The Project Planning Lead is responsible for the end-to-end schedule lifecycle—from the successful transition of the bid phase (ITO) to project execution (OTR). You will own the project baseline, maintain schedule integrity, and provide critical analytical insights to ensure on-time delivery and contractual compliance.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Handover & Baseline Strategy: Lead the ITO-to-OTR transition, ensuring full alignment on contractual commitments, project risks, and scope. Facilitate Commitment Meetings to align cross-functional teams on a realistic, integrated baseline schedule in P6.
- Schedule Management & Analytics: Oversee the integrity of project schedules (L2/L3) and S-curves. Perform proactive critical path analysis to identify risks, forecast slippages, and drive corrective actions with functional owners.
- Performance Reporting: Ensure high data quality across reporting tools (Planner Dashboard, OTD Tracker, Pulse, WIPT). Provide transparent, timely status updates to stakeholders and customers.
- Contractual & Claims Support: Act as the technical authority for schedule-related matters, including performing delay analysis for Extensions of Time (EOT) and other contractual claims.
- Process Excellence: Drive continuous improvement in planning processes and tools. Act as a subject matter expert, coaching the team on variance analysis, root cause identification, and mitigation strategies.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college.
- 4 years experience in Project Control Planning & Scheduling function within an EPC environment.
- 2 years of experience with Oracle Primavera P6 or equivalent project, program and portfolio management tools.
Desired Characteristics
- Experience in Extension of time claims / forensic planning.
- Knowledge in of power plant principles and work processes of EPC environments.
- Site Scheduling exposure
- Resources loading in P6 schedules.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Open for travel up to 10%
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
