Senior Planner / Scheduler

Hatch•Boise, ID

21d

About The Position

The Senior Site Planner / Scheduler develops and manages project schedules across all phases, ensuring alignment with project scope, timelines, and objectives. The role analyzes project performance, identifies risks and delays, collaborates with project teams to keep work on track, supports change management, reports on progress, and provides guidance and mentorship to junior planners. The position is part of Hatch’s Project Delivery Group and supports complex studies and execution projects in the metals, infrastructure, and energy sectors. It involves planning and schedule control across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning phases, using established project governance and scheduling practices.

Requirements

At least 15 years of proven experience executing complex projects in the metals sector.
In-depth understanding of the EPCM industry and its practices.
Comprehensive knowledge of practices and procedures involved in the planning function.
Hands-on experience planning and preparing logic diagrams, critical path networks, and bar charts, particularly detailed construction schedules.
Ability to receive information from numerous sources.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
In-depth experience with computer-based scheduling systems, including Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project, and other computerized applications related to the work.
Familiarity with resource allocation and leveling techniques and earned value analysis.
Sound judgment and strong analytical, interpersonal, organizational, and administrative skills.
Tact and diplomacy when providing help and support with preparation and analysis of project schedules.
Ability to coordinate the efforts of others to accomplish objectives.
Advanced project planning and scheduling capabilities, including Level 1–3 schedules.
Strong knowledge of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and schedule logic.
Expertise in critical path method (CPM) and network scheduling.
Understanding of project lifecycles and experience across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning phases.
Ability to identify risks and delays and recommend corrective actions.
Experience with schedule control, forecasting, and performance tracking.

Nice To Haves

Steel industry experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop detailed project schedules using standard coding and work breakdown structures, including advanced work packages (AWP).
Understand project scope and identify tasks and activities.
Lead Integrated Planning Sessions (IPS).
Collaborate with engineering, procurement, and construction disciplines to gather scope and execution strategy inputs.
Sequence work packages and activities and develop network models.
Estimate activity durations.
Develop schedule development plans and the basis of schedule.
Establish the critical path and total project duration.
Prepare Level 1, 2, and 3 project schedules by summarizing detailed work schedules.
Perform schedule control by analyzing critical path, planned value, earned value, schedule variance, schedule performance indices, and schedule risk analysis, and recommend corrective actions.
Support schedule risk assessment and schedule contingency development by preparing simplified QRA schedules that represent critical and near-critical paths.
Complete Schedule Review Checklists and attend schedule review meetings as required by governance level.
Update project schedules to reflect progress against the project baseline and prepare management reports.
Participate in change management by raising schedule deviations and identifying schedule impacts of project changes.
Coordinate the efforts of others to accomplish objectives.
Develop, coach, and mentor intermediate and junior planners.