Senior Planner

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Bechtel's Manufacturing and Technology (M&T) Business Unit is designing, building and commissioning a semiconductor fab in Clay, NY. M&T is an exciting and growing business unit that serves customers in the semiconductor, datacenter, life sciences, and electric vehicle markets. M&T strives to exceed our customer objectives through utilizing our agility, innovative technologies, and world class talent. M&T solves the industry's toughest challenges, building both our company and the world for the future. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues working in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations around the world.

In this role, you will provide planning and scheduling leadership across major project scopes or complex projects. You will drive schedule integration, risk-informed planning, and data-driven decision-making, ensuring alignment with project execution strategy and organizational standards. You will serve as a trusted advisor to project leadership, lead complex schedule analysis efforts, and provide guidance and mentorship to planning team members. #LI-SM2

• Lead the development, integration, and management of complex, multi-discipline project schedules in Primavera P6 (or equivalent), ensuring alignment with project execution strategy and key milestones.
• Define schedule architecture, including structure, coding, and sequencing, to support effective planning, control, and reporting.
• Lead and coordinate schedule integration across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and subcontractor scopes.
• Lead advanced schedule analysis, including critical path evaluation, float consumption, productivity assessments, and trend analysis.
• Lead the identification, evaluation, and communication of schedule risks, uncertainties, and opportunities.
• Lead and support schedule risk analysis activities (qualitative and quantitative), including evaluation of scenario outcomes and confidence levels.
• Develop and recommend execution strategies, mitigation plans, and recovery approaches to address schedule risks and performance gaps.
• Provide forward-looking insights and forecasts based on schedule performance, trends, and risk analysis to support project and management decision-making.
• Serve as a key interface with project leadership and, where required, client representatives on schedule strategy, status, and risk.
• Lead the preparation and delivery of executive-level schedule reports and presentations, translating complex data into clear, actionable insights.
• Ensure adherence to project controls procedures, scheduling standards, and best practices; drive continuous improvement and standardization initiatives.
• Mentor and guide planners and schedulers at multiple levels, supporting capability development and knowledge transfer.

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience

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