Site Project Planner

Teicon Group; Nederland (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive salaries and compensation rates

Long-term partnership opportunities

Support throughout the project process

Job summary

A global engineering firm is seeking a Site Project Planner based in Nederland, Texas. The successful candidate will manage and govern project schedules for a large-scale industrial construction project. Responsibilities include developing integrated schedules, coordinating with teams, and ensuring compliance with requirements. Candidates should hold a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and have experience in project planning, particularly in industrial environments. This is a full-time role with a focus on collaboration in a diverse team environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in project planning within industrial plant construction.
• Experience with CPM scheduling and critical path management.
• Ability to produce clear schedule reports and analyses.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage integrated project schedules.
• Approve or reject baseline schedules based on planning criteria.
• Coordinate closely with contractors and teams to ensure alignment.

Skills

CPM scheduling

Project management

Analytical mindset

Communication skills

Primavera P6

Excel

Power BI

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Are you ready to kick‑start your professional career, develop yourself further and successfully contribute your know‑how to an intercultural, future‑oriented team? Are you looking for a permanent position or a freelance job in a global company? Apply with us.

We are at home all over the world and offer a wide range of career opportunities – both for career starters as well as experienced professionals. Gain a personal impression and convince yourself. Become part of the TEICON family.

Site Project Planner

Full Time Nederland, Texas, USA With Professional Experience

YOUR PROJECT ASSIGNMENT

TEICON ENGINEERING is currently building a candidate pool for an upcoming large‑scale project in the field of industrial process plant construction in the greater Nederland area, Texas.
The project will involve site‑based execution activities within a complex industrial environment and is scheduled to start in Q2, with an initial duration of approximately six months and a potential extension.

• Project Location: Greater Nederland area, Texas
• Start Date: Q2 (exact date to be defined)
• Contract Type: Fixed‑term employment or freelance contract
• Duration: Approx. six months, with option for extension
• Workload: Typically up to 56 hours per week, 6 days per week

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, maintain, and govern integrated project schedules in alignment with contractual requirements and execution strategy.
• Prepare and manage logic‑driven schedules from Level 3 to Level 5, covering engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities.
• Review, assess, and validate contractor and subcontractor schedules for logical integrity, realism, and compliance with contractual and technical requirements.
• Approve or reject baseline schedules, updates, and revisions based on defined planning and governance criteria.
• Continuously analyze schedules to identify critical path changes, delays, negative float, logic weaknesses, and emerging risks.
• Proactively develop mitigation measures, acceleration options, recovery strategies, and what‑if scenarios to support management decision‑making.
• Support change management processes by assessing schedule impacts resulting from scope changes, variations, or execution adjustments.
• Review and assess Time Impact Analyses and schedule‑related claims submitted by contractors and support claims defense and contractual correspondence.
• Prepare clear, structured schedule reports, analyses, and dashboards for site management, project leadership, and senior stakeholders.
• Communicate schedule status, risks, delays, and mitigation strategies in a transparent and decision‑oriented manner.
• Lead and participate in planning, progress, look‑ahead, and recovery meetings, ensuring that outcomes and actions are documented and tracked to closure.
• Coordinate closely with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, and contractor teams to ensure alignment with the integrated project schedule.

YOUR PROFILE

• You have a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a comparable technical discipline.
• You have extensive experience as a Project Planner, Senior Planner, or Scheduler within industrial plant construction or EPC projects.
• You demonstrate strong expertise in CPM scheduling, critical path management, and integrated project controls.
• You have solid experience in contractor schedule oversight, delay analysis, and mitigation planning within contractual project environments.
• You are an advanced user of Primavera P6 and Excel; experience with reporting dashboards such as Power BI is a strong advantage.
• You possess a strong analytical mindset and are able to translate complex schedule data into clear, actionable insights for management.
• You communicate confidently and professionally in English and are comfortable interacting with senior management and multiple stakeholders.
• You are willing and able to work on site in the United States for the full project duration, including extended working hours if required.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.

Doing the same thing every day is not your thing? Are you looking for exciting tasks in challenging projects? If so, then you can benefit from our diverse project commitments. TEICON is the trusted partner of many renowned companies in various fields. This gives you access to a wide variety of tasks in the most diverse projects of the industry.

LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP DESIRED

We offer attractive salaries and compensation rates with focus on a long‑lasting partnership. We look after our employees and partners in all phases of the client’s project and, naturally, also before and after the assignment. Together with you, we want to be successful well into the future and ensure, therefore, that we procure follow‑up projects in a timely manner.

Work with us and become part of the TEICON family.

TEICON support brings you: fast and direct communication and careful assistance to ensure a smooth handling of your job. We will accompany you throughout the entire placement process – from the job interview through to settling accounts, and provide you with personal support across your whole project. You will have an experienced, permanent contact person by your side who will take care of all aspects of the project support and handling.

STRONG TEAM SPIRIT AND FLAT HIERARCHIES

We work together – literally. Working together as partners at eye level is essential for us. To ensure this, our managers lead cooperatively and always have an open ear for the concerns of any of our employees. Our common interaction is defined by mutual respect – across all hierarchical and company levels. As a result of our TEICON corporate culture we have an exceptionally pleasant and open working atmosphere.

OPEN EXCHANGE ACROSS CULTURAL BOUNDARIES

We at TEICON rely on the diversity of our employees. As a globally operating group of companies, we ensure our future viability by promoting the exchange of thoughts, ideas and methods, as well as understanding, between cultures and people. Employees, TEICON and its customers benefit equally from this corporate culture.

Contact

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TEICON Engineering GmbH / TEICON Projects GmbH