Planner/Scheduler

Job ID
132178
Job Type
Contract
Industry
Oil & Gas
Location
Port Arthur, Texas, United States

Talascend is currently seeking a Planner/Scheduler for a contract opportunity with our client in Port Arthur, Texas.

Overview

In this role, you will work with the project team to prepare and maintain project schedule data for the commissioning and startup organization, ensuring projects stay on track and on time.

Responsibilities

  • Prepares schedule data for commissioning and startup.
  • Establishes and maintains the schedule for a specific discipline area or specialty.
  • Performs schedule development duties to include establishing the work breakdown structure (WBS), determining the work activity duration, establishing the proper workflow logic ties, and provide key updates.
  • Performs schedule monitoring, including identifying critical activities and updating functions for specific applications, disciplines, or specialties.
  • Develops critical path schedule reports and schedule performance metrics.
  • Determines critical-path activities for assigned discipline or specialty work activities supporting interdisciplinary requirements.
  • Identifies and reports activities that have a critical or potential impact on the schedule.
  • Monitors and validates subcontractor readiness and deployment.
  • Evaluates subcontractor schedules for required workarounds or potential schedule improvements.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8-10 years of relevant experience
  • 12-14 years of relevant work experience

Requirements

  • Demonstrated ability to work independently on complex project controls issues.
  • Superior interpersonal skills, creative solution and problem solving skills.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
  • Demonstrated capability to schedule complex engineering and construction projects.
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Recent advanced level working knowledge of Primavera, Excel, Access, and Word.


We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those qualified individuals who closely meet the qualifications of the position will be contacted. The details of the position are only a summary, other duties may be assigned as necessary.

Background Check and Drug Screen may be required.

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Talascend is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

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