Senior Planner

McDermott•Houston, TX

18d

About The Position

McDermott is exploring potential candidates for an upcoming Senior Planner role that is not yet open for active recruitment. The role supports project planning, scheduling, progress measurement, and schedule reporting throughout the project lifecycle. The Senior Project Controls Planner works with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Cost Controls, and Project Management teams to develop and maintain integrated project schedules, analyze performance, identify schedule risks, and provide schedule-driven insights to support project execution and decision-making. The position involves developing and maintaining multidisciplinary schedules across project execution phases, monitoring progress and baseline compliance, analyzing critical paths and schedule variances, and preparing reports and forecasts. It also supports risk mitigation and recovery planning, alignment among schedule, progress measurement, and cost reporting, and continuous improvement of planning and scheduling practices. The role may provide guidance and mentoring to project controls personnel and planners as required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business Management, or a related discipline.
7–10 years of planning and scheduling experience supporting large-scale, complex EPC projects.
Experience developing and maintaining integrated multidisciplinary project schedules.
Strong proficiency in Primavera P6.
Strong understanding of Critical Path Methodology (CPM), schedule forecasting, progress measurement, and schedule analysis.
Experience supporting Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Hook-Up, and Commissioning phases of large-scale EPC projects.
Advanced Excel skills, including curves, histograms, dynamic tables, dashboards, formulas, and reporting tools.
Ability to develop and maintain logically linked project schedules using industry best practices.
Ability to analyze project performance, schedule deviations, forecasts, performance factors, and recovery plans.
Strong communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently and effectively within multidisciplinary project teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Deltek Acumen Risk, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office Suite is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform schedule analysis using Primavera P6, Deltek Acumen Risk, Microsoft Project, and other project controls tools as required.
Support project baseline development during project initiation and planning phases.
Develop, maintain, and update integrated Level 3 and Level 4 project schedules using Primavera P6.
Facilitate multidisciplinary scope reviews, planning sessions, and schedule review meetings.
Develop and maintain integrated multidisciplinary schedules covering Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Construction, Installation, Hook-Up, Commissioning, and related project execution activities.
Monitor schedule performance, progress updates, milestone achievement, and compliance with approved project baselines.
Perform critical path analysis and evaluate schedule variances, trends, and performance indicators.
Identify current and potential schedule risks, delays, and execution constraints that may impact project objectives.
Support development and implementation of mitigation, acceleration, and recovery plans to address schedule challenges.
Analyze schedule impacts resulting from scope changes, procurement delays, construction challenges, contractor performance, and emerging project risks.
Produce workforce histograms, progress curves, quantity curves, milestone reports, and other schedule performance metrics.
Support alignment between schedule, progress measurement, cost reporting, and project controls processes.
Prepare schedule narratives, look-ahead schedules, progress reports, and forecast updates for project stakeholders.
Collaborate with Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Cost Controls, and subcontractor teams to support integrated project planning and execution.
Provide guidance and mentoring to project controls personnel and planners as required.
Support planning and scheduling continuous improvement initiatives and promote best practices across projects.