Lead Project Planner – Hydropower

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the development, integration, optimization, and upkeep of project schedules and baselines for intricate projects.

• Establish the project planning methodology, scheduling strategy, and governance in accordance with execution strategies and contractual obligations.

• Facilitate baseline development and freeze procedures across various project functions.

• Conduct advanced schedule analysis, which includes critical path evaluation, float erosion assessment, impact analysis, interface analysis, and scenario modeling.

• Spearhead the identification of scheduling risks and opportunities while implementing mitigation, acceleration, and recovery strategies.

• Assist or lead in managing committed schedules, rebaselines, and schedule strategies during situations involving changes or delays.

• Ensure that planning deliverables effectively support project reviews, management decision-making, and communication with customers.

• Conduct planning reviews with project leadership, clients, consortium partners, and key stakeholders.

• Challenge execution assumptions and influence project priorities through insightful scheduling and structured analysis.

• Supervise schedule quality, planning assumptions, and the consistency of planning outputs.

• Mentor Planners and Schedulers while advocating for planning standards, methodologies, and best practices.

• Assist in schedule-related claims analysis, delay evaluations, and assessments of change impacts.

• Contribute to enhancements in planning processes, tools, and project execution methodologies.

• Serve as a strategic partner to project leadership for complex, high-risk hydropower initiatives.

• Support project goals pertaining to cost, schedule, performance, and contractual obligations.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or equivalent relevant experience.

• Over 10 years of planning and scheduling expertise in EPC or similarly complex project settings.

• Proficient understanding of planning and scheduling methodologies.

• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6.

• Significant experience in hydropower, energy, infrastructure, or industrial project execution.

• Experience in schedule recovery, change management, and delay analysis.

• Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication abilities.

• Legal authorization to work in the United States.

• Availability for travel to U.S. locations approximately 10% of the time.

• Ability to modify work schedule to accommodate any U.S. time zone.

• Certifications such as PMI-SP, PMP, or AACE-PSP are preferred.

• Background in cost control and earned value management (EVMS) is preferred.

• Familiarity with Lean principles and the Last Planner System is preferred.

• Experience with U.S. Government projects is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus.

• Medical coverage.

• Dental coverage.

• Vision coverage.

• Prescription drug coverage.

• Access to a Health Coach.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan.

• Tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions.

• Company retirement contributions.

• Resources and financial planning consultants from Fidelity.

• Tuition assistance.

• Adoption assistance.

• Paid parental leave.

• Disability benefits.

• Life insurance.

• 12 paid holidays.

• Permissive time off.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Relocation assistance is not provided.