Operational Readiness Planner/Scheduler

Manage and oversee scheduling functions within project controls functional area for moderate to high-risk capital engineering and construction projects. Responsible for project planning and scheduling, monitoring, progress measurement, risk management and reporting. Manage planning team members reporting to the Project Controls Manager. Participate in establishing operating policies to mitigate risk. Provide guidance and consultation for project team members. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Perform a variety of tasks.

Essential Functions:

• Develop and consolidate the Operational Readiness Plans for each project in the global portfolio of capital projects, including expansions and both new greenfield and brownfield assets. These plans include scope, schedules, budgets (AFE development) and progress tracking programs.
• Collaborate with Project teams and Site leadership to ensure clear and accurate Operational Readiness progress communication - intervening with scope, cost and schedule solutions as required to deliver Operational Readiness objectives.

• Work with each of the Project Readiness Managers and their relevant teams to refine the Operational Readiness Plans as the project develops. Support the effective execution of the plan with accountability, guidance, direction, and support.
• Guide and direct resolution of project difficulties and complex project control issues. Strong analytical skills required to review all project controls information and ensure accuracy as well as identify issues, concerns, and potential mitigations

• Interact with the Project Management and Corporate teams in the development of the project schedule and participate in regular project meetings. Gather information, conduct analyses and prepare reports and presentations of information to communicate potential issues and concerns as needed on the project. Integrate multiple schedules into a master project schedule.
• Identify, determine, and communicate design changes, scope changes, schedule slippages and potential impacts and participate in the identification of mitigations. Ensure trends of cost and schedule are identified, well documented and ensure the change management process is followed and communicate and suggest corrective actions
• Coordinate with cross functional team in project setting, ensure project controls team members are interfacing with engineering, procurement, contracts and construction on concepts and relationships to the scope of work.
• Manage project baseline process for schedule and participate in progress measurement as well as forecasting of final schedule throughout the project. Ensure all planning is conducted in accordance with company standards and procedures and that schedule version control processes, policies, and procedures are followed.
• Analyze critical path and constraints to determine effect of changes to schedule and recommend mitigations and potential workarounds
• Participate in risk management; this includes identification, documentation, mitigation and tracking of potential risks on the project. In addition, determine potential schedule/progress impacts of potential risks as they are identified
• Mentor and lead other project planner/scheduling members, ensure project planning team is staffed appropriately, conduct regular staff performance reviews, and manage any staffing issues that may arise
• Conduct analysis to determine alternative courses of action or recovery on slippages identified in schedule

Job Scope:

• Nature of work: Works on complex issues and is responsible to implement solutions. Leads and directs the work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Level of interaction: Leads the department or work group with interaction with external piers in various departments to ensure cross coordination between groups.
• Autonomy/decision making: Works under very limited to no supervision and has latitude to set objectives, priorities and timelines impacting the project controls team.
• Budgetary responsibility: Has moderate budgetary responsibility
• Managerial responsibility: Leads planning work group and at times provides support in management of the project controls team.