Planificador/a Senior - Senior Planner

at  Bechtel

JOB SUMMARY:

In this role, you will be responsible for leading and performing schedule development, maintenance, monitoring, and presentation activities as directed for proposals, studies or projects. Ensures total project scope is included in the plan while determining schedule dates for work activities within discipline areas or specialties. Develops milestones to support the project schedule and develops resource loading and leveling as required. Establishes work sequence and activity durations for a specific discipline or specialty. Position will initially be based in Santiago but depending on work needs may require business travel and/or relocation to project locations.
“This position is designated as part-time telework per our global telework policy and may require at least three days of in-person attendance per week at the assigned office or project. Weekly in-person schedules will be determined by the individual and their supervisor, in consultation with functional or project leadership”.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or scientific discipline and/or equivalent knowledge of engineering and construction management customarily acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience, and minimum of 8-years or more of relevant experience or 12 years minimum of relevant work experience.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing planning & scheduling functions such as schedule development, control, and analysis in the field and the home office.
• Practical knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup work processes in the mining and/or pipeline industry.
• Skilled in understanding technical processes, engineering drawings, quantity determinations, and financial reports.
• Proficiency with PC operating systems, with proficiency in several basic software applications.
• Proficiency with multiple discipline specific software applications currently used in Bechtel (Primavera, Microsoft Office Applications and Tilos, for example).
• Demonstrated ability to effectively handle work on multiple assignments with tight deadlines supporting different teams and functions.
• Skilled in oral and written communication. Bi-lingual English & Spanish capability is required. Must be able to present schedules in English to management. Must submit resume in English.

BECHTEL IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WILL RECEIVE CONSIDERATION FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION, AGE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISABILITY, CITIZENSHIP STATUS (EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW), PROTECTED VETERAN STATUS, GENETIC INFORMATION, AND ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTIC PROTECTED BY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW.

Applicants with a disability, who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, may e-mail their request to acesstmt@bechtel.com
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• Performing and/or coordinating, collecting, verifying, and integrating the work scope for all entities, departments, and/or disciplines into the total project plan. Reviewing and ensuring the representation of project scope in schedules. Preparing and analyzing comparisons of scope, quantities, and cost data between the projects.
• Reviewing and evaluating schedule durations for all discipline’s activities relative to the support of project milestones. Ensuring all disciplines/departments are aware of the schedule and understand their responsibilities. Supervising, directing and performing the calculation of durations and other considerations affecting activity durations.
• Working with all organizations, disciplines and entities to coordinate work sequences and identifying logical relationships & interdisciplinary constraints and/or interfaces for incorporation into the plan.
• Planning, organizing, and executing schedule resource loading and leveling. Coordinating development of all bulk commodity release and installation curves, progress curves, etc. Determining quantity and workforce levels in support of the project needs and schedule philosophy. Understand estimating & design inputs while sanity checking data to ensure data consistency with historical and practical experience.
• Providing schedule knowledge on a continuous basis to assist in discipline planning and interfacing with others.
• Performing schedule monitoring, including identifying critical activities and any deviations including development of mitigation plans as required. Supports change management program through identification of schedule trends and issuance of schedule change notices.
• Developing and implementing requirements/process for updating and monitoring the schedule.
• Performing benchmarking analysis of plans to demonstrate plan viability.
• Performing schedule risk analysis of plans to determine appropriate level of contingency.
• Performing project schedule analysis and studies of problem areas to determine criticality of schedule activities. Recommending alternatives for schedule improvement to project team for discussion and/or decision.