Construction Planner

National Grid; Buffalo, New York, Town of Perinton (NY, NY, NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company is seeking a Construction Planner to coordinate preconstruction activities and ensure effective project delivery. The role involves collaborating with contractors, managing schedules, and improving planning processes. This position offers a pathway for career advancement within the company.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of electrical utility construction experience required.
• Experience in project planning or project management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate preconstruction activities and ensure viable construction plans.
• Provide progress updates and facilitate meetings for project progression.

Skills

Project Planning

Portfolio Planning

Project Management

Communication

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

Primavera

PowerBI

Microsoft Projects

Job description

About us

Superpowered. Meaningful work. Human impact. A story we're proud to tell. This is what matters to us at National Grid. In a world of complexity and unanswered questions, there is one thing we're certain about: the power of our people. Join us in our goal to deliver 100% fossil-free heat to our customers by 2050!

National Grid is hiring a Construction Planner; this role can be based in Syracuse, Albany or Buffalo, NY.

The Role

The Construction Planner helps coordinate the preconstruction activities with stakeholders, organizes and ensures a viable construction plan with the contractor and construction supervision, closes the work out upon field completion, and provides progress updates on the workplan to stakeholders to ensure the fiscal year workplan delivery.

What You'll Do

• Coordinate with resource planning on identifying the fiscal year workplan, workplan status, changes in the workplan, and workplan progress by contractors
• Provide the workplan, documents, status updates, and change information to the contractor. Verify the contractors' schedules to ensure timely delivery of work
• Facilitate meetings to support the project progression including contractor scheduling meetings, project specific meetings, process training, and conflict resolution
• Maintain project lifecycle tracking and closeout reporting at project completion
• Order and coordinate the delivery of materials to contractors' work sites
• Coordinate with Construction Supervision on construction logistics and field needs in relation to contractor management
• Monitor, analyze, and report on project and portfolio progress, project details, and concerns.
• Continuous process improvement of planning lifecycle and interactions with other stakeholder groups

About You

• High school diploma or equivalent and 4+ years of electrical utility construction experience required
• Bachelors degree and 0-3+ years of utility construction experience preferred
• Experience in project planning, portfolio planning, or project management with demonstration of successful project or program delivery preferred
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite required
• Knowledge of software like SAP, Primavera, PowerBI, Microsoft Projects preferred
• Valid driver's license required

More Information

Salary

$70,000 - $82,000 a year

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

National Grid utilizes an assessment that evaluates the job qualifications/characteristics using AI or statistically based scoring. For more information, please view NYC Local Law 144.

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.