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Project Controls Planner

Pinnacle Technology Services
Villa Park, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 12/23/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/19/2026

Job Title: Planner / Scheduler II

Job Type: 12 months contract (possibility of extension)

Pay Rate: $43.00 per hr. on W2

Job Location: Oakbrook Terrace Illinois 60181

Working Model: 2-3 days in office per week, remote when not in office

Working Hours: 8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday

As related customer equipment, facilities, or infrastructure projects: responsible for project delivery, profit & loss accountability, and customer satisfaction through management of project related activities and resources. Responsible for departmental operations planning/execution or is focused on execution of professional activities within a technical discipline. Functions with some autonomy but guided by established policies or review of end results.

The job allows modification of procedures and practices covering work as long as the end results meet standards of acceptability (quality, volume, timeliness etc.).

Travel: 10-15%, domestic

Why we come to work:

In Project Controls, our goal is to ensure the right rigor around schedule and cost management processes to deliver projects on-time and within budget. With focus and rigor around tools, processes, operating rhythm, and people, here you shall have the opportunity to learn, contribute and excel in one of the best Project controls functions in the industry. Surrounded by committed, loyal colleagues, if you can dare to bring your ingenuity and desire to make an impact, you'll be exposed to game-changing, diverse projects that truly allow you to play your part in the energy transition.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Overall

· Builds tender integrated schedules and cost estimates

· Build project schedule and project budgeting in cost and schedule tools

· Ensures compliance to the Global Standard process for Project Controls

· Support PM to align project budgets to as sold in appropriate systems

· Maintain project schedule and cost forecast throughout project

· Analyse schedule and cost trends and provide forecasted cost and schedules to project team

· Maintain a register of potential schedule and cost risks

· Maintain a register of actual and committed costs

· Checks and controls cost movements, compares with current scope and progress as well as with previous forecast. Also Compares with productivity factors and validates accuracy of estimates

· Communicates schedule and cost status/forecasts/risk to functional cost owners and drives/supports risk mitigation

· Provides internal and external project reporting of project status

· Collaborate with 3rd parties on project cost and schedules

· Presents all financial data in a transparent way, attends project and management review to present cost status

· Provides change order calculations to ensure schedule and cost estimates are accurate

· Updates changes in appropriate systems to ensure costs are aligned to the current situation

· Aligns with Finance Controller to ensure reconciliation takes place between approved project financial data and books.

· Support project close out and claims

· Provide support to tenders

· Oversee the planning function on the project

· Ensure quality of the project controlling reporting.

· Ensure accuracy of cost budgets, actuals, and forecasting

· Ensure collaboration with functional cost owners to find strategies to reduce cost

· Ensure alignment to established standards (WBS, process, procedures, tools usage)

· Ensure efficiency and effectives of the project cost control team where applicable.

Quality & Lean

· Comply with Quality Procedures, work instructions and Processes at GSI level and Project Controls Function

· Report or resolve any non-conformances and process in a timely manner

· Identify areas of opportunity for standardization / optimization and where possible participate in a Kaizen or similar lean event to implement any identified improvements

EHS

· Demonstrate commitment to safety through participation in formal and informal discussions

· Adhere to all safe working procedures in accordance with instructions

· Ensure safety work instructions are complied

· Participate in the resolution of safety issues.

· Initiate actions to improve health and safety where needed

Performance Measurement

· Schedule quality

· Cost forecasting quality

· Schedule forecast quality

· Cost and schedule performance of project

· Timeliness of reporting

Qualifications & Experience

Required Qualifications:

· Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 5 years of experience in Job Family Group(s)/Function(s))

· Deep domain knowledge of planning and use of Primavera

· Strong oral and written communication skills

Desired Knowledge & Experience

· 5 years planning large turnkey projects

· 2 projects providing cost controlling on large turnkey projects

· Lead planner on 2 turnkey projects

· Knowledge of cost control function on large complex turnkey projects

· Knowledge of forensic analysis on large complex turnkey projects

· Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems

· Established project management skills

Pay: $43.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181

Salary : $43

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