Project Planner/Scheduler

Hargrove Engineers & Constructors•Decatur, AL

About The Position

The Project Planner/Scheduler is generally responsible for planning and scheduling heavy industrial engineering projects, monitoring project costs, and/or estimating projects. Work is performed under minimal supervision. The role develops, monitors, and updates project schedules, including analyzing contract packages to forecast construction activities and identify potential safety and schedule conflicts. Schedule updates are obtained through meetings, construction coordination interviews, and field verification. The position also applies Earned Value and Project Productivity practices and helps establish a progressive project scheduling system. Additional work includes managing change notices and change orders, supporting weekly change notice hearings and change committee meetings, developing construction estimates, and maintaining project cost systems. Cost work includes reconciling commitments, change orders, and contractor invoices, as well as producing cost reports. The role supports construction and contract strategies related to constructability, logistics, and safety, and performs quantity analysis for activity durations and estimates. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
10 or more years of relevant industrial experience in planning, scheduling, cost control, and estimating.
Knowledge and application of company business standards and good practices.
Extreme attention to detail.
Comprehensive understanding of the functions of all engineering disciplines.
Understanding of existing and potential customer deliverable expectations and preferences.
Ability to set priorities.
Ability to discuss and correspond effectively with engineering disciplines and/or contractors to obtain and understand information concerning schedules, scopes of work, estimates, and project costs.
Coaching and mentoring skills and experience.
Excellent verbal and written listening and communication skills.
Excellent presentation skills.
Excellent organizational skills.
Knowledge of other disciplines' deliverable development to coordinate efforts.
Knowledge and understanding of schedule constraints and information requirements for producing project controls deliverables.
Ability to develop a construction cost estimate, detailed engineering schedule, and man-hour budget for a small project or an area of a larger project.
Ability to determine construction material quantities.
Experience estimating and scheduling professional service hours and assessing the progress and quality of project controls work.
Ability to accurately estimate completion of assigned tasks.
Proficiency with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project scheduling software, and Timberline Estimating software.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
Ability to sit, stand, or walk for long periods.
Authorization to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Construction Science, Building Science, or a related field.
AACE International or Project Management Institute (PMI) certification.

Responsibilities

Develop schedules and analyses for contract packages to forecast construction activities and identify coordination issues where safety and schedule may conflict.
Develop, monitor, and update schedules using information gathered through meetings, construction coordination interviews, and field verification.
Apply a comprehensive understanding of Earned Value and Project Productivity.
Monitor and maintain the change notice/change order management system.
Assist in facilitating weekly change notice hearings and change committee meetings.
Develop estimates for construction projects, including estimates associated with change notices.
Develop and maintain the cost system, reconcile commitments, change orders, and contractor invoices, and produce cost reports.
Establish a progressive system for projects.
Assist clients and teammates in developing construction and contract strategies for project constructability, logistics, and safety.
Assist with quantity analysis for activity durations and estimating purposes.