Planning Manager - Reston, VA

Job Title

Planning Manager

The rapid growth of AI and digitalization is fueling unprecedented demand for data centers that require large, reliable sources of energy. In response to this market trend, the Renewables & Clean Power (R&CP) team have signed an early works contract to build one of the largest gas fired power generation facilities in the U.S. This project is of significant scale and complexity, and our team is helping the customer progress early-stage development, that would lead to the start of full EPC delivery this year.

The candidate for this position will start on a short-term assignment working from the home office in Reston, VA and then will later mobilize to the jobsite in Cheyenne, WY.

In this role, you will lead a team of planners and work with the project team to prepare schedule data for contract negotiations and project execution. The Planning Manager is accountable for schedule development, maintenance, forecasting, and monitoring activities. You will be instrumental in ensuring projects stay on track and on time. In addition to supervisory responsibilities, you will also have regular interfaces with senior internal and customer stakeholders.

Accountable for the development, maintenance, and forecasting of the project schedule

Establishes operational objectives and work plans, and delegates assignments to subordinates

Communicates with senior project management overall schedule progress, opportunities, and challenges

Regularly interacts with the client

Performs schedule development duties to include establishing the work breakdown structure (WBS), determining the work activity duration, establishing the proper workflow logic ties, and developing the required job expenditure

Identifies schedule trends for management attention

Determines critical-path activities for the project

Develops critical path schedule reports and schedule performance metrics

Identifies, reports, and analyzes activities that have a critical or potential impact on the schedule

Monitors and analyzes subcontractor schedules

Evaluates subcontractor schedules for required workarounds or potential schedule improvements

Ensures schedule updates are provided on time to support project reporting requirements