Senior Project Planner

Senior Project Planner – AECOM

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With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

This position supports a major hydroelectric project in New Brunswick and requires two weeks per month at the project office in Fredericton, NB. Travel and lodging expenses will be covered.

The Senior Project Planner leads the planning and scheduling function across complex, multi‑discipline industrial projects. The role develops, manages, and analyzes project schedules from feasibility through execution, ensuring alignment with project objectives, contractual obligations, and client requirements. The Senior Planner provides advanced project controls support—including earned‑value management, progress measurement, trend analysis, and reporting—to enable effective decision‑making and proactive project management.

The ideal candidate brings over 15 years of experience in planning & scheduling within EPC/EPCM environments across mining, oil & gas, energy, and infrastructure sectors. They possess deep expertise in Primavera P6, schedule integration, construction sequencing, and progress control, with a strong ability to coordinate across engineering, procurement, construction, contractors, and client teams.

• Develop and maintain fully integrated Level 1–3 project schedules using Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project.
• Establish WBS, coding structures, activity sequencing, and resource loading in accordance with project requirements.
• Lead the creation of baseline schedules and manage schedule change‑control processes throughout the project lifecycle.
• Conduct critical‑path analysis, float assessments, and scenario modelling to support project decision‑making.
• Implement progress measurement systems, progress curves (S‑curves), dashboards, and weekly/monthly reporting frameworks.
• Analyze planned vs. actual performance, identify variances, and recommend corrective actions.
• Prepare and issue routine planning deliverables including progress reports, look‑ahead schedules, manpower histograms, productivity analysis, and schedule forecasts.
• Perform Earned Value Management analysis and provide insights on cost/schedule performance indicators such as SPI, CPI, etc.
• Coordinate with cost‑control teams to align schedule progress with budget and cost forecasts.
• Support trend management, change management, and impact analysis related to variations and scope changes.
• Collaborate with engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and subcontractors to ensure accurate representation of project activities.
• Review and validate contractors’ schedules, performance reports, and progress updates to ensure compliance with project requirements.
• Facilitate planning meetings, schedule risk reviews, and coordination sessions with internal teams and clients.
• Develop and implement project controls procedures, planning guidelines, progress‑measurement methodologies, and schedule‑management standards.
• Support the automation of planning and reporting processes using advanced Excel tools, dashboards, and project controls systems.
• Ensure adherence to corporate and client project controls frameworks, safety standards, and quality requirements.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 8 years of planning &…