in terms of direct craft labor hours and duration
Perform material take-offs for repair or replace-in-kind work
Determine resource and skill requirements for scope of work
Document expectations for resource utilization and timing in client ERP system
Determine options for scope of work and present scenarios of compatible work packages or combinations of similar scope to the client
Document change orders request for deviations on drawings, changes in the field conditions, or engineering busts
Perform job-walks and collaboratively with respective discipline Subject Matter Experts to develop job steps (activities), craft breakdown and man-hours required
Monitor and document progress of the scope work within the client's ERP system and/or Turner applications
Prepare subcontractor work packages for the bid process and work execution
Mentor / coach junior teammates as needed
Be open to mentorship at all levels of the organization as needed