Senior Planner - Project Controls

Title: Senior Planner – Project Controls

Location: Raleigh, NC

Email Address: View email address on click.appcast.io

PR: $65 to $70/hr on W2

About Kyyba:

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI, Kyyba has a global presence delivering high-quality resources and top-notch recruiting services, enabling businesses to effectively respond to organizational changes and technological advances.

At Kyyba, the overall well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. We are proud of our work culture which embodies our core values; incorporating value, passion, excellence, empowerment, and happiness, creates a vibrant and productive atmosphere. We empower our employees with the resources, incentives, and flexibility that they need to support a healthy, balanced, and fulfilling career by providing many valuable benefits and a balanced compensation structure combined with career development.

Job Description:

The Senior Project Planner Scheduler is a key member of the project controls team responsible for developing, maintaining, and analyzing project schedules and project controls across multiple complex infrastructure and power quality projects. This role ensures effective planning and reporting to support project delivery, while providing strategic insight, risk analysis, and guidance to project leadership.

Main Accountabilities

1. Develop and maintain detailed Level 1–4 schedules using Primavera P6 (or similar planning tools), ensuring alignment with project objectives, contractual requirements, and critical path.
2. Lead planning and scheduling activities across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup phases.
3. Provide earned value management (EVM) analysis, performance measurement, and project forecasting support.
4. Integrate cost and schedule data to support comprehensive project progress and performance reporting.
5. Identify schedule risks and opportunities, perform scenario analysis, and recommend mitigation strategies.
6. Collaborate with project managers, engineers, procurement, and construction teams to capture accurate status updates and changes.
7. Prepare and present project controls reports, dashboards, and executive summaries to senior stakeholders.
8. Support change management and claims analysis through schedule impact assessments and time impact analysis (TIA).
9. Ensure schedule data integrity, quality, and governance in line with organizational standards.
10. Mentor and support junior planners and schedulers in planning best practices and tools.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
2. Minimum of 6–10 years of experience in project planning and controls, preferably in the energy, infrastructure, or industrial sectors.
3. Highly proficient in Primavera P6 and working knowledge of MS Project and other project controls specific software (e.g., Deltek Acumen, Excel, Power BI).
4. Strong understanding of critical path method (CPM), earned value analysis (EVA), and schedule risk analysis.
5. Demonstrated ability to manage schedules on multi-million-dollar projects with complex interfaces.
6. Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
7. Ability to work both independently and in a collaborative team environment.
8. PMP-SP, PSP (AACE), or similar certification preferred.

Disclaimer:

Kyyba is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Kyyba does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Minorities / Females / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.”

It is the policy of Kyyba to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact Kyyba at View phone number on click.appcast.io

Rewards:

Medical, dental, vision

401k

Term life

Voluntary life and disability insurance

Optional Pre-paid legal plan

Optional Identity theft plan

Optional Medical and dependent FSA

Work-visa sponsorship

Opportunity for advancement

Long-term assignment with opportunity for hire by client

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