Senior EPC Scheduling & Startup Lead

Bechtel Global Corporation; Cheyenne (WY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards program

Career development opportunities

Diversity & inclusion initiatives

Job summary

Bechtel is seeking a senior planning professional to lead commissioning and startup scheduling for major EPC projects. The role requires coordinating with construction, engineering, and procurement to ensure timely turnover and testing readiness.

The successful candidate will drive critical-path analyses, develop progress curves, and deliver optimized schedules while collaborating with Start-Up and Planning Managers across sites.

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience.
• Qualification in an engineering or construction discipline, with requisite project experience.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in project controls planning, construction and engineering.
• At least three years of experience on a project jobsite as a construction planner, preferably with startup/maintenance planning experience.

Responsibilities

• Establishes, maintains, and forecasts the schedule for all commissioning and startup activities.
• Interfaces with the construction team regarding system turnover packages, scope, sequencing, and schedule.
• Works with Engineering and Supply Chain to prioritize and sequence activities to support testing and commissioning.
• Develops, maintains, and forecasts commissioning and startup progress curves.
• Develops critical path schedule reports and schedule performance metrics.

Skills

Effective communication

Scheduling

Team collaboration

Initiative

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Stakeholder management

Start-up planning

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or construction

Tools

Primavera P6

Primavera Risk Analysis

Microsoft Office

Job description

Bechtel is seeking a senior planning professional to lead commissioning and startup scheduling for major EPC projects. The role requires coordinating with construction, engineering, and procurement to ensure timely turnover and testing readiness.

The successful candidate will drive critical-path analyses, develop progress curves, and deliver optimized schedules while collaborating with Start-Up and Planning Managers across sites.