Procurement Planner

Bechtel Corporation•Houston, TX

2h•Onsite

About The Position

Serve as a Primavera P6 Planner/Scheduler with a strong understanding of procurement execution and its interfaces with Engineering and Construction. Develop, maintain, and analyze procurement and material schedules, integrating engineering deliverables, procurement activities, supplier fabrication, logistics, material delivery, and construction need dates into logic-driven CPM schedules. Work closely with Project Controls, Procurement, Engineering, Materials Management, Construction, suppliers, and project leadership to maintain schedule integrity, forecast critical material and equipment dates, and identify schedule risks and recovery opportunities. This is a planning and scheduling role with a procurement focus that requires demonstrated Primavera P6 scheduling experience and knowledge of EPC procurement execution. The role supports Bechtel’s Manufacturing & Technology Business Unit on an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Manufacturing Facility project at Generation Park in Houston, Texas.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or international equivalent and 2–5 years of relevant experience, or 6–9 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree.
Hands-on proficiency in Oracle Primavera P6 and CPM scheduling, including schedule development, logic, status updates, forecasting, critical path and float analysis, and schedule impact evaluation.
Strong understanding of EPC procurement execution and its interfaces with Engineering and Construction, including engineering releases, procurement activities, supplier milestones, fabrication, logistics, deliveries, and construction need dates.
Working knowledge of procurement processes, including requisitions, bid cycles, purchase orders, supplier data, fabrication, inspection, expediting, logistics, and delivery.
Ability to translate procurement and supplier information into properly logic-linked P6 activities and realistic schedule forecasts.
Experience performing schedule updates, variance and trend analysis, schedule impact analysis, forecasting, and what-if scenarios.
Ability to evaluate schedule quality and identify incomplete or inappropriate logic, open ends, excessive constraints, unrealistic durations, and other conditions affecting schedule reliability.
Proficiency with Excel and experience with Power BI or similar reporting and analytical tools.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and multidisciplinary coordination skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience as a Planner/Scheduler, Project Controls Planner, or Procurement Scheduler on EPC or major capital projects.
Experience developing and maintaining Level 3 and Level 4 schedules in Primavera P6, including procurement schedules integrated with Engineering and Construction.
Experience scheduling major equipment packages and long-lead materials from engineering release through purchase order, supplier engineering, fabrication, inspection, shipment, and site delivery.
Experience performing schedule impact analysis, recovery planning, critical path analysis, and schedule quality reviews.
Experience with procurement or materials management systems such as DSCS and MAP.
Experience supporting manufacturing, semiconductor, life sciences, data center, or other complex industrial projects.
Familiarity with Earned Value Management, schedule risk analysis, and Project Controls reporting.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, status, and analyze procurement schedules in Primavera P6, including activities, logic, durations, constraints, calendars, milestones, and coding structures.
Develop logic-driven CPM schedules integrating engineering deliverables, requisitions, bid and award activities, purchase orders, supplier engineering, fabrication, inspection, shipment, logistics, delivery, and required-on-site dates.
Integrate procurement and material activities with Level 3 and Level 4 project schedules, aligned with engineering releases, construction sequencing, system priorities, and project milestones.
Manage schedule interfaces between Engineering, Procurement, suppliers, logistics, and Construction, ensuring procurement dates support engineering release requirements and construction need dates.
Update P6 schedules with progress, actual dates, remaining durations, forecast dates, and approved changes.
Perform critical and near-critical path, float, variance, trend, schedule impact, and what-if analyses to identify risks to procurement and construction milestones.
Monitor procurement and supplier schedule performance and develop mitigation, acceleration, and recovery scenarios with project stakeholders.
Validate and reconcile procurement, supplier, and material status information with the P6 schedule to support reliable forecasting.
Review schedule quality and identify open ends, excessive constraints, inappropriate logic, unrealistic durations, and out-of-sequence progress.
Prepare schedule forecasts, look-aheads, variance analyses, metrics, and management-level reports, and communicate schedule risks and required actions.