Construction Planner – EPC/Industrial Projects

L-Con, Inc. - See Lexicon, Inc.; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

HSA with Employer contributions

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with Employer Match

ESOP

Short Term/Long Term Disability

Critical Illness Plan

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Vacation

Job summary

Lexicon is seeking a seasoned Construction Planner to develop and execute EPC project scopes during pre-construction and early execution phases. You will bridge engineering, procurement, contracting, and construction to ensure fully planned, constructible work packages ready for field execution.

The role requires 10+ years in industrial construction and strong knowledge of sequencing, procurement strategies, and safety-focused execution planning. Travel to sites is expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in industrial construction, EPC project execution, construction management, project engineering, field engineering, work packaging, or construction planning within Metals, Oil & Gas, Chemical, Power, Manufacturing, or Heavy Industrial sectors.
• Strong understanding of engineering deliverables, procurement processes, subcontracting strategies, construction means and methods, work packaging, constructability reviews, construction sequencing, and field execution requirements.
• Proficient oral and written communication skills; proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and construction management software platforms.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Promote a culture of safety by ensuring constructability, execution planning, and work packaging activities incorporate safe construction practices and methodologies.
• Develop construction execution plans and work package strategies for assigned project scopes in coordination with Engineering, Procurement, Contracts, and Construction Management teams.
• Lead the development of construction work packages that clearly define scope boundaries, interfaces, deliverables, assumptions, exclusions, execution requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Develop scopes of work and scopes of supply for subcontracted construction activities, equipment installation, specialty contractors, temporary facilities, and supporting services.
• Collaborate with Engineering teams to ensure design deliverables support efficient construction execution, material procurement, and work package development.
• Lead constructability reviews and identify opportunities to improve safety, productivity, quality, schedule performance, and overall project execution.
• Develop and optimize construction sequencing strategies, installation methodologies, access requirements, crane utilization plans, logistics plans, temporary facilities plans, and workface planning approaches.
• Coordinate with Procurement and Contracts teams to support bid package development, contractor prequalification, bid evaluations, scope clarifications, and subcontract awards.
• Ensure all construction work packages contain complete engineering information, material requirements, labor assumptions, equipment requirements, temporary works requirements, execution methodologies, and quality requirements prior to release for execution.
• Identify scope gaps, overlaps, interface risks, and execution constraints between engineering disciplines, suppliers, contractors, client-provided scopes, and other project stakeholders.
• Support development of project-specific construction execution strategies, packaging plans, contracting strategies, and site logistics plans.
• Participate in engineering design reviews and project development reviews to ensure constructability and execution readiness are incorporated throughout project development.
• Develop and maintain construction readiness metrics and track engineering completion, procurement status, subcontract awards, material availability, and work package readiness milestones.
• Collaborate with Project Controls and Construction teams to ensure execution plans support project milestones, critical path activities, and overall project objectives.
• Support estimate development by validating construction approaches, labor assumptions, productivity factors, subcontracting strategies, equipment requirements, and temporary facilities requirements.
• Support field execution teams by assisting with scope clarifications, work package revisions, sequencing adjustments, and execution planning challenges as required.
• Work under the direction of the Vice President of Construction Management and assigned Project Manager and communicate planning risks, execution concerns, scope gaps, and readiness issues in a timely manner.
• The ability to work overtime including weekends if required, and regular, punctual attendance is required.
• Locations include, Little Rock, Alabama, & traveling.

Job description

Lexicon is seeking a seasoned Construction Planner to develop and execute EPC project scopes during pre-construction and early execution phases. You will bridge engineering, procurement, contracting, and construction to ensure fully planned, constructible work packages ready for field execution.

The role requires 10+ years in industrial construction and strong knowledge of sequencing, procurement strategies, and safety-focused execution planning. Travel to sites is expected.