Project Planner

Oklo•Santa Clara, CA

1d•Remote

About The Position

Project Planners at Oklo are responsible for tracking all aspects of ongoing projects including but not limited to: initial charter and project team assignments, specification of deliverables and vendor engagement and selection, project schedule kept to a daily WBS level of detail, project milestones, and regular reporting to leadership. As the hub of project management activity, the project planner must be an excellent communicator and highly effective with vendors, project team members, company leadership, customers, regulating agencies, and other key project stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelors in engineering, project management, or related field
5+ years of experience in project planning
Experience with planning on large ($10+ Million) capital projects
Proficiency in MS Project, SmartSheets, or other project management software tools
Experienced in project management within technical or industrial environments
An effective communicator who can articulate priorities and foster alignment across diverse teams
Skilled at maintaining schedules and enforcing routines in a creative and fast-paced culture
Passionate about Oklo’s mission to design and deploy advanced fission power plants to provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy
Willing to think differently and do things in new ways
Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment
Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving while not leaning only on what has been done before
An excellent writer who can write in a modern active voice
A startup person: You aren't driven by titles or hierarchy, and prefer efficiency to excess process. You don't need or expect to have a lot of guidance but you enjoy working in a fast-paced team.
Motivated: You are self-motivated. You bring an enthusiasm to the team, and imbue a sense of passion that goes beyond clocking in and clocking out.
A team-player: Oklo genuinely is a team. We aren’t about taking credit for ourselves, and we aren’t about pushing blame to others. We do incredible things because we work as a team.
An excellent communicator: We need a person who is not only technically competent but also a clear and upbeat communicator.
Creative: Being creative means that when things fall outside clear scopes or processes or problems arise without clear solutions, you are able to identify it as well as invent ways to solve a problem or fill a need without micromanagement.
Detail-oriented: This focus is a big part of excellence, consistency, and quality. Excellent grammar and spelling matter for both good communication as well as the image of the company that we put forward.

Nice To Haves

PMP or PMI-SP certification
Familiarity with ERP systems like NetSuite or SAP
Experience with energy infrastructure projects (design, construction, or commissioning)
Experience at startups

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain comprehensive project schedules, incorporating work breakdown structures (WBS) and Gantt charts to monitor progress effectively
Coordinate with project managers to update project milestones and deliverables
Provide regular reports to leadership, highlighting project status, risks, and opportunities for improvement
Facilitate clear and consistent communication among project teams, vendors, and stakeholders to align objectives and expectations
Ensure that changes to project schedules are communicated promptly, assessing impacts on the critical path and overall project delivery
Work closely with the finance team to monitor project budgets, track expenditures, and forecast financial needs
Utilize enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to manage project-related financial data, ensuring accuracy and compliance
Support the development of financial reports that inform decision-making and strategic planning
Coordinate with engineering and quality assurance teams to define and document deliverable acceptance criteria
Compile and organize project documentation, creating comprehensive records that support knowledge transfer and future project planning
Lead the project closeout process, ensuring that all objectives are met and lessons learned are captured