Planner 3

Suffolk Construction•San Luis Obispo, CA

About The Position

The Planner 3 independently develops and manages schedules for medium or routine construction projects, generally ranging from 3,000 to 5,000 activities, with some guidance from the Planning Manager or Director. The role provides on-site schedule support, analyzes schedule performance, and helps project teams resolve issues affecting project milestones. It applies Short-Term Planning concepts to connect the CPM schedule with field execution using Oracle Primavera P6, Procore Schedule, SmartPM, and other planning tools. The position supports project schedule development, updates, reporting, analysis, and change management. It works with project teams and stakeholders to gather and incorporate project information, assess progress and variances, maintain schedule quality and documentation, and communicate recommendations. The employee works in an office environment and walks project sites.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in an applicable discipline and 2–4 years of CPM scheduling experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Understanding of CPM scheduling principles, including activity relationships, critical path, float, data date, actual progress, remaining duration, and schedule update procedures.
Proficiency with Oracle Primavera P6 for schedule development, updating, reporting, and data entry; ability to import and export information using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project.
Ability to independently support schedule development and updates for one or more medium or routine projects, generally between 3,000 and 5,000 activities.
Ability to read construction drawings and translate building systems and construction activities into logical schedule sequences; understanding of general workflows for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and sprinkler systems.
Understanding of Short-Term Planning, including pull or granular planning, constraint management, and weekly work planning, and ability to support use of Procore Schedule to align the 6–8 week look-ahead with P6.
Ability to apply schedule analysis, progress tracking, and reporting tools to identify variances, communicate impacts, and support issue resolution.
Professional communication with project teams, Trade Partners, Owners, and internal stakeholders; sound organization, follow-through, and customer service; and demonstration of Suffolk's Core Values of Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring.

Responsibilities

Provide on-site schedule support to project teams by preparing and updating pre-construction and construction schedules using Oracle Primavera P6.
Develop and manage schedules for medium or routine projects, generally between 3,000 and 5,000 activities, with guidance from the Planning Manager or Director.
Collect and incorporate information about trade partner awards, submittals, procurement, delivery, design, permitting, coordination, and detailed construction activities.
Calculate activity durations using production rates, historical data, and construction cycle times.
Assemble baseline schedules using Suffolk's standard Work Breakdown Structure and required level of detail.
Update schedules at least twice per month, or more frequently when required by contract requirements.
Support Schedule Review Meetings by preparing standard schedule 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 and address schedule exceptions and action items.
Apply Short-Term Planning concepts, including pull or granular planning, constraint management, and weekly work planning, and support alignment between Procore Schedule and the P6 schedule.
Prepare baseline and monthly schedule narratives using Suffolk's standard templates and communicate recommendations for resolving project issues.
Prepare schedule fragnets and Time Impact Analyses to support the schedule aspects of contract revisions and change management.
Track ongoing schedule issues and unresolved Time Impact Analyses in the monthly narrative and maintain schedule quality and documentation standards measured by SmartPM and applicable quality tools.
Analyze planned-versus-actual progress and schedule variances to facilitate project-team discussions and determine the causes and impacts of variances.