Senior Planner

Extraordinary Teams Building Inspiring Projects

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Project Overview

Bechtel's Manufacturing and Technology (M&T) Business Unit is designing, building and commissioning a semiconductor fab in Clay, NY. M&T is an exciting and growing business unit that serves customers in the semiconductor, datacenter, life sciences, and electric vehicle markets. M&T strives to exceed our customer objectives through utilizing our agility, innovative technologies, and world class talent. M&T solves the industry's toughest challenges, building both our company and the world for the future. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues working in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations around the world.

Job Summary

In this role, you will provide planning and scheduling leadership across major project scopes or complex projects. You will drive schedule integration, risk-informed planning, and data-driven decision-making, ensuring alignment with project execution strategy and organizational standards. You will serve as a trusted advisor to project leadership, lead complex schedule analysis efforts, and provide guidance and mentorship to planning team members.

Major Responsibilities

• Lead the development, integration, and management of complex, multi-discipline project schedules in Primavera P6 (or equivalent), ensuring alignment with project execution strategy and key milestones.
• Define schedule architecture, including structure, coding, and sequencing, to support effective planning, control, and reporting.
• Lead and coordinate schedule integration across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and subcontractor scopes.
• Lead advanced schedule analysis, including critical path evaluation, float consumption, productivity assessments, and trend analysis.
• Lead the identification, evaluation, and communication of schedule risks, uncertainties, and opportunities.
• Lead and support schedule risk analysis activities (qualitative and quantitative), including evaluation of scenario outcomes and confidence levels.
• Develop and recommend execution strategies, mitigation plans, and recovery approaches to address schedule risks and performance gaps.
• Provide forward-looking insights and forecasts based on schedule performance, trends, and risk analysis to support project and management decision-making.
• Serve as a key interface with project leadership and, where required, client representatives on schedule strategy, status, and risk.
• Lead the preparation and delivery of executive-level schedule reports and presentations, translating complex data into clear, actionable insights.
• Ensure adherence to project controls procedures, scheduling standards, and best practices; drive continuous improvement and standardization initiatives.
• Mentor and guide planners and schedulers at multiple levels, supporting capability development and knowledge transfer.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Extensive experience leading planning and scheduling efforts on large, complex EPC projects or programs.
• Advanced expertise in Primavera P6, including schedule development, integration, analysis, and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to lead critical path analysis, schedule risk evaluation, and scenario planning.
• Strong understanding of project execution strategies, the EPC lifecycle, and interface management across disciplines.
• Proven ability to provide planning and scheduling insights that support project and management decision-making.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including experience engaging with senior leadership and clients.
• Experience providing technical leadership, guidance, and mentoring to planning teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and respond effectively to dynamic project conditions.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience with schedule risk analysis tools and methodologies, such as Project Risk Analysis (PRA) and Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA).
• Familiarity with Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) concepts and implementation.
• Experience supporting the development of Basis of Schedule documents and project execution strategies.
• Exposure to data analytics and visualization tools, such as Power BI.

Total Rewards/Benefits

For decades, Bechtel has worked to inspire the next generation of employees and beyond! Because our teams face some of the world's toughest challenges, we offer robust benefits to ensure our people thrive. Whether it is advancing careers, delivering programs to enhance our culture, or providing time to recharge, Bechtel has the benefits to build a legacy of sustainable growth. Learn more at Bechtel Total Rewards.

Diverse Teams Build the Extraordinary

As a global company, Bechtel has long been home to a vibrant multitude of nationalities, cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. This diversity has made us a more trusted partner, more effective problem solvers and innovators, and a more attractive destination for leading talent.

We are committed to being a company where every colleague feels that they belong-where colleagues feel part of "One Team," respected and rewarded for what they bring, supported in pursuing their goals, invested in our values and purpose, and treated equitably.

At Bechtel, our employees enjoy a competitive total rewards package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, along with optional disability and supplemental insurance options, generous paid time off (160 hours annually, accrued 6.16 hours per pay period), nine paid holidays, paid parental leave, discretionary bonuses, and a well-designed 401K plan with matching and profit-sharing components.

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