Engineering Resource Planner

Nomad Global Communication Solutions; Columbia Falls (MT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Nomad GCS is seeking an Engineering Resource Planner to coordinate engineering resources across multiple projects, ensuring on-time delivery and balanced workloads. You will forecast needs, assign personnel, and collaborate with Discipline Managers, Project Managers and Engineering Leads to optimize schedules.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field, 2+ years of engineering project experience, and proficiency with scheduling tools such as Primavera P6 or MS Project.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, Project Management, or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in engineering project execution, engineering management, project controls, or resource planning.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Proficiency with project scheduling and resource management tools.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain short-term and long-term engineering resource plans across all active and proposed projects.
• Coordinate with Discipline Managers to identify and assign qualified engineering personnel based on project requirements, technical expertise, and workload availability.
• Monitor engineering resource utilization and recommend adjustments to optimize productivity and project performance.
• Facilitate prioritization of engineering activities when resource conflicts arise.
• Track engineering staffing requirements and identify future hiring, contractor, or training needs.
• Ensure all engineering personnel maintain accurate and timely task status updates within project management and resource planning systems.
• Monitor and enforce compliance with actual hours reporting requirements across all engineering disciplines.
• Review reported labor hours, task progress, and forecasted completion status to ensure alignment with project schedules and budgets.
• Coordinate with Discipline Managers and Project Managers to resolve discrepancies in task status, earned progress, or labor reporting.
• Maintain visibility of engineering performance by ensuring resource loading, percent complete updates, and actual hours are current and accurate.
• Generate and distribute resource utilization, actual versus planned hours, and engineering progress reports to support project and management decision-making.
• Drive accountability for schedule performance through regular reviews of task completion status, resource assignments, and forecasted engineering workloads.
• Develop and maintain integrated engineering schedules for multiple projects.
• Coordinate engineering deliverable schedules with Project Managers and Discipline Managers.
• Monitor engineering progress against planned milestones and identify potential schedule risks.
• Provide resource forecasts and schedule updates to project leadership and management teams.
• Support project startup, execution, and closeout planning activities.
• Serve as the central point of coordination between Project Management, Scheduling, and Engineering Discipline Managers.
• Lead regular resource planning meetings to review project priorities, workload distribution, and staffing requirements.
• Collaborate with discipline teams to ensure engineering resources are aligned with project schedules and client commitments.
• Support resolution of resource constraints and competing project priorities.
• Develop and maintain resource utilization reports, staffing forecasts, and workload metrics.
• Analyze resource demand and capacity across engineering disciplines.
• Provide recommendations for improving resource allocation efficiency and overall engineering performance.
• Support management with workforce planning and strategic resource decisions.
• Establish and improve engineering resource planning processes, tools, and reporting systems.
• Implement best practices for engineering scheduling, forecasting, and capacity planning.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives within the engineering organization.

Skills

Resource planning

Project coordination

Scheduling

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Job description

This position requires that you must be a US Citizen for consideration and meet all Federal Contractor employee requirements. Nomad GCS does not support the H1B Visa for this position.

Position: Engineering Resource Planner

Division: Innovative Solutions Group

Department: Innovative Solutions Group

Status: Full-time

Overview: The Engineering Resource Planning Manager is responsible for coordinating engineering resources across multiple projects to ensure successful project execution, schedule adherence, and efficient utilization of engineering personnel. This role works closely with Engineering Discipline Managers, Project Managers, and Engineering Leads to forecast resource needs, assign engineering personnel, balance workloads, and resolve resource constraints. The position serves as the primary interface between project demands and discipline-specific engineering capabilities.

Essential Responsibilities

Engineering Resource Management

• Develop and maintain short-term and long-term engineering resource plans across all active and proposed projects.
• Coordinate with Discipline Managers to identify and assign qualified engineering personnel based on project requirements, technical expertise, and workload availability.
• Monitor engineering resource utilization and recommend adjustments to optimize productivity and project performance.
• Facilitate prioritization of engineering activities when resource conflicts arise.
• Track engineering staffing requirements and identify future hiring, contractor, or training needs.

Resource Reporting and Accountability

• Ensure all engineering personnel maintain accurate and timely task status updates within project management and resource planning systems.
• Monitor and enforce compliance with actual hours reporting requirements across all engineering disciplines.
• Review reported labor hours, task progress, and forecasted completion status to ensure alignment with project schedules and budgets.
• Coordinate with Discipline Managers and Project Managers to resolve discrepancies in task status, earned progress, or labor reporting.
• Maintain visibility of engineering performance by ensuring resource loading, percent complete updates, and actual hours are current and accurate.
• Generate and distribute resource utilization, actual versus planned hours, and engineering progress reports to support project and management decision-making.
• Drive accountability for schedule performance through regular reviews of task completion status, resource assignments, and forecasted engineering workloads.

Project Scheduling & Planning

• Develop and maintain integrated engineering schedules for multiple projects.
• Coordinate engineering deliverable schedules with Project Managers and Discipline Managers.
• Monitor engineering progress against planned milestones and identify potential schedule risks.
• Provide resource forecasts and schedule updates to project leadership and management teams.
• Support project startup, execution, and closeout planning activities.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Serve as the central point of coordination between Project Management, Scheduling, and Engineering Discipline Managers.
• Lead regular resource planning meetings to review project priorities, workload distribution, and staffing requirements.
• Collaborate with discipline teams to ensure engineering resources are aligned with project schedules and client commitments.
• Support resolution of resource constraints and competing project priorities.

Engineering Performance & Reporting

• Develop and maintain resource utilization reports, staffing forecasts, and workload metrics.
• Analyze resource demand and capacity across engineering disciplines.
• Provide recommendations for improving resource allocation efficiency and overall engineering performance.
• Support management with workforce planning and strategic resource decisions.

Process Improvement

• Establish and improve engineering resource planning processes, tools, and reporting systems.
• Implement best practices for engineering scheduling, forecasting, and capacity planning.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives within the engineering organization.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, Project Management, or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in engineering project execution, engineering management, project controls, or resource planning.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of engineering design and project delivery processes.
• Proficiency with project scheduling and resource management tools.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred

• Experience in EPC, manufacturing, industrial, marine, infrastructure, or heavy engineering environments.
• PMP certification or equivalent project management training.
• Experience with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar scheduling software.
• Experience managing engineering capacity planning across multiple projects.

Physical Demands

• Ability to stand and sit for extended periods.
• Manual dexterity to operate office equipment.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Occasional climbing or hands-on testing activities.
• Ability to work in office, shop, and vehicle environments as needed.
• Ability to work safely around energized systems when required.
• Must be able to travel as needed on occasion.

Working Environment

• Combination of office, production floor, and vehicle-based environments.
• Exposure to manufacturing noise, electrical equipment, and testing environments.
• PPE required when entering production or testing areas.

Nomad GCS is an equal opportunity employer, (EOE,) and voluntarily follows affirmative action guidelines. As an equal opportunity employer, Nomad GCS does not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable state and local laws.