Planner 1

Suffolk Construction•New York, NY

11d

About The Position

Planner 1 provides onsite planning and schedule support to construction project teams under the guidance of the Planning Manager or Director. The role prepares and updates pre-construction and construction schedules, supports the integration of Short-Term Planning with the CPM project schedule, and helps project teams use Procore Schedule, SmartPM, and other planning tools. The Planner provides technical and analytical support for schedule updates, variance identification, workflow sequencing, and issue resolution to help projects meet their prescribed timeframes. The position develops schedules for small or routine projects and may manage multiple projects. It gathers project information about trade partner awards, submittals, procurement, delivery, design, permitting, coordination, and construction activities. The Planner supports schedule review meetings, reports on planned-versus-actual variances, verifies field progress through project walks, and prepares schedule narratives and Time Impact Analyses as needed. The work is performed in an office environment and includes walking at job sites.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in an applicable discipline and 1–2 years of CPM scheduling experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Understanding of foundational CPM scheduling principles, including activity relationships, critical path, float, data date, actual progress, and remaining duration.
Proficiency with Oracle Primavera P6 for schedule data entry, basic schedule development, updating, and reporting.
Ability to import and export information using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project.
Ability to support schedule development and updates for one or more small or routine projects, generally involving 1,000 to 3,000 activities.
Understanding of Short-Term Planning, including pull or granular planning, constraint management, and weekly work planning; ability to support using Procore Schedule to align the 6–8 week look-ahead with P6.
Ability to read construction drawings and translate them into construction workflows for small or routine projects.
Professional communication with project teams, Trade Partners, Owners, and internal stakeholders.
Organization, follow-through, customer service, and demonstration of Suffolk's Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring.

Responsibilities

Prepare and update pre-construction and construction schedules for project teams using Oracle Primavera P6.
Develop schedules for small or routine projects and manage multiple projects as needed.
Collect and incorporate project information on trade partner awards, submittals, procurement, delivery, design, permitting, coordination, and detailed construction activities, with guidance.
Update schedules at least twice per month, or more frequently when contract requirements call for it.
Support Schedule Review Meetings by preparing standard reports, identifying planned-versus-actual variances, documenting causes and impacts, and verifying field progress through periodic project walks.
Provide schedule information for enterprise reporting and dashboards.
Apply activity and schedule coding for data collection and analytics, address schedule exceptions, and track action items.
Prepare baseline and monthly schedule narratives using company templates.
Identify weather impacts and out-of-scope issues affecting critical or near-critical work, apply required coding, and prepare simple fragnets and Time Impact Analyses.
Track ongoing schedule issues and unresolved Time Impact Analyses in monthly narratives, and maintain schedule quality and documentation standards using SmartPM and applicable quality tools.
Analyze planned and actual progress and variances to support project-team discussions about causes.
Prepare Time Impact Analyses as needed to support the schedule aspect of contract revisions.