Senior Project Planner - Data Center (Primavera P6 Lead)

ORCAS Project Controls; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

ORCAS Project Controls is seeking a Senior Project Planner/Scheduler III to plan, develop, and manage complex Primavera P6 schedules for data center capital projects on an on-site basis near Austin, TX, with potential hybrid work in the future.

The role requires 10+ years in construction and 7+ years of Primavera experience, plus strong communication and leadership skills to drive schedule performance across multiple stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Must have 2 large recent data center projects.
• Greenfield and large capital project experience (design through commissioning).
• Advanced knowledge and experience in Primavera P6.
• Advanced knowledge in civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation construction.
• Experience with field planning, progressing, TIAs, schedule risk management.
• Strong communication and presentation capabilities.
• onsite assignment with potential for future hybrid work.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the planning of the project from design documents.
• Lead Interactive Planning Sessions and schedule meetings throughout the project life cycle.
• Define key schedule design elements and obtain approval before baseline development.
• Analyze and integrate schedules from consultants, architects/designers, and contractors.
• Verify schedule integrity and evaluate logic and float paths.
• Develop a quality critical path integrated baseline schedule.
• Establish approved EPS, WBS, project and activity codes, user defined fields.
• Resource-load project schedules and optimize resource utilization.
• Perform schedule updates, variance analysis to baseline, and look-ahead schedules.
• Prepare and provide schedule progress reports and charts.
• Monitor schedule deviations and variances and assist in corrective actions.
• Maintain record of scope changes, trends and variances affecting schedule.
• Manage progress baselines, schedule documentation, and archiving.
• Assess impacts on critical path and near-critical activities.
• Analyze and process change orders for schedule impacts.
• Review schedules in Primavera P6 and ensure timely data.
• Make recommendations to manage float and resequence activities to meet milestones.
• Develop and apply schedule update processes.
• Perform what-if scenarios and variance analysis reports.
• Summarize schedule status in a narrative and create status reports.
• Produce schedule reports and analyses.
• Support development of schedule-related processes, procedures, and training.
• Perform schedule risk analysis.

Skills

Primavera P6

Project scheduling

Communication

Teamwork

Leadership

Schedule risk management

Education

10+ years construction experience

7+ years Primavera experience

PMI/AACE certification beneficial

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

ORCAS Project Controls is seeking a Senior Project Planner/Scheduler III to plan, develop, and manage complex Primavera P6 schedules for data center capital projects on an on-site basis near Austin, TX, with potential hybrid work in the future.

The role requires 10+ years in construction and 7+ years of Primavera experience, plus strong communication and leadership skills to drive schedule performance across multiple stakeholders.