CSU Project Controls Lead

Requisition ID: 297393  

• Relocation Authorized: International - Family  
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project  
• Work Location: New Albany, OH

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is building a semiconductor manufacturing plant in New Albany, Ohio. Bechtel will design and build Phase 1 of the Ohio One project, a total of 2.5 million square feet, including 600,000 square feet of cleanrooms. Construction will require as much steel as eight Eiffel Towers and as much concrete as the tallest skyscrapers. Bechtel will strengthen future economic development in the region by partnering with the North America Building Trades Unions and suppliers to create several thousand new jobs and work with local education organizations to implement new training programs that will support the future talent pipeline

Job Summary:

The CSU Planner is responsible for developing, maintaining, analyzing, and reporting integrated Construction, Systems Completion, Startup, Testing, and Commissioning schedules to support project execution and turnover objectives. The role interfaces with Construction, Engineering, Procurement, Project Controls, Systems Completion, Startup, Quality, and Client teams to ensure a logical, resource-driven path from construction completion through turnover, commissioning, and project handover.
The CSU Planner supports the achievement of milestone commitments by providing schedule development, progress measurement, forecasting, system turnover planning, and critical path analysis throughout the commissioning lifecycle. #LI-SM2

Major Responsibilities:

Planning & Scheduling
• Develop and maintain detailed Startup and Commissioning schedules using Primavera P6.
• Integrate Construction, Mechanical Completion, Systems Completion, Turnover, and Commissioning activities into the overall project schedule.
• Develop system-based and subsystem-based commissioning plans and execution sequences.
• Establish logic ties between construction completion, punch closure, turnover, testing, and commissioning activities.
• Support development of Level 3 and Level 4 schedules for startup and commissioning execution
Systems Completion & Turnover Planning
• Coordinate schedule development around:
• Mechanical Completion (MC)
• Ready for Commissioning (RFC)
• Ready for Start-up (RFSU)
• Ready for Operations (RFO)
• Support systemization activities and turnover package planning.
• Track turnover package readiness and integration with client acceptance milestones.
• Monitor constraints impacting system completions and turnover objectives.
Progress Measurement & Forecastin g
• Update and maintain commissioning progress status.
• Analyze schedule performance and identify risks to turnover and startup milestones.
• Develop recovery plans and mitigation strategies for schedule deviations.
• Forecast commissioning completion dates and critical system turnovers.
• Produce look-ahead schedules supporting field execution.
Schedule Analysis
• Perform Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis.
• Evaluate float consumption and schedule trends.
• Identify schedule risks and opportunities.
• Support Time Impact Analysis (TIA) and schedule claims evaluations when required.
• Conduct what-if scenario analyses to optimize startup sequences.
Coordination & Integration
• Participate in:
• Startup meetings
• Turnover reviews
• Systems completion meetings
• Schedule review meetings
• Client coordination sessions
• Interface closely with:
• CSU Managers
• Project Controls
• Construction Managers
• System Completion Leads
• Commissioning Engineers
• Operations Representatives
Reporting
Prepare and distribute:
• Weekly startup progress reports.
• System turnover dashboards.
• Milestone performance reports.
• Critical path analyses.
• 3-week look ahead and 90 Day look-ahead schedules.
• Executive-level schedule summaries.
• Recovery and acceleration plans.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9-12 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Primavera P6 scheduling expertise.
• Strong understanding of CPM scheduling methodology.

• Power BI dashboard development.

• Ability to interpret engineering, procurement, construction, and startup interfaces.

• Earned Value Management concepts .

• Advanced Excel skills.

• Knowledge of:
  • Mechanical Completion
  • Pre-Commissioning
  • Commissioning
  • Startup
  • Turnover processes

Total Rewards/Benefits:

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