Planner, Engineering, Electrical Engineering

CoVolt Power is a leading utility-scale EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) company specializing in the design and delivery of solar, battery energy storage (BESS), and high-voltage infrastructure. Since its founding in 2005, the company has built a reputation for de-risking project delivery and providing creative, integrated solutions that span the power and digital infrastructure sectors.

Consistently ranked as a top-tier EPC, CoVolt Power leverages a mission-driven approach to safety and quality, delivering thousands of megawatts in renewable assets that support a more resilient and sustainable energy future for developers, utilities, independent power producers (IPPs), and data center operators across North America.

We are currently searching for a very experienced, ambitious EPC Planner for Utility-Scale Solar Energy Projects. We are looking for leaders with a proven track record.

• Responsible for the overall Plan of the Project.
• Understand current productivities, resources, and equipment to have a daily, weekly, 3 week and 90-Day lookahead needs of materials, people, equipment, Documents, Permits and other resources.
• Constantly monitor quantities and productivities for forecasting purposes.
• Actively participate in the cost/revenue forecast of the project based on the updated plan.
• Anticipate barriers such as weather or equipment delays to reroute or increase resources to keep the project on track.
• Actively monitor all activities to understand the critical path and anticipate potential obstacles.
• Systemic Approach:
  Keep a long-term look ahead of all activities by having a Systemic approach towards the overall completion of the project:
• Civil and mechanical sequence to prevent erosion.
• Mechanical and electrical sequence to minimize simultaneous operations in the same area.
• Mechanical sequence to ensure piles are ahead of trackers and trackers are ahead of panels so there are no stoppages in work.
• Electrical sequence aligned with Mechanical Completion dates.
• Commissioning Plan, Substantial Completion Contractual requirements, and Electrical sequence aligned.
• Testing requirements, SWI approvals, and Testing methodologies times included in overall schedule.
• Work closely with the recruitment team to understand their lead times and have craft properly recruited, drug tested and safety trained when needed.
• Understand the productivity of the existing team and work with Project Managers and Field Operations Managers to adjust if needed to meet the required plan.
• Plan the personnel reductions at the tail end of the scopes in alignment with the plan and equipment plan.
• Work closely with the Procurement Team to understand logistics and planned arrival dates of deliveries to ensure these are aligned with the personnel, equipment, and production needs.
• Subcontractor planning:
  • Work closely with the Procurement Team to ensure subcontractor mobilization dates are aligned with plan and site needs.
  • Ensure subcontractor progress is being met to minimize potential Change Orders.
• Construction sequence:
  • Constantly evaluate the Construction sequence on the different areas and blocks to maximize the utilization of people and equipment based on preceding activities completed.
• Based on the plan anticipate equipment needs.
• Work with the Fleet Superintendent to identify required dates based on local or regional lead times from equipment vendors.
• Monitor the ratio of Equipment Operators/type of equipment to anticipate people need.
• Energization:
  • Clearly understands the Client’s Financing priorities and needs to align as best as possible the energization plan to meet their requirements.
  • Work backwards to align the Mechanical Completion and Construction sequence to be aligned with the energization…