Project Planner (hydropower)
About The Position
We are looking for a Project Planner to join GE Vernova’s Hydro Power North America division. In this role, you will manage project planning for an assigned project, acting as a key coordination partner to project leadership. You will play a pivotal role in project execution by developing, maintaining, and analyzing integrated schedules in Primavera P6, ensuring alignment with project strategy and contractual commitments. By facilitating cross-functional alignment, performing rigorous critical path analysis, and proactively identifying and mitigating schedule risks, you will support project objectives related to on-time delivery and performance. Your expertise will be instrumental in improving project execution, maintaining baseline control, and building confidence with our stakeholders through transparent reporting and fact-based recommendations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 5+ years of planning and scheduling experience in EPC or similarly complex project environments.
- Strong knowledge of planning and scheduling principles, techniques, and methodologies.
- Strong Primavera P6 proficiency.
- Experience in hydropower, energy, infrastructure, or industrial project execution.
- Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States.
- Must be available for travel to U.S. sites approximately 10% of the time.
- Must be able to adjust work schedule to accommodate any U.S. time zone.
Nice To Haves
- Certifications such as PMI-SP, PMP, or AACE-PSP.
- Experience with Lean and Last Planner System.
- Experience with US Government projects.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and update integrated project schedules in Primavera P6 in alignment with project strategy, contractual obligations, and planning standards.
- Prepare and maintain Master Time Schedules (MTS), Overall Time Schedules (OTS), baseline schedules, and periodic planning deliverables.
- Lead regular schedule review and monthly update cycles with project functions and stakeholders.
- Analyze critical path, longest path, float consumption, schedule deviations, and performance trends.
- Identify scheduling conflicts, bottlenecks, risks, and opportunities, and propose mitigation or optimization scenarios.
- Facilitate collaborative planning discussions to align functions on priorities, assumptions, interfaces, and recovery actions.
- Ensure schedules properly reflect contractual milestones, payment milestones, obligations, and key interfaces.
- Prepare project planning reports and schedule inputs for management reviews and customer reporting.
- Support progress measurement, S-curves, KPI tracking, and other time-performance indicators.
- Support baseline freeze activities, change management, rebaseline activities, and committed schedules when required.
- Escalate risks to project float, critical paths, and contractual commitments in a timely and transparent manner.
- Capture lessons learned and contribute to continuous improvement of planning practices.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
- access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
- access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
- GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
- access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants
- tuition assistance
- adoption assistance
- paid parental leave
- disability benefits
- life insurance
- 12 paid holidays
- permissive time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
