Area Planner and Scheduler - Downstream

Planner and Scheduler

Job Title:

Planner and Scheduler

Environment and Safety Solutions Inc. (ESS Inc.) is a Cincinnati-based certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) that provides health and safety, engineering, environmental technical and management services to businesses throughout the United States.

Location:

Thacker Pass, NV

Employment type:

Full‑Time Office/Project

Pay range: $51.00/hr - $66.00/hr (actual pay based on skills and experience)

The planner/scheduler will be assigned to the project full‑time, taking direction from the assigned project supervisor with GBU functional oversight for processes and procedures. The role performs construction schedule development, maintenance, monitoring, and recovery plan development activities with a focus on the Downstream area. Responsible for scheduling and planning activities for large or major projects with significant non‑routine requirements; discipline/project/integrated project scheduling activities, including potential interface with owner and other design contractors/vendors, that require a high degree of technical skill and experience.

Supports and performs 90‑day look‑ahead (Work Front Analysis) and 3

WKLA (3‑week look‑ahead) schedule activities for their respective area, plus progress variance assessments.

• Performs and/or coordinates, collects, verifies, and integrates the work scope for all entities into the total project plan.
• Reviews design scope criteria and quantities for completeness and reasonableness, and coordinates with the project to develop additional estimating bases when information is incomplete.
• Reviews project work activities to ensure support of project milestones.
• Obtains required schedule information from all disciplines and functions.
• Coordinates with all departments to ensure understanding of schedule needs.
• Responsible for subcontractors schedule activities integration into the project master schedule.
• Responsible for construction schedule monitoring, 3‑week look‑ahead reviews, monthly updates, and reporting.
• Identifies restraints and their effect on the schedule.
• Identifies construction schedule considerations and challenges resulting from inter‑disciplinary or functional restraints and interfaces.
• Monitors and reports critical path and schedule performance.
• Performs productivity analysis of construction operations and verifies.
• Conducts schedule analysis and studies of problem areas to determine the criticality of scheduled activities.
• Recommends alternatives for schedule improvement to the project team for discussion and/or decision. Reviews completeness and reasonableness of quantities and labor.
• Reviews and evaluates schedule durations for all disciplines’ activities relative to the support of project milestones.
• Participates in schedule resource loading and leveling for assigned scope.
• Verifies consistency with previous reports to ensure compatibility.
• Responsible for issuing reports required by client management and project procedures.
• Coordinates information input into specific studies.
• Evaluates study results and recommends conclusions for project team consideration and discussion.

• Bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5‑8 years of relevant experience or 9‑12 years of relevant work experience.

• Skilled in oral and written communication, including direct interface with client project team members, owner, and potential design contractors/vendors.
• Professional experience performing, monitoring, and reviewing planning and scheduling functions, including schedule development, control, and analysis.
• Experience and strong knowledge of schedule development and administration, as well as training of technical and non‑technical personnel on scheduling requirements.
• Analytical approach to problem solving.
• Proficiency with client Project Controls scheduling operating systems (e.g., P6, MS Office applications) and with proficiency in several basic client standard application programs.
• Advanced level of knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup work processes, as performed by client with focus on construction and typical interfaces.
• Knowledge of engineering and procurement is customarily acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience.

Environmental and Safety Solutions Inc. (ESS Inc.) is a Cincinnati-based certified MBE that has been providing health and safety, engineering, environmental technical and management services since 2002. Our customers value our personal attention and the accuracy and flexibility of our services.