Senior Planner

Requisition ID: 282184 

•  Relocation Authorized: National/International - Family 
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project 
• Work Location: Reston, VA 

 

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Project Overview:

The Infrastructure GBU’s, Renewables & Clean Power business line is pursuing future combined cycle power plant projects. The business line is assembling a proposal team to be based in Reston, VA.  Upon successful award, the candidate will mobilize to the project site.

 

Job Summary:

In this role, you will work with the project team to prepare schedule data for proposals or contract negotiations. The Senior Planner is responsible for schedule development, maintenance, and monitoring activities. You will apply established unit job hour and pricing data, perform schedule integrations, prepare work logic, identify restraints and potential impacts, develop recovery plans, and evaluate subcontractor schedules for improvements. You will be instrumental in ensuring projects stay on track and on time. Supervises planning/scheduling activities when delegated. Ensures work is completed as scheduled. Identifies schedule-associated cost trends for management attention.

 

Major Responsibilities:

• Prepares schedule data for proposals or contract negotiations and may lead work effort
• Applies established unit job hour and pricing data for a specific discipline or other specialty including estimating parameters, factors, indices, productivity, and craft distribution reference data
• Integrates interdisciplinary schedule requirements and constraints to establish logical work sequences for assigned disciplines or specialties. Works with the performing organizations and units to coordinate work sequences with the total project plan.
• Reviews schedule data and identifies and acquires the information needed to complete work logics to interface between assigned disciplines or specialties. Assists in developing specific project codes of accounts and work breakdown structures and recommends appropriate modifications and revisions.
• Performs schedule resource loading and leveling
• Maintains open communications with other organizations to support schedule maintenance and reporting
• Identifies schedule restraints. Identifies and reports activities that have a critical or potential impact on the schedule and prepares and presents the Schedule Impact Report
• Develops schedule recovery plans
• Evaluates subcontractor schedules for required workarounds or potential schedule improvements.
• Prepares project control plans and detailed staffing utilization plans for discipline or specialty activities.
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