Job ID: 10312
Location: Houston, TX
Category: Engineering & Manufacturing
Employment Type: Contract To Hire
Date Added: 04/01/2025
Job Description
Location: Houston, TX
Description:
The Planner-Scheduler II will provide project planning and scheduling support to projects within Subsea NAM group, including vessels. This candidate must be detail oriented, but able to understand projects from a top-level perspective while strictly adhering to the foundational beliefs and core values of the company.
- Define Project objectives in terms of duration and resources
- Pilots the Project status and to ensure the forecast reliability
- Develops a Schedule compliant with the selected execution strategy
- Plans in order to mitigate risks and reduce costs
- Defines and optimizes the necessary resources (E-P-C-I)
- Defines the Planning & Scheduling system (methods, procedures, time-schedules, physical progress, dashboards, etc.)
- Defines for the Management, the Proposal Manager and the Estimation Department a Contract duration realistic and feasible for execution
- Defines the Project Breakdown Structures
- Supports Client approval process of the Schedule Baseline, progress claimed or milestones achievement
- Increases Project team members’ awareness of the Project Milestones, main durations and critical paths
- Monitors and controls the project status, to detect any delay and to propose corrective actions
- Estimates the delay linked with changes and claims and to prepare the Extension of Time analysis, in case of delay due to Client
- Provides Project Feedback and Lessons Learned in order to improve the Planning & Scheduling methods and provide input to the statistics of Planning Department
- May supervise or train less experienced colleagues, mainly on small and middle size projects
- Facilitates communications between cross-company and cross-functional teams to ensure scheduling conflicts are identified early and solutions accurately incorporated into schedules and processes.
- Ensures cooperation and interaction across diverse stakeholders, both internal and external to the organization.
- Utilizes excellent presentation skills to present to a diverse group of interests, including project managers, analysts, and other key stakeholders.
- Conducts and/or participates in schedule audits and schedule reviews to ensure schedule accuracy and validity requirements are met.
- Supports the development, review and Contract requirements for Baseline Schedule.
- Checks the adequacy between the defined Project Breakdown Structures and the needs of the Planning & Scheduling System.
- Collaborates with the project team by identifying major milestones, critical approvals and long lead procurement items.
- Determines reasonable schedule logic and constraints based on discussion with task owners and/or teams.
- Evaluates critical and near critical path activity sequences.
- Assesses or validate actual progress.
- Monitors schedule changes and trends
- Suggests corrective actions and/or develops recovery plans when delays are anticipated or occur.
- Reviews all contractual documentation in regards to project planning and project controls.
- Prepares the monthly progress reports for the client and the internal reporting for the Project Manager
- Provides project feedback and lessons learned in order to improve the Planning & Scheduling methods and provide input to the statistics of the Planning and Scheduling Department
Required:Â
- 3-5 years of experience with Primavera (P6) and/or Microsoft Project doing project planning, strong communication and organization skills, strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Professional individual capable of interfacing with clients and representing the company
- Strong computer skills using MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Willingness to work nights & weekends if supporting a project offshore.
Preferred but not required:
- Subsea product knowledge
- Project contractual review experience
- Capacity to work on schedules in live meetings with stake holders
