Senior Principal Planner

Lutech Resources•Houston, TX

18d

About The Position

The Senior Principal Planner is a specialist in Planning/Scheduling with broad knowledge of Project Controls. The role addresses unique, complex problems with broad business impact, proactively resolving issues that affect business management and direction. The planner influences program and project direction and resource allocation within general functional policies and industry guidelines, applying conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions to planning and scheduling challenges. The position supports marine-scope installation projects in the oil and gas industry, including pipelines, subsea, platforms, and HDD. It develops and maintains logically linked Level 3 and Level 4 schedules, supports project baselines, evaluates schedule quality and risk, monitors progress and performance, and identifies and assesses schedule recovery and improvement opportunities. The role also provides schedule support and mentorship to junior planners as required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Engineering, Construction, or Business Management, or an equivalent combination of technical training or experience.
15+ years of EPCIC experience with onshore or offshore oil and gas or power generation-related projects.
Solid command of Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office software.
Ability to use advanced Excel features, including curves, histograms, dynamic tables, and formulas.
Ability to produce and maintain logically linked activity schedules according to precedence flow in EPCIC planning, using best practices.
Ability to produce and assess progress curves, histograms, variance reports, and critical paths.
Ability to analyze project status and performance, deviations, performance factors, forecasts, and workarounds.
Ability to produce multidisciplinary, logically linked activity schedules according to precedence flow in planning, using best industry practices.
Ability to communicate effectively with team members and management.

Nice To Haves

Planning/Scheduling experience for large LNG or topside fabrication projects is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform schedule analysis using project management software, including Primavera P6, Deltek Fuse & Risk, and Microsoft Project.
Support project baseline creation during project initiation and setup.
Facilitate detailed multidisciplinary scope reviews.
Perform detailed schedule quality and integrity checks using Deltek Fuse and analyze schedule quality using Acumen Fuse.
Update and validate physical progress reported from EVMS systems.
Provide project schedule support and mentor junior planners as required.
Develop and maintain logically linked Level 3 and Level 4 activity schedules for marine-scope installation projects in the oil and gas industry, following precedence flow planning and best practices.
Produce workforce histograms and progress and quantity curves connected to project schedules.
Maintain and review the sequence of Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Construction, Installation, Hook-Up, Commissioning, and other operations to control the critical path and overall project durations.
Elevate and expedite operations that are delaying the schedule, and analyze schedule changes to address unforeseen conditions.
Create and monitor schedule compliance and key performance factors, and analyze variations from baseline data.
Identify current and potential factors that may delay the schedule.
Assess recovery and improvement actions, and analyze schedule changes to address unforeseen conditions.
Lead and deliver initiatives.
Create and run prepared or ad hoc reports.
Evaluate critical-path validity based on prior experience.
Resource-load schedules and match them to an earned value system.
Suggest recovery plans or areas for potential improvement.
Run schedule risk analysis and facilitate risk review meetings.
Set up overall schedule parameters, including WBS, OBS, project and global codes, and calendars.