Program Controls / Project Planner

K1 Industries; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

K1 Industries is seeking a Program Controls / Project Planner to maintain an end-to-end integrated schedule spanning design, procurement, manufacturing, testing, site readiness, and deployment. Under the Head of Programs, you will convert team inputs into a current milestone view with dependencies and delivery risks, enabling timely decisions.

You will challenge unrealistic dates, manage changes, and ensure downstream plans stay aligned as designs and priorities evolve.

Qualifications

• Experience building integrated schedules for complex programs across multiple functions.
• Ability to challenge dates and identify next steps to keep programs moving.
• Proficient with scheduling software and turning data into reports.
• Strong cross-functional coordination and change tracking.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the integrated program schedule across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, testing, site readiness, and deployment.
• Define activities, durations, handoffs, and completion criteria with regular updates.
• Identify critical path, track float, constraints, and delays, and propose recovery options.
• Maintain change logs and reflect approved changes in the schedule with baseline preservation.
• Surface gaps between team plans and track handoffs and unresolved dependencies.
• Prepare practical near-term plans with owners, due dates, and action logs.
• Provide concise reporting on milestone status, baselines, and decisions.
• Improve planning tools and workflows as the company grows.

Skills

Integrated scheduling

Critical path

Dependency logic

Cross-functional coordination

Progress reporting

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

About K1 Industries
For the first time in decades, power demand growth in the US has jumped 5x, driving multi-year lead times for critical power infrastructure. K1 builds and deploys modular gas turbine power packages at scale, now.

The role

K1 is hiring a Program Controls / Project Planner to maintain the integrated schedule that connects design, procurement, manufacturing, testing, site readiness, and deployment. Working under the direction of the Head of Programs, you will turn inputs from teams across K1 into a clear, current view of milestones, dependencies, and delivery risks.

We need someone who can get beyond collecting status updates: understand how work fits together, challenge unsupported dates, and identify what needs to happen next to keep the program moving. You will maintain the schedule and change records, make downstream impacts visible, and give the Head of Programs and the workstream owners reliable information for decisions and follow-through.

What the role owns

• Integrated program schedule: Build and maintain the design-to-deployment schedule across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, test, construction, commissioning, and delivery. Connect workstream plans through clear dependencies, milestones, and accountable owners.

• Planning and schedule updates: Work with team leads to define activities, durations, handoffs, and completion criteria. Establish a regular update cadence and verify progress against actual deliverables. Keep near-term work detailed and longer-term assumptions visible.

• Critical path and delivery risks: Identify the activities and dependencies driving key milestones. Track schedule float, constraints, and emerging delays, and flag their downstream impact early. Work with owners to develop recovery options for review by the Head of Programs.

• Change tracking: Maintain a record of proposed and approved changes to scope, sequencing, and milestone dates. Document the reason, owner, affected workstreams, schedule impact, and decision status. Update the schedule to reflect approved changes while preserving the baseline and decision history.

• Cross-functional coordination: Surface gaps between team plans, including design release dates, supplier deliveries, manufacturing readiness, test availability, and site completion. Track handoff requirements and unresolved dependencies so teams can act before work is blocked.

• Look-ahead planning and action tracking: Prepare practical near-term plans that show upcoming work, prerequisites, and decisions needed. Maintain action and constraint logs with clear owners and due dates, and follow up on overdue items.

• Program reporting: Provide concise reporting on milestone status, baseline variance, critical-path changes, and decisions required. Distinguish confirmed progress from estimates and communicate uncertainty clearly.

• Planning discipline and systems: Maintain consistent schedule structure, naming, and reporting practices. Improve planning tools and workflows as K1 grows, keeping information useful and straightforward for the teams supplying it.

Who does well here

• Has built and maintained integrated schedules for hardware development, manufacturing, energy, construction, or similarly complex programs

• Understands dependency logic, critical-path analysis, baselines, float, and schedule variance

• Can connect engineering work to procurement, fabrication, testing, installation, and commissioning

• Is proficient with scheduling software such as Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or an equivalent tool, and can turn schedule data into clear reports

• Asks specific questions, tests assumptions, and can distinguish a credible completion date from an unsupported estimate

• Has maintained change logs and can explain how a scope or sequencing change affects downstream milestones

• Coordinates effectively across technical teams and follows up persistently without relying on direct authority

• Is comfortable planning with incomplete information and updating assumptions as designs and priorities evolve

Experience with turbine or power generation equipment, first-of-kind hardware, long-lead procurement, and facility or test-site buildouts is especially relevant. Experience establishing planning discipline in a small, fast-moving team is a plus. K1 hires for its values: run toward hard problems, own your work, learn obsessively, and bias to action.

Compensation

Competitive salary and meaningful early-stage equity. Your equity participation will reflect the impact and ownership this role carries. Standard benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance.

Location

The role may be based in Carson City, Nevada, or San Francisco, California, with regular time onsite at K1’s Nevada facilities. You will work closely with engineering, manufacturing, and site teams to understand progress, validate dependencies, and keep plans grounded in the work.