Senior Project Planner

Worley•Cameron, LA

About The Position

Worley is a global energy, chemicals, and resources company headquartered in Australia. It partners with customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets, providing consulting, engineering, procurement, construction, operations, and decommissioning services. The company uses its experience and AI-enabled delivery to help customers navigate complexity and transition to more sustainable solutions. The Senior Project Planner / Scheduler develops, maintains, analyzes, and optimizes integrated schedules for large-scale capital, engineering, procurement, construction (EPC), maintenance, turnaround, and industrial projects. Working with project management, engineering, procurement, construction, cost controls, and client stakeholders, the role ensures schedules accurately represent project scope, progress, risks, and resource requirements. The planner uses Primavera P6 and advanced scheduling, critical path analysis, progress measurement, forecasting, and project controls practices to advise project leadership on schedule risks and opportunities and improve project execution effectiveness. The role also supports integrated cost and schedule reporting, schedule reviews, contractor schedule assessments, change management, claims analysis, and delay impact assessments. It contributes to standardized scheduling procedures and tools, schedule quality, and continuous improvement in project planning and controls.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or a related field; equivalent industry experience may be considered.
8+ years of project planning and scheduling experience supporting industrial, energy, petrochemical, refinery, LNG, power generation, manufacturing, or EPC projects.
Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6.
Strong knowledge of Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling principles.
Experience developing and maintaining complex integrated project schedules.
Strong understanding of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup processes.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.
PSP (Planning & Scheduling Professional) certification through AACE International.
Experience supporting owner, EPC, or contractor organizations.
Knowledge of Primavera Risk Analysis (PRA), Acumen Fuse, Power BI, SAP, EcoSys, or similar project controls systems.
Experience supporting large capital projects exceeding $100 million.
Familiarity with earned value management (EVM) methodologies.
Experience performing schedule risk analysis and forensic schedule reviews.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and update detailed project schedules using Primavera P6 and other project control systems.
Create integrated Level 1 through Level 4 schedules covering engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.
Establish work breakdown structures and coding structures aligned with project objectives.
Develop baseline schedules and monitor performance against approved baselines.
Prepare schedule narratives, milestone reports, look-ahead schedules, and executive-level presentations.
Coordinate schedule development with project managers, discipline leads, contractors, and clients.
Ensure schedule logic, durations, constraints, and resource loading reflect project execution plans.
Perform critical path, float, earned value, and trend analyses to identify schedule impacts and risks.
Monitor project progress and validate schedule updates from internal teams and contractors.
Develop schedule recovery plans and mitigation strategies for delays or deviations.
Conduct schedule risk assessments and what-if scenario analyses.
Generate weekly and monthly schedule performance reports for project leadership and clients.
Identify key milestones and forecast project completion dates.
Support integrated cost and schedule reporting, collaborating with Cost Controls to align budgets, forecasts, and schedules.
Facilitate schedule review meetings with project teams and stakeholders.
Review contractor schedules for compliance with project requirements and industry best practices.
Provide schedule guidance and mentorship to junior planners and schedulers.
Assist project management teams with change management, claims analysis, and delay impact assessments.
Contribute to developing and standardizing scheduling procedures, templates, and best practices.
Support implementation of project controls tools and reporting systems.
Drive schedule quality initiatives and compliance with corporate project execution standards.
Promote continuous improvement in project planning and controls processes.