Field Construction Workface Planner – Lookahead Expert

Primoris Services Corporation; Haskell (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Pet coverage

Legal assistance

Award-winning safety programs

Job summary

Primoris Energy Services is seeking a Workface Planner to develop and maintain Construction Work Packages for field execution, breaking down scope, reviewing drawings, and coordinating with Construction, Engineering, Procurement, and Field Supervision. The role emphasizes look-ahead planning, obstruction tracking, and ensuring safety, quality, and schedule alignment on active projects.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in construction planning, experience with look-ahead

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of industrial construction, EPC, power generation, refinery, petrochemical, data center, heavy civil, mechanical, electrical, or heavy industrial experience preferred.
• Experience in construction planning, field engineering, project controls, technical services, material coordination, workface planning, or related construction support role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Industrial Technology, or related discipline preferred; equivalent construction experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, P&IDs, isometrics, structural drawings, general arrangements, support details, and discipline-specific construction documents.
• Understanding of construction sequencing, short-interval planning, schedule logic, workface readiness, and field execution planning.
• Ability to coordinate across Construction, Engineering, Procurement, Document Control, Project Controls, Quality, Safety, and Field Supervision.
• Strong organization, communication, follow-up, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced construction environment and manage multiple priorities with changing field conditions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Construction Work Packages, Work Packages, and Installation Work Packages for field execution in accordance with project requirements and approved Workface Planning processes.
• Break down construction scope into manageable packages by area, discipline, system, equipment, drawing set, construction sequence, or other approved work breakdown method.
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, isometrics, P&IDs, general arrangements, support details, schedules, and scope documents to prepare executable work packages.
• Coordinate with Construction leadership to align packages with field sequence, daily priorities, schedule requirements, and workface readiness needs.
• Support development and maintenance of the 6 Week Look Ahead, 3 Week Look Ahead, and Weekly Work Plan, and support other project planning horizons as required.
• Coordinate with Project Controls to align packages with schedule activities, phase codes, quantities, progress items, earned progress rules, and reporting requirements.
• Coordinate with Document Control to confirm drawings, specifications, RFIs, procedures, and supporting documents are current, controlled, and applicable to the work package.
• Coordinate with Procurement and Material Management to confirm required materials are identified, ordered, received, available, staged, and accessible for planned work.
• Verify required tools, equipment, scaffold, access, permits, manpower assumptions, safety requirements, inspections, and quality documentation are identified prior to package release.
• Identify, document, assign, track, and escalate obstructions or constraints that could delay package readiness or field execution.
• Maintain package logs, obstruction / constraint logs, readiness checklists, package status records, and other project-approved tracking tools.
• Coordinate package readiness reviews with Construction, Field Engineering, Document Control, Project Controls, Procurement, Material Management, Quality, and Safety as applicable.
• Prepare packages for Construction leadership review and field release after readiness requirements are satisfied or formally accepted by authorized project leadership.
• Participate in daily planning meetings, weekly coordination meetings, schedule review sessions, and workface readiness reviews.
• Track package progress, spent hours, field feedback, open issues, remaining work, and closeout status throughout execution.
• Support package closeout by confirming completed scope, progress support, QC documentation, redlines, lessons learned, remaining work, and required signoffs.
• Support schedule recovery and continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to improve sequencing, package readiness, material availability, and workflow efficiency.
• Support audits of package readiness, document control, obstruction tracking, release compliance, and closeout records.
• Ensure work planning activities support Primoris safety, quality, schedule, client, and project requirements.

Skills

Construction planning

Field coordination

Look ahead planning

Package readiness

Microsoft Excel

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Industrial Technology, or related discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Bluebeam Revu

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Procore

SAP

Job description

Primoris Energy Services is seeking a Workface Planner to develop and maintain Construction Work Packages for field execution, breaking down scope, reviewing drawings, and coordinating with Construction, Engineering, Procurement, and Field Supervision. The role emphasizes look-ahead planning, obstruction tracking, and ensuring safety, quality, and schedule alignment on active projects.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in construction planning, experience with look-ahead