Senior Planner / Scheduler

Hatch•Pittsburgh, PA

20d

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 or delays, and collaborates with project teams to keep work on track. It supports change management, reports on progress, and provides guidance and mentorship to junior planners. The position works across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities, developing detailed schedules and network models, assessing schedule performance and risk, and recommending corrective actions. It also contributes to schedule governance, reviews, progress updates, and management reporting.

Requirements

Minimum 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.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to receive information from numerous sources.
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; strong analytical and interpersonal skills; well-developed organizational and administration skills; and verbal and written communication skills.
Tact and diplomacy when helping and supporting the preparation and analysis of project schedules.
Ability to coordinate the efforts of others to accomplish objectives.

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, and recommend corrective actions.
Support schedule risk assessments 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 schedule impacts resulting from project changes.
Coordinate the efforts of others to accomplish objectives.
Develop, coach, and mentor intermediate and junior planners.