Senior Planner, Project Controls (Manufacturing)

Bechtel Corporation; Town of Clay (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Disability and supplemental insurance

Paid time off

9 paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Bonuses

401K with matching and profit-sharing

Job summary

Bechtel Corporation is designing, building and commissioning a semiconductor fab in Clay, NY. The Lead Planner leads planning and scheduling activities for large, complex projects within the Manufacturing & Technology unit.

Based in Clay, NY, this full-time role offers leadership to planning personnel and collaboration across engineering, procurement, construction, startup, and risk management to drive on-time project delivery.

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8-10 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing, maintaining, and analyzing complex integrated project schedules.
• Advanced knowledge of Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, and Startup work processes.
• Strong understanding of CPM scheduling, forecasting, schedule analysis, risk assessment, recovery planning, and schedule impact evaluation.
• Experience supporting large EPC, EPCM, PMC, or program management projects.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary planning efforts, facilitate decision-making, and mentor planning personnel.
• Strong communication, presentation, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration skills.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6, Microsoft Office, and related Project Controls applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, maintenance, and analysis of integrated engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup schedules.
• Ensure schedule alignment with project objectives, execution strategies, contractual requirements, and key project milestones.
• Direct the collection, validation, integration, and evaluation of project scope, quantities, productivity assumptions, staffing requirements, and schedule logic.
• Develop and maintain schedule forecasts that support project planning, performance measurement, and execution decision-making.
• Provide leadership, technical direction, and mentorship to planners and schedulers across the project organization.
• Facilitate planning workshops, schedule reviews, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure stakeholder alignment.
• Monitor schedule performance and perform critical path analysis, trend identification, forecasting, schedule risk assessments, and what-if scenario modelling.
• Develop and recommend mitigation, recovery, and execution improvement strategies to address schedule risks and performance issues.
• Coordinate planning and scheduling activities with Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Startup, Cost Engineering, Risk Management, and other project functions to support integrated project controls.
• Prepare and present schedule reports, forecasts, schedule impact analyses, recovery plans, and executive-level presentations.
• Communicate schedule basis, assumptions, constraints, risks, and opportunities to project leadership and clients.
• Support the development and continuous improvement of planning and scheduling standards, procedures, best practices, performance metrics, and Project Controls requirements.

Skills

CPM scheduling

Forecasting

Risk assessment

Leadership

Mentorship

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or international equivalent

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Office

Job description

Bechtel Corporation is designing, building and commissioning a semiconductor fab in Clay, NY. The Lead Planner leads planning and scheduling activities for large, complex projects within the Manufacturing & Technology unit.

Based in Clay, NY, this full-time role offers leadership to planning personnel and collaboration across engineering, procurement, construction, startup, and risk management to drive on-time project delivery.