Senior Planner / Scheduler
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 performance, identifies risks and delays, collaborates with project teams to keep work on track, supports change management, reports on progress, and guides and mentors junior planners. The position is part of Hatch’s Project Delivery Group, which delivers projects globally across engineering and related sectors. The role focuses on complex projects in the metals sector and requires in-depth understanding of EPCM industry practices and extensive planning experience.
Requirements
- Minimum of 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 planning-function practices and procedures.
- Hands-on experience 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 assisting with the preparation and analysis of project schedules.
- Ability to coordinate the efforts of others to accomplish objectives.
- Experience across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning phases.
- Knowledge of work breakdown structures, schedule logic, critical path method, network scheduling, 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.
- Control schedules 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 representing 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 others’ efforts to accomplish objectives.
- Develop, coach, and mentor intermediate and junior planners.
Benefits
- Flexible work environment
- Long-term career development
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
