Senior Project Planner

Hitachi • New York, NY

2d • $135,000 - $160,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Project Scheduler / Planner develops, maintains, and manages complex project schedules supporting infrastructure and transit projects in New York City. The role provides scheduling expertise, supports project planning and execution, and ensures schedule integrity using Primavera P6 and other scheduling tools. It requires experience with local projects and familiarity with scheduling requirements and reporting standards.

The planner works closely with project teams, contractors, customers, suppliers, and stakeholders to manage schedule performance, assess risks and changes, support bids and claims, and produce clear reporting. The role also guides project schedulers and planners, contributes to process improvements, and works with geographically dispersed stakeholders in a global environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of scheduling experience in complex technology projects, including at least 3 years supporting New York projects.
• Expert-level skills in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project, and working knowledge of schedule integration and cost/resource loading.
• Advanced or expert skills in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong understanding of Critical Path Method (CPM), project controls, and construction sequencing.
• Self-starting and proactive, with the ability to work independently with little oversight or guidance.
• Ability to plan and manage project schedules requiring more than 1,500 activities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and good verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of TILOS and Primavera Risk Analysis.
• Knowledge of or work experience with the company’s competitors for bid planning, providing insight into complex transit projects.

Responsibilities

• Independently create, update, and monitor project schedules in P6 according to customer-specific standards and templates.
• Understand contractual requirements and coordinate with local project teams, contractors, and stakeholders to support compliance in execution and reporting.
• Work with the Core Team to generate and validate monthly and quarterly EAC and labor-demand updates.
• Provide reports and metrics covering Critical Path, Earned Value, EAC variance, critical milestone movement, KPIs, and labor forecasts.
• Conduct schedule risk analysis, identify trends, risks, and issues, and work with the Core Team on mitigation strategies to minimize project delays.
• Support bids requiring a full schedule by reviewing tender documents, assessing contractual requirements, compliance, feasibility, and risks, preparing schedule narratives, estimating planning effort, and leading bid schedule creation.
• Manage progress against the baseline schedule and schedule changes, protecting contractual deliverables and the company's position through Earned Value Management and other relevant metrics.
• Produce S-Curves from scratch and provide meaningful commentary connecting them to schedules and other schedule outputs.
• Work with customers and suppliers, negotiating with and influencing their schedulers using commercial acumen.
• Connect customers, senior management, project sites, products, and departments, and account for how they work together.
• Contribute to project change management by calculating schedule impacts and ensuring changes are incorporated through change orders.
• Attend risk and opportunity reviews, calculate schedule impacts, and manage assigned mitigation and action items.
• Foster cooperation, commitment, and buy-in among project team members and discipline heads.
• Work effectively with geographically dispersed stakeholders in a global environment.
• Generate clear, comprehensive reporting for management and customers as required by process or contract.
• Support the Core Team with rationale and documentation for claims and variation orders during project execution.
• Provide guidance and support to project schedulers and project planners.
• Identify process-improvement opportunities and follow through on implementation where possible.

Benefits

• Elective health, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, and well-being plans.
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company contribution and match, without a vesting period.
• Company-paid holidays and vacation days.
• Company-provided life insurance, AD&D, disability coverage, and Employee Assistance Plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior