Planning/Scheduling Manager

Bechtel Corporation • ,

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Planning/Scheduling Manager provides strategic leadership, direction, and governance for engineering and construction planning and scheduling throughout project execution. The role typically reports to the Project Controls Manager and leads a large planning and scheduling organization through all phases of engineering and construction. It directs the development, integration, maintenance, and performance monitoring of schedules, ensuring alignment among engineering, procurement, construction, and startup activities for safe, predictable project delivery. The role may initially be based in a Bechtel home office before transitioning to a designated project site.

The manager establishes and leads the planning organization, including area, discipline, and contractor planners; develops staffing and workforce plans; and oversees mentoring, performance management, succession planning, and capability development. The role establishes schedule governance and standards, maintains the approved baseline, ensures schedule quality and compliance with Earned Value Management and project controls requirements, and integrates planning with construction execution methods such as Advanced Work Packaging and workface planning.

The position also directs contractor schedule integration, schedule analysis, forecasting, risk and recovery planning, and schedule reporting. It serves as the primary scheduling authority for senior project leadership and client reviews, supporting project decisions, change management, and commercial or claims-related efforts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree (or international equivalent) and 13–15 years of relevant experience, or 17–19 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree.
• Demonstrated experience leading large planning and scheduling organizations on major capital projects.
• Legal right to work and remain in the United States without sponsorship.
• Ability to pass nuclear security screening and obtain and maintain unescorted access to a nuclear power facility.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check, including verification of employment, education, and travel.
• Advanced expertise in Primavera P6 applied to complex EPC projects.
• Experience and demonstrated skill directing engineering and construction planning and scheduling, including schedule development, control, and analysis, in the field and home office.
• Extensive experience integrating engineering, procurement, construction, and startup schedules.
• Strong understanding of construction execution methodologies and field planning practices.
• Ability to establish organizational processes and governance frameworks.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder alignment skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior project leadership and construction execution decisions.
• Experience addressing complex project issues involving multiple variables and competing priorities.
• Ability to work with people of varied backgrounds and objectives.

Nice To Haves

• Nuclear power project experience, particularly new-build or first-of-a-kind projects.
• Experience working within regulated or owner-oversight environments.
• Experience implementing Advanced Work Packaging or similar execution methodologies.
• Experience managing planning organizations exceeding 20 personnel.
• Experience supporting multi-contractor or consortium delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead the planning and scheduling organization, including area, discipline, and contractor planners.
• Lead supervisors and senior planners responsible for day-to-day planning activities.
• Develop organizational structure, staffing strategies, and workforce development plans aligned with project execution phases.
• Manage performance, mentoring, succession planning, and capability development for planning personnel.
• Scale the workforce across early construction, peak execution, and turnover phases.
• Direct construction schedule development, integration, maintenance, and monitoring.
• Establish planning and scheduling standards, procedures, and governance aligned with contractual and corporate requirements.
• Maintain configuration control of the approved baseline schedule and support project change management.
• Ensure compliance with Earned Value Management and project controls requirements, and oversee schedule quality, logic integrity, and consistency.
• Integrate planning and scheduling with construction execution strategies, including Advanced Work Packaging, workface planning, and short-interval planning.
• Partner with Construction, Engineering, Procurement, and Startup leadership to establish executable work fronts and efficient workflow.
• Support construction sequencing strategies that optimize productivity, safety, and milestone achievement.
• Establish meaningful intermediate milestones and ensure performance is effectively measured.
• Set scheduling expectations and governance for subcontractors and construction partners.
• Direct contractor schedule integration and performance monitoring.
• Lead schedule coordination forums to resolve interdisciplinary and organizational interfaces.
• Identify and mitigate schedule risks related to external interfaces, supply chain constraints, and field execution challenges.
• Direct schedule analysis, forecasting, and performance evaluation.
• Lead schedule recovery and mitigation strategy development when required.
• Provide project leadership with strategic recommendations on schedule risk and execution options.
• Support commercial, change management, and claims avoidance or resolution efforts through schedule analysis.
• Oversee preparation and presentation of schedule status, forecasts, and performance metrics.
• Serve as the primary scheduling authority for senior project leadership and client reviews.
• Communicate complex schedule issues to executive management and stakeholders.
• Support integrated project reporting and decision-making.

Benefits

• Robust benefits intended to support employees' wellbeing and time to recharge; specific benefit offerings are referenced through Bechtel Total Rewards.

What This Job Offers

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