Sr. Planner and Scheduler

NextDecade • Houston, TX

98d

About The Position

The Senior Planner & Scheduler position is responsible for supporting the time management of EPC LNG projects, typically valued at several billion dollars and spanning up to five years in duration. The role involves developing and maintaining EPC schedules, analyzing contractors’ monthly schedules—including progress assessments—and creating project statistics and KPI dashboards using Power BI.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, and/or Engineering.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in planning and scheduling on Major Oil & Gas/Power/LNG projects.
• Must be Advanced user of Primavera P6 including cost, resources, and quantity loading.
• Advanced user of Power BI.
• Good understanding of planning and scheduling fundamentals such as CPM method, floats, constraints, relationship types.
• Knowledge of Engineering and Construction techniques and relationships (logic) between various project phases as well as activities dependencies.
• Knowledge of project controls techniques for full project life cycle executions.
• Ability to perform Earned Value calculations/analysis for EPC projects.
• Strong analytical skills, and advanced skills with spreadsheets, charts, dashboards, and presentations.
• Advanced user of MS Excel. Good understanding of MS PowerPoint, and Word.
• Ability to travel to job site in Brownsville, TX periodically.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Acumen Fuse and Acumen Risk is a plus.
• Experience with Milestone Professional is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop AACE Level 1 through level 3 schedules for FEED and EPC projects.
• Review and analyze contractors’ Progress /Earned Value reports.
• Review and analyze contractors’ monthly schedule updates.
• Integrate multiple schedules into a Master Project Schedule (MPS) utilizing Primavera P6.
• Update Schedules and perform critical path and variance analysis.
• Analyze potential change orders and their impact on project schedule.
• Gather and analyze information to prepare status reports.
• Develop schedule and progress dashboards utilizing Power BI.
• On-site visits to analyze construction progress including quantity verification.
• Identify adverse trends based on project performance.
• Facilitate and participate in schedule reviews.
• Prepare formal presentation related to project status.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees