Planner 1

Suffolk Construction•San Luis Obispo, CA

About The Position

Planner 1 provides onsite scheduling support to construction project teams, preparing and updating project schedules and helping integrate short-term planning with the CPM project schedule. Working with guidance from a Planning Manager or Director, the role provides technical and analytical support for schedule updates, variance identification, workflow sequencing, and issue resolution to help projects finish within their prescribed timeframes. The position supports the use of Procore Schedule, SmartPM, Oracle Primavera P6, and other planning tools. The Planner develops schedules for small or routine projects, collects project information, prepares schedule reports and narratives, tracks progress and schedule issues, and supports schedule quality and documentation. The position also contributes to enterprise reporting and dashboards and prepares Time Impact Analyses as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in an applicable discipline and 1–2 years of CPM scheduling experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Foundational understanding of 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 use of 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

Provide onsite schedule support by preparing and updating pre-construction and construction schedules using Oracle Primavera P6.
Develop schedules for small or routine projects and manage multiple projects.
Collect and incorporate project information on trade partner awards, submittals, procurement, delivery, design, permitting, coordination, and construction activities, with guidance.
Update schedules at least twice per month, or more frequently when required by contract.
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 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 schedule 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.
Analyze planned-versus-actual progress and variances to facilitate discussions with project teams about causes.
Prepare Time Impact Analyses as necessary to support the scheduling aspects of contract revisions.