Planner Scheduler Lead

Brunel; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Brunel Energy is seeking a Planner/Scheduler Lead for a 12-month contract based in Houston, TX. The role requires reviewing and integrating project schedules to ensure activities align with objectives, coordinating risk analysis, and ensuring scheduling and reporting requirements are followed across EPC phases.

The candidate will originate and maintain an integrated schedule, identify critical path activities, and lead planning meetings with engineering, procurement, and construction teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or 5+ years planning/scheduling experience.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in scheduling for small to large size downstream projects.
• Minimum 8 years field scheduling experience on domestic projects.
• Demonstrates ability to consolidate and analyze information to develop effective project schedules.
• Technical competency in preparation of automated and integrated project controls.

Responsibilities

• Originate and update an integrated schedule system.
• Identify activities with CPM logic.
• Prepare risk assessment and earned value for reporting.
• Develop project schedules and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
• Participate in weekly Schedule Reviews to ensure requirements are met.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, Project Management Leads for status updates.
• Interface with contractor planning/scheduling specialists for integrated schedule.

Skills

Scheduling

Critical Path

Project Controls

Organizational skills

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree

BS in Construction Management or Engineering

Tools

Primavera 6

MS Project

Job description

Brunel Energy is recruiting a Planner/Scheduler Lead to work with a major oil and gas company on a 12-month contract in Houston, TX.

Job Summary

The Planner/Scheduler will review and integrate project schedules to ensure activities are properly sequenced and aligned with project objectives. The role will coordinate schedule risk analysis, identify and optimize critical paths, establish key milestones, and work with contractors and project teams to ensure scheduling, reporting, and software requirements are followed.

Responsibilities:

In the Pre-execution Phase:

• Originate and update an integrated schedule system
• Identify all activities on the project and develop logic using Critical Path Method
• Prepare risk assessment and earned value for project reporting
• Program logic to include project benchmarks for the duration of the project
• Construct logic network modifications to facilitate risk mitigation and contingency planning process
• Maintain the integrated schedule reflecting the relationship and interdependencies of the engineering, procurement and construction functions
• Reviewing schedule, progress and productivity of contractors, monitor and verify monthly earned value
• Performing an analysis of the critical path Collecting/reporting progress, evaluating variances, developing work‑around plans, and coordinating resolution of variances
• Established project, global resource and activity codes will be used to standardize and define the project

In the Execution Phase:

• Ensuring that everything is on time so the deadlines of the project can be met
• Reviewing schedule, progress and productivity of contractors, monitor and verify earned value
• Monitors actual progress and comparison to baseline, and reports the analysis, against the schedule, to project manager and Functional Managers
• Consolidates information from Engineering, Procurement and Construction Project Management and Project Discipline Leads to develop the project schedules (baseline time‑phased schedule with proper constraints) and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for assigned projects
• Participates in weekly Schedule Reviews to ensure that schedule requirements are being met
• Meets with Engineering, Procurement, Project Management and Project Discipline Leads to obtain project status (e.g. engineering deliverables, procurement delivery schedules, installation start dates, etc.) in order to update the project schedule
• Prepare Reports of Earned Value and variance of the Project Plan
• Interface with the Contractor's Planning and Scheduling Specialists to ensure that task data is incorporated into the integrated project schedule
• Will coordinate with the Contractor and lead planning‑oriented meetings with disciplines engineers and project management that will highlight and report status on upcoming project milestone events

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or 5+ years planning/scheduling experience
• Minimum 5 years' experience in scheduling for small to large size downstream projects
• Minimum 8 years field scheduling experience on domestic projects
• Demonstrates ability to independently consolidate and analyze information from various sources to develop effective overall project schedules
• Technical competency in preparation of automated and integrated project controls

Preferred Skills and Competencies

• Proficiency in use of project planning software (Primavera version 6; MS Project)
• BS Degree in Construction Management, Engineering or other equivalent experience i.e. mathematics, statistics or project administration
• Knowledge of Project Controls, Planning and Scheduling, Progress Measurement (Earned Value Management)
• Demonstrates effective organization and project planning skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and changing priorities in a fast paced environment
• Demonstrable ability to develop reports for, and presentations to management
• Ability to work with excel and build a pivot tables will be a plus