Project Planner

Nova Solutions Group; Olivet (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Nova Solutions Group seeks an experienced EPC Project Planner to support solar, battery storage, and high-voltage construction on a site-based assignment in Michigan. You will coordinate with project managers, superintendents, schedulers, and field teams to ensure the right resources, permits, and work fronts are available when needed.

You will develop look-ahead plans, monitor progress, mitigate constraints, and collaborate with procurement and controls to maintain schedule integrity on

Qualifications

• 10+ years of EPC construction planning, scheduling, or project controls.
• Advanced Primavera P6 experience.
• Experience with resource-loaded and cost-loaded schedules.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to work full-time on-site with rotations.
• Degree in Construction Management or Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain daily, weekly, 3-week, and 90-day look-ahead plans.
• Monitor productivity, quantities, manpower, equipment, and progress.
• Identify upcoming constraints and suggest alternative sequencing.
• Coordinate civil, mechanical, electrical, testing, commissioning, energization activities.
• Work with Procurement to align material deliveries and subcontractor mobilization.
• Forecast labor and equipment requirements and minimize downtime.
• Monitor critical path and communicate risks and opportunities.
• Support project forecasting using production and historical data.
• Collaborate with Schedulers and Project Controls to maintain schedule integrity.
• Track permitting, documentation, testing, and completion requirements.
• Assist leadership in adjusting the plan as conditions change.

Skills

Project planning

Scheduling

Resource planning

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Degree in Construction Management or Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

Earned Value

Job description

Location: Michigan, USA

Schedule: Full-Time, Site-Based with Rotations

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced EPC Project Planner to support the execution of large-scale solar, battery storage, and high-voltage construction projects. This is a site-based role embedded with the Project Management and Construction teams.

The Planner looks ahead across the project to identify constraints, coordinate resources, and help keep field execution moving efficiently. You will work closely with Project Managers, Superintendents, Schedulers, Project Controls, Procurement, subcontractors, and field teams to ensure the right people, materials, equipment, permits, and work fronts are available when needed.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain daily, weekly, 3-week, and 90-day project look-ahead plans.
• Monitor productivity, quantities, manpower, equipment, and project progress.
• Identify upcoming constraints and recommend alternate sequencing or execution plans.
• Coordinate civil, mechanical, electrical, testing, commissioning, and energization activities.
• Work with Procurement to align material deliveries and subcontractor mobilization with field needs.
• Forecast labor and equipment requirements and minimize downtime and resource inefficiencies.
• Monitor critical path activities and communicate project risks and opportunities.
• Support project forecasting using production, historical performance, and future execution plans.
• Partner with Schedulers and Project Controls to maintain schedule integrity and improve forecast accuracy.
• Track permitting, documentation, testing, and completion requirements that may impact progress.
• Help project leadership adjust the plan as conditions, weather, priorities, or resources change.

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of experience in EPC construction, project planning, scheduling, project controls, or project management.
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing, productivity, manpower, equipment, and resource planning.
• Advanced experience with Primavera P6.
• Experience with resource-loaded and cost-loaded schedules.
• Ability to interpret critical path, schedule variance, productivity, and forecast data.
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with both project leadership and field teams.
• Willingness to work full-time at an active construction site on a rotational schedule.

Preferred Experience

• Utility-scale solar, BESS, substation, transmission, or other high-voltage project experience.
• Large EPC or mega-project experience.
• Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• PMP, AACE, or similar project controls certification.
• Experience with earned value, SPI, cost forecasting, or Power BI.

What Success Looks Like

• You are constantly looking ahead, identifying what could slow the project down, and helping the team solve it before it becomes a field issue.