Senior Field Planner

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Project Overview:

Port Arthur LNG is a proposed natural gas liquefaction and export terminal in Southeast Texas with direct access to the Gulf of Mexico. At peak construction, the project expects to create over 5,000 jobs. At full capacity, this LNG project will include two natural gas liquefaction trains capable of producing, under optimal conditions, up to approximately 13.5 million tons per annum for export around the world.

Job Summary:

The Field Planner is responsible for supporting the Lead Field Planner with planning and scheduling for the jobsite; schedule development, maintenance, monitoring and recovery planning; 3-week and 90-day lookaheads; subject schedule development; and general support activities. #LI-CS1

Major Responsibilities:

• Understand their complete project scope, project schedule objectives, and developing / maintaining various schedule requirements to accomplish the same.
• Planning and coordinating schedule interfaces with owners, other Bechtel project team members, vendors, and subcontractors for the assigned sections of the schedule. 
• Coordinating all activity sequences for their assigned area of project construction and/or CSU schedules so that they are fully integrated with the total project plan. 
• Continually monitoring critical path for Bechtel Management. 
• Proactively assessing and facilitating weekly progress and monthly reporting, completion forecasts, and providing solutions to mitigate schedule delays or optimize project completion. 
• Evaluating project progress against historical indicators and providing Bechtel Management with comparative analysis. 
• Responsible for implementation of scheduling and progress monitoring systems, including but not limited to milestone completion tracking, Construction progress measurement, and CSU progress measurement. 
• Implements all approved changes into appropriate Project Controls tools; supports the Trend Program with schedule analysis and changes. 
• May be required to complete schedule integration activities with existing plant interfaces.
• Coordinating for invoice support and providing substantiation for client reviews.
• Interface management plan coordination with client.
• Coordinates, as needed, the baselining of schedules, checking and integrating data into tools, support risk management program, coordinating schedule impacts for scope and non-scope changes, and claims support. 
• Additional duties include maintenance and monitoring activities necessary for reporting and analysis.
• Will be required to coordinate and set-up Project Controls tools and systems.
• Provide other support as required.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to be proactive in determining project direction and communicating that direction to Project and Client management.
• Demonstrated skill in management, supervisory, and personnel administrative functions.
• Must have a good working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite and advanced knowledge in Excel.
• Advanced knowledge of standard industry automation tools used in construction planning.
• Thorough knowledge of and demonstrated experience in directing all planning and scheduling functions in the field.
• Skilled in oral and written communication, with demonstrated ability to present Project Controls information to management/client.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years field experience on an LNG project.
• 8 years combined experience in planning on a major project.
• Advanced knowledge of Primavera (P6), TeamWorks, and SetRoute.
• Experience on an LNG construction site especially along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
• Familiar with Bechtel Project Controls tools and processes. 
• Knowledge and understanding of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup work processes, as performed by Bechtel.
• Knowledge and work experience on previous lump sum projects.

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