Planner/Scheduler (ESS-287)

ESS-287

Description:

Job Title: Planner/Scheduler

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Project Overview:
Port Arthur LNG, LLC (PALNG) is developing a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production and export facility on a site located on the western shoreline of the Port Arthur Canal in Jefferson County, Texas. The project base scope will include two (2) identical LNG trains, two (2) LNG Storage Tanks, one (1) LNG Carrier Berth, and associated utilities/facilities. The Project is to be constructed on a parcel of land located along State Highway 87 south of Port Arthur, Texas, between the inner coastal waterway bridge and Keith Lake. The Infrastructure Global Business Unit (GBU) is executing site civil and marine scopes of work associated with our scopes of work on the Energy GBU LNG projects.

As the #1 LNG EPC contractor by installed capacity, we have the capability to successfully deliver a broad range of LNG projects through our integrated EPC self-perform model, strategic partnerships, and proven experience in LNG project delivery. Partnering with Bechtel means lower cost, shorter delivery schedules, and greater certainty of outcomes for our customers.

Job Summary:

• In this role, you will work with the project team to prepare/maintain project schedule data for the commissioning and startup organization. You will deploy project schedule logic for daily POD and look-ahead planning. Main responsibilities will include schedule updates, critical path logic and assist with simultaneous operations. You will be instrumental in ensuring projects stay on track and on time. #LI-CS1.

Major 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.

Education and Experience Requirements:

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

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• 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.

About Environmental and Safety Solutions, Inc.:

Environmental and Safety Solutions Inc. (ESS Inc.) is a Cincinnati based certified MBE. Since 2002, ESS Inc. has been providing health and safety, engineering, environmental technical and management services to businesses throughout the United States. We work with businesses from Fortune 500 members to small businesses in the local community, providing world class occupational safety and health consultative services and environmental compliance assistance. Our customers value our personal attention to their needs and the accuracy and flexibility of our services to meet their unique needs. As President and Founder of ESS, Lonnie Grayson brings more than 25 years of professional environmental safety and health leadership to the company. He founded ESS Inc. in 2002 and has grown the firm into a nationally recognized industry leader. With a professional background as a mechanical engineer, Mr. Grayson knows the value of a safety and health program that focuses on the processes that drive the safety and health process in a company to achieve great results. We understand the need for partnership with our customers to fully understand their needs and the culture of each customer to meet and exceed their occupational safety, health and environmental compliance needs.