Work Package Planning Manager

Baker Concrete Construction, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great pay

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Baker Construction is seeking a Work Package Planner to support field activities on a nuclear construction project. You will develop work packages with design documents, procedures, and QA/QC references, coordinating with field leadership and project management to ensure compliance.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Safety, and QA/QC to include hold points, ensure proper sequencing, and update packages as contract changes occur. Strong MS Office skills and clear communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years’ experience, or 10 years’ construction-related experience.
• Nuclear or Power facility experience preferred.
• Ability to utilize Microsoft Office products.

Responsibilities

• Manages work planners and collaborates with various coworkers to ensure that all contractual requirements are incorporated into formal work packages.
• Supports Construction with the Management of Work Package Planning.
• Coordinates with Engineering, Safety, QA/QC to include hold points and ensure routine updates to packages.

Skills

Project coordination

Communication

MS Office

Reading design docs

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Achieve more in your career with the nation’s leading specialty concrete contractor. At Baker Construction, you’ll be part of a team that prioritizes people, invests in their development, and offers unparalleled opportunities for professional growth. In this role, you’ll be integral to building the future of our country and our company. You’ll collaborate across diverse teams, have a hand in significant projects, and dive headfirst into complex challenges with the best in the industry. If you are driven to do more and have the grit to follow through, you’ll have everything you need to define your career on your terms.

Make a meaningful impact with a team that values ambition and rewards initiative. Be more with Baker.

Summary

The Work Package Planner supports field activities and spends a majority of time working with field leadership and QA/QC supporting construction on one medium to large-sized project. When formal work package implementation requirements are invoked by the quality program, this position develops work packages that are approved by project management. General work package content includes work steps, inspection forms, ITPs, and reference documents such as design documents, procedures, work travelers, inventory control forms, etc.

Roles and Responsibilities

Manages work planners and collaborates with various co-workers to ensure that all contractual requirements are incorporated into formal work packages including design documents, procedures, and work travelers, inventory control forms, etc. Teams with appropriate disciplines.

Supports Construction with the Management of Work Package Planning:

• Gathers information needed to generate work packages from field leadership and QA/QC and works with departmental managers to approve and issue work packages.
• Conduct walk-downs with craft responsible for performing the work, subject matter experts (SMEs), and supervisors to coordinate their input during package development. Developed work packages will be applicable to nuclear construction.
• Assures that work packages are programmatically compliant, and reference applicable design documents, installation procedures, hold points, inventory controls, etc.
• Writes work packages in a manner in which requirements are clearly communicated to co-workers performing the work
• Collaborates with Engineering, Safety, and QA/QC assuring that identified hold points are incorporated into packages
• Works with Document Control to review controlled design documents over the project lifecycle and update work packages based on client generated contract changes
• Works with Document Control to review controlled design documents over the project lifecycle and update work packages based on client generated contract changes
• Supports Superintendent and Field Engineers with incorporating Baker/Field generated changes into packages in order to optimize project performance
• Supports Document Control Manager with issuance and control of work packages
• Supports Systems Turnover Manager with project closeout by assuring that critical records and closeout documentation requirements are addressed in the work packages

Ensures a Safe Work Environment:

• Must be cognizant of all safety and quality procedures and regulations
• Sets example by following safety guidelines including but not limited to wearing PPE on jobs, staying aware of surroundings, etc.
• Attends and participates in Tool Box Talks and provides input for Safety Task Analysis
• Complies with proper safety procedures

Requirements

The Work Package Planner will possess the knowledge, skill, and/or ability in the following areas essential to perform the functions of the position.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years’ of experience; or 10 years’ of construction related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. Work Package Planner experience required.
• Nuclear or Power facility experiences preferred
• Ability to utilize Microsoft Office Products

Language / Communication Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general design documents, technical and quality procedures, and government regulations
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and subcontractors
• Author concise work packages that include relevant engineerin, quality, and safety controls, to ensure correct sequencing, safe execution, and programmatic compliance of construction work.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, proportions, geometry, trigonometry and interpolation to practical situations

Computer Skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft software programs such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to work in a team environment
• Self-Motivated
• Ability to respond to requests from multiple departments and prioritize work in support of overall project schedule

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define problems, gather data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

Physical Demands

• Must be able to work in an office environment using computer equipment
• Must be able to visit job sites and visually assess progress
• Must have the ability to exert physical effort, handling average weight objects up to 20 pounds
• Work is primarily in an office environment, but involves exposure to outside weather and jobsite conditions

At Baker Construction, we welcome those who are driven to make things happen. Your tenacity will be rewarded with great pay, excellent benefits, and opportunities to make your mark. This is an opportunity to own your future while working alongside co-workers who are united in our purpose to build better structures and better lives. Go further with an industry leader that puts people first, honors its word, and has the grit to achieve greatness.

Baker is an EOE Disability/Veterans Employer.

Applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities who require a reasonable accommodation for any or part of the application process may make their requests known by emailing [e-mail] or calling 1-513-539-4000 and asking for HR.